Prinsjesdag Foal Auction starts auction site with embryos

Through www.embryoauction.com the National Foal Auction Prinsjesdag will be offering embryos from August 2015. These embryos have the very best genetic material available in the world. From stallions that excel in international sport or have proven to inherit an above-average sport aptitude. But even more importantly, from dam lines in which sports performances in direct line are very strongly anchored. Whoever wants to excel in sport depends on breeding.

Foal Auction Prinsjesdag has been auctioning embryos on the third Tuesday of September for years. With the rapid developments in breeding, Prinsjesdag offers a new platform for marketing embryos in the form of www.embryoauction.com. Because embryo transfer and ICSI are changing modern breeding, there is also a need for a different form of marketing. Where a few years ago a single embryo was sold through the foal auction, in recent years a wide range of embryos has arisen in which genes from proven stallions and mares have been crossed with each other.

Chairman Arjan van der Waaij is proud of the new Prinsjesdag auction site: 'The idea of embryoauction.com arose during the previous edition of the foal auction. We saw the number of embryos in the auction increase every year. The breeders offered better quality, but at the same time we had the feeling that it didn't fit on auction day: there was nothing in the track when you auction an embryo and that almost destroyed the atmosphere. But we did notice that the demand was high with corresponding prices. So what do you do then? We have looked at other initiatives in this area and believe that there are opportunities. That is why we have developed www.embryoauction.com in recent months. In view of the offer we encountered in the market, there is certainly a need for such a platform.'

Prinsjesdag has been applying very strict criteria for years when compiling the annual foal collection. 'The Power of Performance' is the motto and it monitors performance inheritance in the direct maternal line, proven or promising sires, development, a functional exterior and functional movement. With the embryos on www.embryoauction.com, the bar is raised even higher when it comes to performance inheritance. Only the very best European top material is good enough. There is worldwide interest in such strictly selected gene material. The aim of www.embryoauction.com is to connect the worldwide demand with the supply of top material from European breeders. Not just on the third Tuesday of September, but all year round.

Anyone interested can register on this website. For more information: info@embryoauction.com or call +31-(0)342440100.