Top prices for Welsh ponies at Elite Dressage Pony Sales

The third edition of the Elite Dressage Pony Sales was held in Zoelen on October 5. Auction topper was the German riding pony Golden East, who brought € 17,500. The 8-year-old NWR-bred Oosting Eyecatcher was offered the second highest amount of € 14,000.

Oosting Eyecatcher (by Heitrak's Marvin) was bred by Family Santema out of the crown, sport mare Oosting Donatella (Verona's Bo-Gi x Flora's Hof Magic). Anouk Schothorst competed the dark bay gelding in Z2 dressage.

But the third highest price was also for a Welsh. The talented Meedenblik's Gentleman (Speyksbosch Dickens x Compagnon's Humphrey) was knocked off for 13,000 euros and has a new, Belgian owner. The bay gelding bred by D. and H. Dijkstra became star at the last stallion approval.

Meedenblik's General

The most expensive 2.5-year-old stallion was Kovu, a son of the NWR-bred and NWPCS-approved stallion Meedenblik's General (by Oosting Amigo). General only covered as a three-year-old and was subsequently sold for sport. With Kovu, the hammer fell at €5,500.

Category B and C

The above ponies are D ponies. In the B and C category, the auction toppers were Welsh. For the popular 2.5-year-old, 1.33-meter stallion Simba, also a son of Meedenblik's General, €4,000 was paid.

The 3-year-old Welsh section A pony Nijenklooster's Ardanwen (Vikarien's Jolyan x Skywood Sea Urchin) bred by T.W. Bunschoten became the most expensive B pony with €3,750.

Source: EDPS