Verden Auction News

Quasar Achieves Record Price at 2008 Verden Foal Auction

August 25, 2008

A stallion holder from a French stud farm paid 120,000 Euro for "Quasar". The Quaterback x Wolkentanz I-son (breeder: Erika Lütjen, Grasberg) will grow up as stallion prospect in Lower Saxony. Officially the foal is registered as sold to Switzerland to Hannjörg Hereth from Baar, SUI. He also purchased the Hanoverian stallion Locksley II in Verden for 260,000 euro. Hereth is involved in world wide companies such as Palm Beach Commerce Center Associates, Immoport AG, and the Zurich-based real estate and facilities management company Avireal AG.

Per Skærbæk invested 26,000 € in Casparena ZH by Cassini II x Contender (breeder: Horst Zöllmer, Heiligenthal) who was the top-priced show jumping foal of the three-day auction.

Dakeur (by Dancier x Sixtus x Angard, bred by Elisabeth and Winfried Burkhard) was the top-priced foal on the first day of the 34th Elite Foal and Broodmare Auction. Skærbæk spent 75,000 €, the second highest price of the auction, for the dark-brown colt with the dressage pedigree.  Per Skærbæk has been rgularly investing in top quality auction horses for a Norwegian client.

All 316 presented and knocked-down foals were disposed at an average auction sales price of 8,160.75 euro. 65 foals were sold for more than 10,000 €.  The export rate with 21 countries was 44% (139 foals). Danish customers purchased 34 Hanoverian foals. 13 will find their new home in France, each 11 in Italy and Sweden, 10 in Spain.

35,000 euro was the highest price paid for a broodmare. State premium candidate Bella Carmina by Belissimo M/Carbid, bred by Nicole and Frank Pistner from Kirchlinteln, will give birth to her St. Moritz-foal in Australia.

The 35 broodmares changed hands at averagely 11,657.14 €, 14 of them were sold to foreign customers.  
 
The 34th Elite Foal and Broodmare Auction finished with the third best result since this sales event was held the first time.

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