Carl Hester announced via his Facebook-page that his Grand Prix horse Uthopia (Metall out of Odella sport-dres by Inspekteur) will stay with him. “Apologies for the long wait, but it has been worth it. I can now confirm that Uthopia has been secured and will stay at home where he is much loved. Those involved wish to remain anonymous and I hope everyone will respect that, suffice to say I am enormously grateful to them.” End of April it was announced that Hester’s top horse, bred by Jan van Zetten in Kesteren, would be auctioned and for a long time it was unsure whether the KWPN-recognized stallion would remain with Carl Hester. Uthopia was sold for €217.000,- through the Irish auction house Wilsons Auctions.