Moonlight Sonata dances to top price of 105,000 Euros

At the Verden Auction Online in April, Moonlight Sonata achieved the top price of 105,000 Euros. On average, the 52 e...

At the Verden Auction Online in April, Moonlight Sonata achieved the top price of 105,000 Euros. On average, the 52 excellent young talents were worth 28,304 Euros to their new owners.

Early on Saturday afternoon the time had come – the Verden Auction Online in April entered its final phase. After exactly 100 bids and an hour after the auction started, the virtual hammer fell for the head number 1. The black Moonlight Sonata by Morricone/Lauries Crusador xx (breeder: Dr. Carsten Haack, Freiburg, exhibitor: Dr. Erdal Yesilkaya, Odenthal) achieved the top price with 105,000 Euros. She will move into a box in a dressage stable in Lower Saxony. For the first time, the buyer found what he was looking for in Verden.

The measure of all things among the show jumping horses was the head number 4. Quinta by Qualito/Perigueux (breeder: Carsten Thies, Winsen, exhibitor: Stüvel GbR, Zeetze), who convinces with her scope and bascule, achieved a knock down price of 38,500 Euros. She will start her journey to international customers in Greece. 

24 of the top talents brought their exhibitors 25,000 Euros and more. Almost exactly half of the auction lot will advertise Hannoveraner abroad. Five times customers from France placed the last bid, four times buyers from Finland had the longest breath and three horses were sold to customers from Spain.

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by Hannoveraner Verband | photos by Hannoveraner Verband