Bea Birmingham and Beck’s Balou top priced foals

Verden, 5 august 2018 –  The foals and broodmares presented themselves at their best at the auction in the well-attended Niedersachsenhalle. The 94 foals achieved an average price of 8,233 Euros. It was a filly that reached the top price of 28,000 Euros: Bea Birmingham.

The last but two foal was the typey and strong moving Birmingham/Londonderry-daughter Bea Birmingham (breeder and exhibitor: Kurt Thieße, Neustadt) in the well-attended Niedersachsenhalle. The bid was awarded to a renowned breeder from North Rhine-Westphalia for 28,000 Euros. Until then, the colt Roache (breeder and exhibitor: Sally Hjort Schultz, Bolderslev/DEN) was leading the price scale with 24,000 Euros. It would have been a story that only life could write: His sire Revolution became World Champion of the five-year-old dressage horses in Ermelo/NED almost at the same time. The brown colt also descends from the dam line of Dallas, from which French Kiss, who became World Champion with Katrin Burger in 2004, decends as well.

While 57 promising dressage talents were in the spotlight on Saturday, 37 foals and three broodmares with show jumping pedigrees had “started” the day before on Friday. After a lively auction, the winner of the day was certain: The Balou du Rouet/Calido son Beck’s Balou (breeder: Sabine Pedrina, Teolo/ITA, exhibitor: Jürgen-Heinrich Ohlhoff, Bergen) was the most sought-after foal. The perky brown, whose dam was successful in advanced level jumping, was worth 15,000 Eeuros to breeders from Schleswig-Holstein. “There were many names in the foals’ pedigrees that have proven their performance in sport. A compliment to our breeders”, auction manager Jörg-Wilhelm Wegener said.

The international bloodlines combined with valuable Hanoverian dam lines attracted numerous foreign interested parties. A regular customer from Great Britain secured her 100th foal in Verden. The largest groups of buyers came from Spain (seven foals) and Sweden (six foals). Altogether 36 foals will leave Germany.

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