Icy temperatures and several centimetres of snow did not dampen the spirits during the bidding duals at the 2010 Hanoverian Winter Auction in Verden. Swedish customers acquired Smaragd (by Samarant x Don Davidoff) for the top knock down price of 50,000 euro.
The collection included 92 four- to six-year-old horses lots of them with excellent prospects for advanced level dressage or show jumping . Ernie (by Escudo x Graf Grannus) was the most expensive show jumping horse. A show jumping expert from Lower Saxony paid 41,000 euro for the four-year-old black horse.
Auctioneer Friedrich-Wilhelm Isernhagen sold the horses at an average auction sales price of 13,829 euro. Auction manager Dr. Guenther Friemel was very happy: "This was an excellent start into the new auction year, and it even exceeded our expectations. We achieved a sound result and appreciate the cleared market and the excellent price structure."
Eleven nations purchased 39 horses. Breeding manager Dr. Werner Schade summarized: "France and Scandinavia were again very strong and purchased 20 horses. I am especially happy about customers from Hungary. There is something going on in this country!"
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