The Verden Auction Online in July got off to a successful start. The top-priced horse carried head number three: Solana found a new owner for 49,000 euros. This was followed by a lively round of bidding for the 37 young hopefuls, which cost an average of 16.811 euros.
It took around half an hour before it became clear: Vet+ Solana by Bon Coeur/Quaterback (breeder and exhibitor: Wulf Rohlf, Lütjensee) topped the price statistics. Ten bidders placed a total of 50 bids, driving up the price of the dark bay mare, who bears the name of a cryptocurrency, continuously. The final virtual bid was accepted at 49,000 euros, a price increase of around 600 percent compared to the starting bid. Solana is already the second top price that Wulf Rohlf has achieved at the Verden showcase. In October 2020, it was St. Felice FRH by St. Schufro/Fürstenball (breeder: Patrick Seefeld, Neustadt) that was the most expensive horse at the Elite Auction.
The first horse in the collection, Fürst Franz-Wilhelm by Fürst Toto/Lauries Crusador xx (breeder and exhibitor: Franz-Wilhelm Pagendarm, Beverungen), was a harbinger of a satisfactory auction with a hammer price of 35,000 euros. The five-year-old dark bay will join the stable of a long-standing Verden auction customer.
The highest-priced show jumping horse was Hann.Pr.A. Capri by Caressini/Diacontinus (breeder and exhibitor: Heike Köhne-Wolfert, Großefehn). A buyer – a sponsor of a German Nations Cup rider – paid 44,000 euros for the elegant grey mare. Two years ago, the grey mare was awarded the Ib prize at the Herwart von der Decken-Show and has since demonstrated her outstanding qualities in the mare performance test – receiving a straight "very good" for scope and jumping intelligence – as well as in suitability and young horse showjumping classes.