Aaruh, august 20, 2018 – During the past 25 years the Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction has steadily grown into a substantial success; not only for the breeders who have achieved good prices for their foals but even more so for the customers who have purchased foals that have grown into talented and successful sport horses.
Leading breeders support the Elite Foal Auction
Danish Warmblood is widely known for breeding high-quality dressage horses that are among the best in the world, and we believe that this year’s collection of 44 dressage foals exceeds the expections of our customers leaving them a wide range of absolute top foals with powerful presence og promising pedigrees to choose between.
– We are very grateful that many of the leading breeders in Danish Warmblood have chosen to sell their foals on the Elite Foal Auction. Thanks to the breeders we are able to present this unique collection that we believe will attract buyers from wide and far, says Louise Ringsbo, head of the auction.
In terms of bloodlines the dressage foals represent some of the strongest and most successful dam lines of Danish breeding, and on top of this you find some of the most popular and current sires like top foal producer Franklin who has nine foals in the collection which also counts foals by the new world champions for young horses, 5-year-old Revolution and 6-year-old D’Avie, as well as sires like Blue Hors Don Olymbrio, Blue Hors Fifty Cent, Blue Hors Hotline, Blue Hors Zackerey, Bøgegaardens Santiago, Florenz, Floriscount, Foundation, Franziskus, Freischütz, Hesselhøj Donkey Boy, Quantensprug, Quaterhit, Romeo, Sandro Hit, Scolari, Sir Donnerhall I, Valverde og Valløs Dreaming Marong.
Immaculate collection of show jumpers
Until now, only a few have discovered the outstanding quality of the Danish show jumping foals offered for sale on this auction. The auction committee is very proud to present the best collection of show jumping foals ever, and the superb quality of the foals will make it hard to choose one over the others.
– We hope that foreign customers will discover the unique quality of the show jumping foals on this auction. The foals represent top performance dam lines in combination with international top stallions. The entire collection exudes quality at an international level that is rarely seen, says Casper Cassøe, general manager of Danish Warmblood.
Each of the 41 show jumping foals derives from a strong and solid dam line, and all together they represent internationally sought-after bloodlines through their renowned sires such as Asca Z, Balou, Bently vd Heffinck, Bøgegaardens Apollo, Casall, Ci Ci Senjor Ask, Cicero Z van Paemel, Comme Il Faut, Comme Il Faut Plus, Cornet Obolensky, Der Senaat III, Favorit Ask, Glascow-W vh Merelsnet, Halifax van het Kluizebos, I’m Special de Muze, Quartz Ask, Rockland, Untouchable, Uriko, Vivant vd Heffinck, Zirocco Blue and Zuccero.
Dansk Warmblod Press Release