By Lea-Sophie Baberg / Westf
Photography: Reckimedia
This year's Westphalian Autumn Auction featured riding horses, riding ponies, unridden youngsters and broodmares. From 63 auction candidates 50 found new owners, with the For Romance daughter For Hope achieving the highest price of €355,000.
The Westphalian Autumn Auction presented an outstanding selection of high-quality riding horses and ponies, including Westfalian champions, the 2025 Bundes-champion, licensed stallions, and highly successful sport horses. The collection was complemented by five broodmares and six unridden, dressage-oriented youngsters from the 2023 vintage.
For Hope, an exceptionally beautiful mare (breeder and exhibitor: ZG Wierling, Senden) impressed customers throughout the entire trial period. A few months ago, the four-year-old daughter of For Romance completed her mare performance test with a final score of 8.48, including 9.5 for her trot and canter. Her dam, St.Pr.St. Fiadora (Fürst Wilhelm), also completed her mare performance test with an excellent final score of 8.41 and was reserve champion at the 2020 Elite Show.
Two horses were crowned Westfalian champion of four-year-old riding horses in 2025 and both were offered for sale. The Vaderland x For Romance daughter Valera (breeder and exhibitor: FK Sporthorses, Westerkappeln) entered the auction ring in Münster-Handorf also holding the title of champion mare at the 2025 Westfalian Elite Show. Destined for advanced dressage, customers bid €165,000 for this outstanding young talent. The second Westfalian champion of the four-year-old riding horses was personally exhibited by her breeder Josef Pottbäcker. Symphonie P, a daughter of Sir Heinrich x Jazz Rubin also holds a State premium mare title, and placed fourth at this year’s Bundeschampionat. Already victorious in young horse dressage tests, this beautiful mare was worth €140,000 euros to her new owners.
Of the dressage-oriented riding horses and ponies on offer, a total of 30 changed hands at an average price of ‹€51,533...
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