Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXIV, Issue 1
Written by Claudia PÂNZARU, Ioan GÎLCĂ, Marius Gheorghe DOLIȘ, Roxana Nicoleta RAȚU, Răzvan Mihail RADU-RUSU, Mălina Carina SPULBER
At PSI Auction, the annual performance sales that take place is presented to the international clients an exclusive number of young horses for training or jumping over obstacles, destined for the biggest international equestrian competitions. This paper aimed to examine all the horses participating in the auctions in 2019 and 2020, on Eurodressage, taking into account the economic aspect of the 3 factors: horse’s sex and year of birth, and the equestrian discipline. The alpha value was set at 0.05 for all statistics. Following the analysis of the results, regarding the year of birth (all participants in this study being young horses), the sex of the horses, and also the equestrian discipline there were no significant differences. In conclusion, the auctioned horses, whether they are mares, stallions, or gelding, whether the year of birth or breed, after being selected for participation in the auction, horses are sold at very high prices and will be capitalized according to the buyer's interest in the reproductive direction, as well as for sports, being trained for the biggest competitions in the world.
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