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Great Britain Takes Highest Bids at 59th Vechta
Autumn Elite Auction
October 5, 2003
 Great
Britain took the highest bids at the 59th Autumn Elite
Auction of Oldenburg Sport horses and foals in Vechta,
Germany. British buyers bought the most expensive young
horse, and three of the most expensive foals. The top
young horse was the mare Australia. Bred by Fritz Lemmersmöhle
from Cloppenburg, Australia is by Argentinus x Fahnenträger
II x Matador, and was a brilliantring mare at the 2003
Radstede Breed Show. Sarah and Tony Pidgley (owners of
highlight Sympatico) purchased the mare for 100,000
€, a quite "low" top knock down price
for a Vechta Elite Auction.
Second most expensive horse was the elegant See You.
This 3-year old dark bay mare was Reserve Champion in
the Brilliantring at Radstede this year and finished
fourth at the 2003 Bundeschampionate under Heiko Klausing.
See You was sold for 90,000 € and will stay in
Germany. She is by Sandro Hit x Calypso II x Wienerwald.
Sandro Hit offspring was highly liked at the 59th Elite
Auction. The third and fourth most expensive foals were
Top Model (Sandro Hit x Rubinstein x Luciano) and Sir
Leenart (Sandro Hit x Landadel x Kronprinz xx) and were
both sold to Great Britain for 27,000 € and 20,000
€. Top Model is pictured below.
 The
highest bid for a foal was 30,000 €. First Final,
sired by the 2003 World Young Horse Champion Furst Heinrich
and out of an Argentinus x Barsoi xx dam, claimed this
top price and will move to Sarah and Tony Pidgley's Kilbees
farm in Great Britain as will Australia.
The highest price for a pony was paid a German enthusiast,
who liked Connery, a Constantin x Grannox x Inschallah
AA bred show jumping pony. Connery will stay in Germany
for 9,500 €.
The average price for a young horse was 23,827 €
and for a foal 10,705 € These results are quite
low compared to other Vechta auctions, but this result
can be accounted for the strong position of the Euro
to the American Dollar.
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