Schockemöhle Wins Lawsuit Over Totilas' Frozen Semen

The court in Arnheim (NED) has ruled in favour of Paul Schockemöhle in the lawsuit over Totilas' frozen semen against the stallion's previous owner, Kees Visser.

The Semen Story

The KWPN stallion Totilas (by Gribaldi x Glendale), World and European Champion and world record breaker, passed away on 14 December 2020 following a severe colic attack.

In January 2021, the Dutch stallion station Holstud announces on Eurodressage that it will be selling Kees Visser's 244 straws of frozen semen, exclusively for ICSI insemination (Equine Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection). A month later the price is set at 3,750 euro per ICSI procedure, but with a partial gestation guarantee. 2750 euro would be repaid if the mare is not in foal.

Paul Schockemöhle, who bought Totilas after the 2010 World Equestrian Games, had been standing him at stud since 2011. He first put the price at 8,000 euro per covering. In 2016 he dropped it to 5,500 euro, then to 4,000 euro, then to 2,500 euro. In 2020 the stud fee was 2,800 euro.

In the sales transaction, Schockemöhle received 600 straws of semen, as Visser only wanted to keep some (i.e;. 244) for his own breeding at the time. Many of the 600 straws turned out to be infected with the CEM bacteria and were useless. The stallion was treated for the disease in 2011 and his semen had been clean since then.

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