I am here in Germany and here are some tidbits:
The Totilas colt was whistled at and feet stomped(German version of booing). He was overweight and earthbound. It was a bit surprising when comparing him side by side with the others that he did get licensed.
One of my favorites–and all on this forum know my feelings about “S” blood, was the St Moritz Jr/Don Schufro. Super mechanics, great temperament. Went premium.
An absolute favorite, both mine and the breeders was #88 Fuerstenball/Wie weltmeyer/Prince Thatch xx. WOW. I will be watching this one to probably use him in the near future.
The Diamond Hits as a group were very nice but there was no standout like Doctor Watson from last year.
The #10, a Damsey/Wordly went premium. I can see this fellow going up the levels in performance as well as being a good breeding stallion. Congratulations to the Leatherdales.
Lord Carnaby/Fidertanz, very interesting horse. Mature looking, powerful gaits. I see this one as a performance horse. Licensed
Estobar/Lauriesxx was a very handsome good moving animal.
The Romanov was a bit disappointing to me and I am usually a fan.
The United was a phenomenal moving animal with suspension, and power. A crowd favorite
One sidebar: for the first time in over a decade of attending, the horses behavior was night and day from triangle to indoors. The triangle had the normal amount of 2 yr old antics, but all were relatively well behaved. Inside was another story. Many did not want to enter the jump chute and jumped over and around the whips and fences. One of the premium stallions, a jumper, on the announcement of the premium(no fences in the arena at the time and all by himself with his normal handler)hit his handler who required emergency care in the arena and was taken to the hospital.
I will update later today after the auction. Should be very interesting with the inclusion of outside registry horses for the first time.