Diarado daughter auction topper second online Prinsjesdag auction

Via a live auction tonight the hammer fell for ten jumping and seven dressage foals in the second online auction of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag this year. The auction topper turned out to be the Diarado daughter Perla AASJ, sold for 20,000 euros. On average, the jumping foals achieved better prices than the dressage foals, but the quality will bring the ultimate success of this collection.

Nine out of ten foals in the jumping direction were sold and on average they realized a price of € 9,900. “It was very positive to see the bids from all over the world. Not only within Europe, but also from America and the United Emirates. We are pleased to note that the customer base of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag is still growing. This is due to the high quality of the foals selected for our auction and the long line of successful references”, explains chairman Arjan van der Waaij.

The market determines
The most expensive filly Perla AASJ (Diarado x For Pleasure, breeder Al Asayl Showjumping) remains in the Netherlands. There was a lot of interest in this talented great-granddaughter of the phenomenal mare Fragance de Chalus. Other jumping foals have been sold to Great Britain, Hungary and Scandinavia. “This time we had more colts than fillies in the jumping direction and in recent years we have continuously seen that top-bred fillies bring in the most money. This has also been proven in this auction. In the dressage foals this time we had considerably more mares than colts, five against two, and on average that sells less well. We are quite disappointed about the yield of the dressage foals, but of course it is the market that determines the current market value. They are all foals that meet our strict criteria, so we can only imagine that the buyers will be very happy with their new purchases. We could also see that for the dressage foals the bids came in the live auction, while for the jumping foals most of the bids were made in the preliminary phase.”

Good mood
The dressage foals fetched an average of €7,250 and with a price of €8,500 the elegant Pyria SC (Fürstenball x Vivaldi, breeder C. van der Mierden) was the best paid. Buyers from France and Belgium, among others, made their choice for the dressage foals. “We are very much looking forward to the third online auction, which will be completed on August 18. Then Foal Auction Prinsjesdag will be online on 15 September and hopefully with a traditional auction in Ermelo.”