Those wondering what has become of Bella Donna (Peter Nagel-Tornau, Wangels) since her sale to Qatar in 2014 received an answer this week. The Baldini II-Calido I daughter, who competed at the Olympic Games in London with Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, sired one of two champion stallions at the Westphalian licensing in Münster-Handorf on Wednesday.
The sire of the OS-registered stallion, which stems from embryo transfer, is Cornet Obolensky. At the subsequent auction, Gestüt Bonhomme from Werder an der Havel secured the dark bay from Holsteiner stem 7126 for a top price of 250,000 euros. Alongside the champion stallion, several other licensing candidates came from Holsteiner dam lines—specifically via stallions such as Quintender, Aletto, Chin Champ, C-Indoctro, Landadel, and Contender.
