Title says it all; here’s the link:
https://horse-canada.com/horse-news/rcmp-foundation-auction-40-hanoverians/
Previous years I’ve been able to avoid this because it was a live auction. But now it’s online and so darn easy!!! So many nice horses too
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Wish there were videos of the horses!
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There are photos according the the RCMP page:
www.bit.ly/RCMPFoundationAuction
View horse pages online and in the live-auction catalogue where you will find
- Name, age, gender, height, colour
- Descriptions of each horse complete[B] with images and video[/B] (watch for updates)
- Immediate online access to X-rays, Health Certificate, pedigree
My previous post is unapproved at the moment so I will repeat the info here without the auction link, but you can copy and paste it from the Horse-Canada page which is in my first post. Well, you can just click on it too, which is easier.
The RCMP auction page has more info, including photos and videos. According to the RCMP auction page:
View horse pages online and in the live-auction catalogue where you will find
- Name, age, gender, height, colour
- Descriptions of each horse complete with [B]images and video[/B] (watch for updates)
- Immediate online access to X-rays, Health Certificate, pedigree
If you go to the RCMP auction page and click “register now” you can see the horses. You do not need to put in any information to do so. I am not seeing any videos.
ETA - it looks like Jury, Geneva, & Judicial are the only three with videos at this time.
Any idea how much they tend to go for roughly?
P.
May be a decent opportunity to pick up a fairly nice horse. I’d have to see how high bids go.
Personally, I got more wrapped up in the Thoroughbred Stallion page 
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Interesting to read the descriptions. Then read the vet summary. On some of them, I drew very different conclusions about their potential uses!
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Me too!
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Horses don’t go for cheap at that auction…but they are very nice, well handled, well raised animals. That’s where Sir Wannabi was purchased!
And also Color Guard
http://www.canadianhanoverians.com/annual-chs-stallion-auction/eclipsed-by-color/
And at Canadian prices, there are quite a few Americans bidding on them and getting a great deal.
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It’s good they have the vet reports etc. I looked for curiosity and saw one and thought wow he’s handsome! But then saw that he’d had OCD surgery in both hocks. Another one with a history of suspensory injury. etc. Glad for the full disclosure. Makes it easier to look away 
The RCMP Live Auction is on Saturday October 13, with horses starting to sell at 1pm. All bidding tickets have been assigned, including telephone bids. This year the sale has been split into two components, 1. On-line Auction and 2. Live Auction. The online has closed with 18 horses sold, at an average of $13,230 Canadian dollars ($10,336 USD) including all ages. Past sales average $21,200 (CAN) for riding horses with historic top buys at $42,000 and $37,000 Canadian dollars. American buyers pay less due to exchange rate. These are very reasonable prices for top quality prospects!
If you would like an opportunity to purchase a registered Hanoverian, Byden Equestrian Services in Ottawa, Canada has a Sponsor Table and will be there to bid for you on your behalf. Please contact them at byden@nrtco.net for more details. As a sponsor of this years Auction, Byden Equestrian is offering a special training rate (30% off regular fees) for horses purchased at this years 2018 RCMP Horse Auction.
Byden Equestrian has had the pleasure of training many of the horses sold over the years from prior RCMP sales, as well as representing many more during resale, once they were ready for careers in the show ring. These are very nice horses, all have current pre-purchase vet reports available to be seen now, they are well bred, carefully raised, and well started under tack. Byden Equestrian has viewed every horses in advance, has been in consultation with the pre purchase veterinarians, and is confident in selecting and purchasing a quality prospect at an affordable price for you.
Contact them today for more details on their special training rate for any horse purchased at the 2018 auction - Look for details at www.bydenfarm.com and look over the selection of sale horses, on www.charityauctionstoday.com/auctions/rcmp-foundation-2018-horse-auction-5144?cat_id=41396
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I like Judicial!
Ya she’s really nice, love her free shoulder! I also think Kenya is kinda cute…
Soooo tempting…the RCMP stables where the sale is taking place is literally 5 minutes from where I work…aaaaahhhh!
I really liked her too.
I also liked Edward. He was cute. Mews caught my eye as an eventer but boy is he big for a 3 y/o…
This is fun…thanks for posting
Seriously? You don’t have an excuse to not stop by! My SO and I should go too, we have a friend who works there.
Except that the tickets are all sold out 
But who’s to say we can’t hang aroud the barn like a couple of groupies anyway? LOL…seriously…get your freind to sneak us in 
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Then you have no good excuse not to go and take more pictures for us :lol: . Some of these horses are lovely and caught my eye. If only!
