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The noble stallion is still nameless - but his new owner will certainly soon give him a name.
Find out here which factors determine the price of a horse.
Although he doesn't have a name yet, the breeding stallion from East Frisia is causing a sensation.
The reason?
His new owner shelled out an impressive 720,000 euros for him at the stallion market organized by the Association of Oldenburg Horse Breeders.
This is reported by t-online,
among others
.
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“The orienteering champion stallion was sold for 720,000 euros.
From and To ad Deailah v.
Dancier - St. Moritz - Rotspon, bred by Monika Rösemeier-Harms, Großefehn, and exhibited by Ursula Berger, Munich, was awarded to the renowned Lövsta Stutteri stallion station from Sweden,” writes the
Oldenburg Horse Breeding Association
in the announcement on its homepage.
The young stallion appeared “incredibly loose and supple,” as Oldenburg’s breeding director Bernhard Thoben said, according to
.
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An entrepreneur from Poland also invested 400,000 euros in the second most expensive horse at the same auction.
On average, buyers paid around 150,000 euros for their new horses.
Overall, the auction generated sales of around two million euros.
But there is no comparison to the most expensive horses in the world.
While
around 60 million dollars are said to have been spent on the racehorse Fusaichi Pegasus, according to
pferde.de , the estimated value of the most expensive horse of all time, Galileo, is given by the
Berliner Zeitung
as 210 million euros.
The probably most expensive dressage horse in the world was named Totilas and died in December 2020.
Swedish billionaire owns renowned stud farm near Stockholm
Noble breeding horses reach top prices in the millions, which can often only be paid by top earners or breeders.
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The noble stallion's new home will be the Lövsta Stutteri stallion station in Sweden.
The owner of the award-winning animal and owner of the renowned stud farm near Stockholm is billionaire Antonia Johnson, one of the richest women in Sweden.
Her family's fortune is estimated at around 9.6 billion.
What factors determine the price of horses?
With such dizzying sums, the question arises as to what factors determine the price of a horse.
The following summary provides an overview:
race
Lineage
: Offspring from successful broodmares and stallions should guarantee performance.
Name and reputation
of the stud farm
Previous sporting successes
: This is also crucial for the price of the young talent.
Age
: Between the ages of five and nine, horses are considered to be the most expensive.
From around the age of 17, the animals lose value.
Level of training
Connoisseurs keep a catchy phrase in mind: the three As.
This means “age, ancestry and education”.
The so-called brand serves as proof of origin.
It provides information about the breeding and breed affiliation of horses.
Noble animals in particular are preferred to be branded with this characteristic.
According to
ehorses.de
, the Arabian thoroughbred, the English thoroughbred and the American Quarter Horse are considered the most expensive horse breeds in the world.