Feb 25th, 9:00 a.m. Eastern until Sunday March 7th, 8 p.m. Eastern
Welcome to the 2021 Westfalen Verband NA Stallion Service Auction. Bids Open at 9 a.m. Eastern Thursday Feb 25th and close at 8 p.m. Eastern on Sunday March 7th, 2021. Opening bids are set at $500 for Warmblood stallions, $300 for Stallions available with 1 dose of Frozen Semen, and $250 for pony stallions, and the bidding will go up in $25 increments. Each Stallion's listing has important information regarding the terms of the stallion service donation - whether Fresh Cooled Shipped semen or Frozen, Collection and Shipping fees, etc. Please make sure to read carefully through all of the Stallion's information before bidding and visit the stallion owner's website/contact the stallion owner with any questions before you bid. Register to bid by clicking on Login/New Bidder at the top right of the page, or you can also click on the green Bidding button, and that will bring you to the sign-up screen. You will then select "Click Here if You are a New Bidder" and follow the instructions on the screen to set up your username and password. If you've already registered to bid for one of our auctions just enter your username and password. If you need help signing up or have any questions please contact the Stallion Service Auction Manager Ann Daum Kustar at 1-605-685-3089 or email office@westfalen-na.com Bids can NOT be retracted, so it is imperative that you are sure of your bids before they are placed. Note - The auction lots begin closing at 8 p.m. Eastern Sunday March 7th. Each lot closes 1 minute after the lot before. Each lot is set to finish with a Soft Close - which means that if a bid is placed on a stallion in the last 2 minutes of the auction, the time on that lot will extend by another 2 minutes. This is to discourage automated sniper programs, which swoop in with a bid in the last seconds of an auction, faster than human reaction time. Remember you can place a Max Bid by highlighting over the next bid amount and entering the amount you are willing to pay for the stallion service. The program will bid only up as far as it has to to keep you the high bidder - just like in Ebay. Other bidders won't see your maximum bid. Winning bidders will be notified by e-mail at the close of the auction. Please check your e-mail for notification of a win or loss. You must then make payment via paypal, credit card, check or money order to Westfalen NA within seven days from the end of the auction. The Westfalen NA is auctioning a donated stallion service contract provided by the Owner shown. Bidders are hereby notified to direct inquiries about this stallion service and any contract issues to the Owner listed. The winning bidder agrees to abide by terms of the stallion owner's Breeding Contract. Make sure that you familiarize yourself with the specific details for the contract of the stallion you are interested in. If you have any questions about the stallion himself, the additional fees, the duration of the contract, etc., contact the stallion owner directly. Be sure that you know exactly what you are bidding on. Stallions are all activated for the 2021 season with Westfalen NA unless otherwise noted. Stallions which are not activated require an additional fee for foal registration at time of inspection. All stallions Stud Book status are listed as either Stud Book I, II or IIA (eligible for upgrade into Stud Book I after performance results). The Westfalen Verband NA registry represents the Westfälisches Pferdestammbuch e.V. in North America. The breed-name for foals registered with us in Germany as well as in North America is Westfalen or Deutsches Reitpony. Foals registered with Westfalen Verband NA get German passports. For More Information on Westfalen NA's registration papers and brands visit: http://www.westfalenverband.com