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Fantastic Foal Auction in Verden
Elite Hanoverian Foals Popular Worldwide

The 36th Elite Foal and Brood Mare Auction of the Hannoveraner Verband was held on three days in the Hanoverian Riding and Driving School. 259 foals born in 2010 were sold to international customers at Europe’s biggest Foal Auction.

Quattoleur (breeder and exhibitor: Gabriele Berner, Bienenbüttel) was the top-priced foal. The impressive chestnut stallion by Quando-Quando/Donnerhall was sold at Euro 55,000 and found new owners in Bavaria. 34 foals were auctioned off at more than Euro 10,000, prices between Euro 5,000 and 7,999 were achieved for most of the horses (87) of this collection. „Not only top prices were paid, there was also a representative quantity of foals sold at prices that satisfied both, buyer and exhibitor,“ was auctioneer Friedrich-Wilhelm Isernhagen’s analysis.

Averagely Euro 6,885 was invested in the foals. Customers from foreign countries appreciate the advantages of the Hanoverian breed: 107 foals will leave Germany, Hanoverian fans from 17 nations traveled to Verden. Sweden secured the largest number of foals with 21 youngsters in total.

Auction manager Dr. Günther Friemel summarized: „With the current extreme situation prevailing on the foal market, we are completely satisfied with the result. We appreciate that many loyal customers from Germany and abroad came to us and that they purchased more than one foal.“

14 brood mares completed the collection of the 36th Elite Auction. The two- to six-year olds displayed countless successes: Ia-awards and victories at mare shows as well as top results achieved at their mare performance tests. Many of them were also in-foal. State premium mare Hosianna (breeder: Hans-Günter Berner, Bienenbüttel - exhibitor: Gabriele Berner, Bienenbüttel) was the top-priced mare. Customers from North Rhine-Westphalia paid Euro 30,500 for the shiny black Hohenstein/Pik Bube-daughter who is in-foal to Desperados. The six-year-old mare was one of the few mares that will stay in Germany. 10 of the 14 mares will change to foreign countries. Euro 13,357.14 was the average price achieved for the brood mares. 
 
Due to the renovation works in the Niedersachsenhalle, the three-day event was staged for the first of all last time on the premises of the Hanoverian Riding and Driving School. Officials, buyers, exhibitors and guests agreed: The venue stood the test, the Hanoverian auctions will now return to the Niedersachsenhalle.