Vechta Celebrates its 60th Elite Auction with Big
Party
April 23, 2004
Right after the collection presentation, a big party
took place in the tent next to the auction center.
Apparantly more people travelled to Vechta for this
party than to view the horses. Wilhelm Weerda and Uwe
Heckmann gave a short speech to celebrate the 60th
Elite Auction of Oldenburg sport horses in Vechta.
Heckmann praised the improving quality of the horses,
thanked the breeders and also congratulated photographer
Werner Ernst for being the official photographer
for
the catalog
and the event for more than twenty years. Werner
Ernst was kind enough to make a selection of historic
pictures
of the auction, which were projected on a big screen
in the tent. It was funny to see a 25 year old, slim,
Uwe Heckmann leading the auction, or the mare Fiorella
Queen being the record price highlight decades ago.
A
buffet and bar quenched our hunger and thurst. I sat
at the American table with Holly, Cherise, Lotte
and Marta Kaufmann's party which included Jaye Cherry,
Gudrun, Midge and ..... Johannes and his delightful
wife Ines joined us while we woolfed down the food.
By
10 PM we left the party to prepare ourselves for
a heavy duty bidding day tomorrow.
Images copyrighted: Astrid Appels/Eurodressage.com
- no reproduction allowed
Right after the collection presentation, a big party
took place in the tent next to the auction center.
Apparantly more people travelled to Vechta for this
party than to view the horses. Wilhelm Weerda and Uwe
Heckmann gave a short speech to celebrate the 60th
Elite Auction of Oldenburg sport horses in Vechta. 
A
buffet and bar quenched our hunger and thurst. I sat
at the American table with Holly, Cherise, Lotte
and Marta Kaufmann's party which included Jaye Cherry,
Gudrun, Midge and ..... Johannes and his delightful
wife Ines joined us while we woolfed down the food.
