By Jean Llewellyn / press release
Photography: OLD Art
At the 104th Autumn Elite Auction at the Oldenburg Horse Center in Vechta, Benicio and Sarai set the price highlights among the dressage horses, while Chartago Blue and Ermitage Kalone emulated their success among the jumpers.
The licensed stallion and bronze medal winner of the Oldenburg State Championships Brut d'Argent (2022: Benicio - Delphi V MH x Vivaldi x Don Davidoff), bred by Frank Kolbeck from Steinfeld and owned by Klose, Hess, Lantemann, Mimberg from Bielefeld, trotted to the top price at the 104th Autumn Elite Auction. After an exciting bidding duel, he was sold for €85,000 by auctioneer Christoph F. Rowold to a dressage stable in Bavaria. Brut d’Argent’s dam is a sister to Grand Prix winner Sir Davidoff (Sir Donnerhall I), while granddam Dubai is a sister to Grand Prix star Di Sandro OLD (De Niro), ridden by Austrian Diana Porsche.
The most expensive offer for the showjumpers was for the grey gelding Chadwick (2021: Chartago Blue - Bella x Chlodwig x Levantos I), bred and owned by Bernhard Hegger, Löningen. He will move to the stable of an ambitious female rider from Lower Saxony for €36,000. His maternal brother Antony (Armison) celebrated victories over 1m20 courses at the age of five. This line also produced the 1m50 winner Corisanto (Coret’s Prinz - Couleur Black x Couleur Rubin), who was discovered in Vechta.
The top foal Sir Woods (Sarai L - Valentina PS x Vivaldi x Bretton Woods), bred and owned by Dieter Bloms, Hopsten, was sold to a stallion breeder for €30,000. His maternal sister Emilia (Escanto PS) moved to Poland in 2024 for a top price. Sir Woods’ granddam Toska R is a sister of the progenitor, world champion, and two-time Bundeschampion Don Davidoff (Ulf Möller/GER), as well as the Grand Prix-successful Sir Rubinus (Laureen Poncelet/BEL), and the Prix St. Georges-successful Tosko (T. Fischer/GER), Seine Toska (Maria Eleni Tourkomani/GRE), Sakria (Thomas Goode/GBR), Davidoff (Vanessa Siep/GER), and Toskira RS2, dam of the licensed Versaille...
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