Bolesworth Elite Sport Horse Auction Round-Up

Grey Filly, Up in the Air Z, was the top lot during this year’s Bolesworth Elite Sport Horse Auction on Thursday evening.

The straight moving foal who is sired by Untouchable, out of Telysette, made a final sale price of £24,500, £500 ahead of Bolesworth stable mates; chestnut filly, Funky Zoetendaele Z and brown colt, Carrera GT3 VH Reukenis Z who both made £24,000.

Sourced from the best show jumping horse breeders and producers in Europe, the 17 lots presented, made £280,500 averaging £16,500 on the Thursday evening of the show.

Without a doubt this year’s Bolesworth Elite Auction proved a real high spot, with the electric atmosphere projected all around the international arena on a floodlit evening.

The auction once again included foals and yearlings and was run in partnership with Luk van Puymbroeck and Gerald Lenearts, organisers of the successful Flanders foal auctions, based in Belgium.

Crowd favourite during the preview which took place earlier in the day was Mazzeltov by Cape Coral RBF Z, out of Wiske O. The striking brown colt yearling sold for £15,000.

The unique concept of selecting youngstock with ‘Black type’ dam lines continued with the strict criteria followed for selection ensuring that every lot was by a top commercial show jumping stallion, with close relations on the dam side that have competed internationally at 1.50m level or above.

Bolesworth International President Nina Barbour said:

We had some of the very best bloodlines across the world represented, and I was delighted with the quality of the foals and yearlings in the Elite Auction.  It was a wonderful evening with keen interest from some of the leading names and stables looking for future stars and talent.”

The final sale prices for the 2018 Elite Sport Horse Auction, for all lots, are as follows;

Lot 1 – Witch One – Bay Filly – Casall x Witch. Sold for £16,000 to Belgium.

Lot 2 – Millfield Cor Blimey – Grey Colt – Cornet Obolensky x Caught in Action. Sold for £13,000 to Isle of Man.

Lot 3 – Millfield Eminence – Grey Colt – Emerald x Outshine. Sold for £14,500 to United Kingdom.

Lot 4 – Carvalho vd Molendreef – Grey Colt – Comme II Faut x Esprit Van ‘T Zorgvliet. Sold for £19,500 to United Kingdom.

Lot 7 – Christian’s Son – Chestnut/Grey Colt – Christian x Le Beau. Sold for £22,000 to United Kingdom.

Lot 8 – Doursin FZ – Bay Colt – Ard Vdl Douglas x Irsina. Not sold.

Lot 9 – Mazzeltov – Brown Colt – Cape Coral RBF Z x Wiske O. Sold for £15,000 to United Kingdom.

Lot 11 – Cooper vd Bergheove Z – Brown Colt – Comme II Faut x Casqa Van de Berghoeve. Sold for £15,500 to Belgium.

Lot 12 – Malus LVP Z – Grey Colt – Malito De Reve x Quinta LVP Z. Sold for £10,000 to United Kingdom.

Lot 14 – Now or Never – Chestnut Colt – Casall x Benevita. Sold for £17,000 to United Kingdom.

Lot 15 – SFS Arrano – Bay Colt – Canturano x Lady Arko. Sold for £14,000 to United Kingdom.

Lot 16 – Midnight – Brown Colt – Comme II Faut x Imira. Sold for £21,000 for United Kingdom.

Lot 17 – Diadoro van Overis Z – Brown Colt – Diarado x Cibelle Van Overis. Sold for £12,000 to Belgium.

Lot 18 – Caragh Angren MS – Brown Filly – Cornet Obolensky x Cestia. Sold for £18,500 to USA.

Lot 19 – Funky Zoetendaele Z – Chestnut Filly – For Pleasure x Cover Queen H. Sold for £24,000 to Italy.

Lot 20 – Carrera GT3 VH Reukenis Z – Brown Colt – Cornet Obolensky x Katinka III. Sold for £24,000 to United Kingdom.

Lot 21 – Up in the Air Z – Grey Filly – Untouchable x Telysette. Sold for £24,500 to United Kingdom.