BY JEAN LLEWELLYN / PRESS RELEASE
PHOTOGRAPHY: KIKI BEELITZ; RECKIMEDIA

For the first time, the Westfalian Studbook and the Trakehner Association joined forces for a joint foal auction. The event took place at the North Rhine-Westfalian State Stud in Warendorf. With an average price of €12,113 euros, 86% of the foals changed hands.

Following the successful premiere of a foal auction at the North Rhine-Westfalian State Stud in Warendorf in 2025, there was another first this year: the Westfalian Studbook and the Trakehner Association joined forces to stage a joint foal auction. A total of 36 young talents from the two breeding associations were offered for sale, with 31 successfully finding new owners.
The celebrated top price of the evening was a Trakehner foal with head number 3. Schwalbenfeuer, a daughter of Millennium (breeder and exhibitor: Bernhard Langels, Bismarck), delighted the audience in the beautifully prepared arena at the State Stud in Warendorf. Her dam, Schwalbenkönigin (High Motion), completed her mare performance test with an outstanding final score of 9.16. She is also the sister of two dressage horses successful at advanced level. Sold for the auction’s top price of €48,000, the beautiful brown filly will remain in Germany...

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