Big day today. We kicked off to an easy start by having
break fast together round 8 A.M. We discussed horses
and Cherise provided some revellating insights by talking
about how the thoroughbred industry vetted horses and
what advanced techniques they use most people in Europe
haven't even heard of. Holly wanted to show us a couple
of her yearlings which she kept at Olivier Kotoschsky's
in a town near Vechta. She had a De Niro, a Wolkentanz
II and a Rhodes Scholar yearling running around, as
well as the most delightful Stedinger colt out of a
Don Gregory x Figaro dam. I was especially facinated
by her colt which was all legs, beautiful cresty neck,
lovely face, and a very nice shoulder.
We went back to the auction center round 10.30 am
as I was eager to check out PSI's Miriam Henschke
try out some of the horses. Unfortunately I was too
late, so I lingered about walking through the stalls
and checking out the people who arrived at the auction.
The
people watching in the lobby of the Vechta centre was
very interesting; because horse celebrities such
as Holga Finken, Ulf Möller (and wife Eva Nolden),
Ulli and Bianca Kasselmann, Herr Sprehe, Ari Gordijn,
horse dealer
Bernard Schaerffer, British couple Tony and Sarah Pidgley
-- all the big buyers -- were there.
At noon another presentation of the collection started.
This time it included the foals, who had arrived earlier
today, and the horses that weren't shown yesterday.
The presentation took until 2.45 PM, with just enough
time left to take a quick bite before the real action
started.
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Big day today. We kicked off to an easy start by having
break fast together round 8 A.M. We discussed horses
and Cherise provided some revellating insights by talking
about how the thoroughbred industry vetted horses and
what advanced techniques they use most people in Europe
haven't even heard of. Holly wanted to show us a couple
of her yearlings which she kept at Olivier Kotoschsky's
in a town near Vechta. She had a De Niro, a Wolkentanz
II and a Rhodes Scholar yearling running around, as
well as the most delightful Stedinger colt out of a
Don Gregory x Figaro dam. I was especially facinated
by her colt which was all legs, beautiful cresty neck,
lovely face, and a very nice shoulder.
The
people watching in the lobby of the Vechta centre was
very interesting; because horse celebrities such
as Holga Finken, Ulf Möller (and wife Eva Nolden),
Ulli and Bianca Kasselmann, Herr Sprehe, Ari Gordijn,
horse dealer
Bernard Schaerffer, British couple Tony and Sarah Pidgley
-- all the big buyers -- were there. 
