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Verden
Auction News
Diandra Shines During Spanish Influx at 109th
Verden Elite Auction
October 11, 2003
 The
109th Elite Auction for Hanoverian Sport horses and
foals broke once again all records for the Hanoverian
Society in Verden. With a knock down highlight of 185,000
€ and many top priced horses, the average price
for a Verden auction horse was a record of 31.863,64
Euro. Especially due to a Spanish influx in Verden,
prices rose considerably. Ten out of 77 auctioned horses
will be moving to sunny Spain.
A Spanish dressage fan purchased Diandra,
a black mare by Donnerhall x Alabaster, for 185,000
€, the top price of the auction. Bred by Kerstin
Albers-Buker from Buren-Ahden, Germany, Diandra excelled
in her three basic gaits as well as in her conformation,
making her an interesting future prospect for the dressage
ring.
 Second
most expensive horse was 2003 Bundeschampionate Reserve
Champion Walk of Fame. Ridden by Iris
Jonetat in Warendorf, Walk of Fame was considered the
center fold of the 109th Elite Auction's catalogue.
However, the chestnut gelding by Weltmeyer x Carbid,
'only' achieved the second highest price of 160,000
€. Bred by Nicole and Frenk Pistner, Walk of Fame
has found a new home in Australia.
The chestnut mare Donna (by Donnerhall x Wittinger)
achieved the third highest price of 120,000 €.
Bred by Helmut Ostermeier, Donna will receive further
training at her new owner's dressage stable in Hamburg,
Germany. Canada was especially interested in show jumpers.
They paid 92,000 € for Rayana Chiara (Ragazzo x
Caletto) and 82,000 € for Coolio (Chasseur x Wanderer).
An Italian bought Almost Famous (Argentinus x Lombardo)
for 65,000 €.
 Besides
the record average price, there were also best scores
for the export rate. 58% of the auction horses moved
abroad to 15 different countries.
Twenty-two foals were auctioned, achieving an average
price of 6,381 € per foal. An Italian invested
20,000 € into the dark bay filly Ehranerin
(Escudo x Calypso II), who was bred by Arno Knoop.
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Clip: Diandra
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