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2004 P.S.I. Auction
Welpe's Countess to Australia
 Volturno blood is popular again. At the 2004 Oldenburg
Stallion Licensing, a Furst Heinrich x Volturno became
the Licensing Champion. At the 2004 P.S.I. Auction,
a black Wenckstern x Volturno mare sold for 110,000
euro to Clemens Dierks in Australia.
Another striking fact is that at this auction, horses
that have a proven record were sold for remarkably
lower prices than those who had not yet proven a thing
in the show ring (except for Damenwahl). Reserve Bundeschampionate
champion Destination (Don Gregory x Rubinstein) sold
for 191,000
euro to Lady Inscape in Great Britain. The Baden
Wurttemberger gelding Ideal (Iberio x Fierant), who
finished fourth in the Bundeschampionate, sold for
130,000 euro to Belgium.
Biggest
buyer at the auction was without a doubt Elke and Heinrich
Kampmann. Last year this pair from Lingen,
Germany, purchased Lots of Fun. This year, they acquired
Le Cher for 130,000 euro, Fitou E for 300,000 euro
and See You for 166,000 euro.
 The Kampmanns, who are
Rudolf Zeilinger's sponsors, also donated 45,000
euro to Unicef and received a Klaus Philip horse painting.
PSI raised the amount to 75,000 euro and donated the
money to Unicef for the children in need.
After the auction, PSI expressed their happiness with
the auction results. "We are very happy with the results,"
Dr. Möller said, "the overall results were very interesting.
Some horses sold to top trainers. There was a good
balance between what you pay and what you get. We feel
much pressure to show good horses at the P.S.I. auction
every year and want to present horses for every class
of buyers. For instance, big horses or small horses,
like With Hope, or those with very good rideability."
More and more buyers are requesting anonymity when
they purchase a horse at the P.S.I. auction "Confidentiality
is very important to us. Some of the buyers have big
companies and don't want their private affairs be linked
to the name of their company," Möller explained.
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and Photos copyrighted Astrid Appels/Eurodressage
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