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105 Online Bids on Sympatico, Top Seller of the 2021 Hanoverian Spring Elite Auction Sun, 04/18/2021 - 10:24
Hanoverian Auction News
Sympatico, the top seller of the 2021 Hanoverian Spring Elite Auction, which concluded on 17 April 2021, received no less than 105 online bids to sell as the auction price highlight.
The Verden auction online in April developed into a lively market place. Sympatico was auctioned off for 105,000 euro to a dressage trainer from Hessia.
105 bids were placed until
Sympatico (by Secret x Don Crusador) sold. Bred by Dr. Elke Standeker in Austria and owned by Swedish Carsten Johansen, the black found a new owner in Hessia for 105,000 Euros. From the first day on, the black three-year-old out of the dam line of Anitschke was the most popular horse in the collection and impressed at each of his presentations with auction rider Heiko Klausing.
Mon, 01/25/2021 - 16:38
F.O.C.U.S.
For Belgian professional dressage rider Larissa Pauluis 2020 was an annus horribilis. Fortunately her rising Grand Prix horses Flambeau and Valentin have become the bright beacons of the new year and for her equestrian life, heralding light at the end of a dark tunnel.
Annus Horribilis
For many equestrian professionals the year 2020 has been a difficult one due to the corona pandemic. The majority of the competitions were cancelled, teaching students and traveling around was more burdensome due to lockdowns , and the sales of horses posed new challenges.
However that was nothing compared to the blow Larissa was dealt on 6 May 2020. Grégoire Naslin, her husband and the father of her two children Capucine and Joséphine, died unexpectedly from a cardiac arrest. He was 39 years old. Larissa was left alone with two kids to raise as a widow, a big equestrian yard to run, and horses to compete.
Statesman OLD Passed Away
Oldenburg
The internationally competed small tour horse and Oldenburg licensed Statesman OLD passed away on 7 January 2021. He was 17 years old.
Statesman OLD was born in 2005 and sired by Stedinger out of Weissendra (by Donnerschwee x Titus).
Licensed Stallion
Statesman was bred by American Ann Kitchel, but born at Clemens von Merveldt s Gut Fuchtel in Vechta, Germany.
He was was licensed at the spring approval for the Oldenburg and Brandenburg breed society on 29 April 2008. In 2009 he got licensed for the Hanoverian society. He did his 30-day Stallion Performance Test at the end of 2008 and scored 9.03 for dressage and 7.44 for show jumping, finishing on a total of 8.39 points. He stood at stud at Gestut Vorwerk in Cappeln, Germany.