By Jean Llewellyn / press release
Photography: OLD Art
Since 2009, the Hanoverian Grande Prize has been awarded to a stallion between the ages of 10 and 12 at the beginning of each breeding season. In 2024, this honour was bestowed upon Toto Jr. (Totilas - Desperada x Desperados)
The licensed stallion Diamonds Detto by Diamond Deluxe out of Formidable by Foundation x Sunny-Boy, bred by Dr. Alexandra Montkowski, Colnrade, and exhibited by Klaus Kock from Dorsten, became the price highlight of the 101st Oldenburg Spring Elite Auction. The exemplary student was knocked down to a young woman from the Netherlands for €125,000. His third dam, Version, is the sister of the Grand Prix successful Sympathico under the saddle of Gabriele Steffan.
Also surpassing the €100,000 mark was the licensed riding pony stallion Black Magic Friday, born 2015, by Magic Cornflakes out of Polly Pocket by Casino Royale K WE x Rendezvous, bred by Kerstin Broxtermann, Edewecht, and exhibited by Gestüt Erlenhof, Bad Homburg. Black Magic Friday will now be at home in France, having been sold for €103,000. At the ages of five and six years he qualified in dressage and show jumping for the final of the Bundeschampionat for riding ponies and, as a six-year-old Black Magic Friday placed fourth in the dressage final.
Next on the price list came the licensed Mon Chateau, born 2021, by Morricone I out of Heaven’s Light by Don Romantic x Duntroon, bred by Heinrich Reinke, Vechta, and exhibited by the agricultural enterprise Sebastian Kriebitzsch, Otterwisch. Mon Chateau changed owners for €82,000 to supportive hands in Germany. Sire Morricone I was the champion stallion of the Oldenburg licensing in 2014, an Oldenburg Main Premium winner in 2016, and successful up to Grand Prix level... To read the complete article you need to be a subscriber
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