Foal Auction Prinsjesdag unveils brilliant foal collection for September auction
22 dressage foals and 37 jumping foals will be auctioned by Koen Olaerts on Tuesday 15 September at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag. Although these carefully selected foals can also be bid online, Foal Auction Prinsjesdag also intends to hold a live auction on 15 September at the KNHS Center in Ermelo. “We are keeping a very close eye on current developments regarding the corona measures and are adjusting our auction accordingly,” explains chairman Arjan van der Waaij.
Both the dressage and show jumping collections consist of foals that meet the strict selection criteria of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag, time and again under the motto of 'The Power of Performance'. “We are very pleased that, after two online auctions, we can close this season for Foal Auction Prinsjesdag with a live auction,” says Arjan van der Waaij. “Soon we will announce the details about the further implementation and visitors and VIP guests can register to attend the auction.”
Dressage collection with different highlights
With the very strong group of 22 dressage foals, Foal Auction Prinsjesdag hopes to be able to make a difference. “We think that our collection is far above average with a few unusual highlights”, says Lauw van Vliet, who is responsible for the dressage selection together with Jacques Verkerk. “There are several foals who, in addition to excellent models and movements, also come from very successful stocks. In addition, several colts are highly interesting for the stallion selection in a few years' time. The dressage foals showed themselves very well on the photo/video days, so I think the videos speak for themselves”, explains Lauw van Vliet.
Talent for sport and breeding
With fifteen promising colts, the dressage collection has a lot of potential with regard to stallion breeding. For example, the collection consists of interesting sons of Grand Prix stallions such as Glock's Toto Jr, For Romance I, Totilas and Painted Black, but also promising stallions such as Jameson RS2 and Just Wimphof are well represented. “A notable son of Just Wimphof, for example, is Power of Dreams – bred out of a Johnson dam. The Totilas son Patron du Coeur, out of a mare by Stedinger, is also a foal with enormous potential. This colt was only a few weeks old on the photo/video day, but it is a very special specimen," says Lauw van Vliet.
The group of seven fillies also consists of top talents for both sport and breeding. “Take the Daily Diamond foal Princess Lady Texel, for example, who can just follow her excellently auctioned stable mates”, Van Vliet refers to the time and again popular breeding products from Wim van der Linde from De Cocksdorp, Texel. Interesting daughters of Desperado NOP, Ebony, In Style, Glock's Toto Jr, Totilas and Just Wimphof also feature in the auction collection.
Best from European soil in jumping collection
The world's best dam lines are represented in the collection of 37 jumping foals, put together by Fred van Straaten and Willem van Hoof. Think, for example, of foals from the line of Usha van 't Roosakker, the line of Qerly Chin, the Van 't Merelsnest dam line or the line of Glock's London and Ta Belle van Sombeke. But also Dutch top dam lines come to the fore in the jumping collection, such as the Lottie line, the line of Larthago and the dam lines of, for example, Gancia de Muze and Zinius. “We think we have selected an excellent group of jumping foals for this September edition,” says Willem van Hoof on behalf of the selection committee. “On paper, several foals stand out, but also in terms of quality foals I think we have a really strong collection. Foals with good models and fantastic canters – in both the mare and the colts.”
Son of Olympic mare Gibrouille du Lys
The show jumping collection includes a group of fillies that can also make a difference in breeding. Think of the Chacfly PS daughter Chardonnay van Kattenheye Z – a granddaughter of CSI5* mare Sea Coast Ferly, or Ulise van 't Merelsnest – a daughter of Kasanova de la Pomme straight out of the line of Sapphire and VDL Glasgow van 't Mereslnest. Kato van het Gebergte – bred out of the sister of Valentina van 't Heike – and El Passo Z – El Barone 111 daughter out of top mare Capitola Z – are also some of the many examples of excellent fillies from the Prinsjesdag show jumping collection.
In addition, there are various colts that have extra opportunities for sport as well as for later stallion inspections. What about Harley Optimus Z – the three-quarter brother of Global Champions Tour winner Harley van de Bisschop – or Chic Philyra VV Z – a son of Cornet Obolensky out of the Olympic mare Gibrouille du Lys.
All in all, the September collection of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag is well worth studying further and from now on the complete collection is online at www.prinsjesdag.eu.
For more information about Foal Auction Prinsjesdag, please contact us without any obligation info@prinsjesdag.eu and for specific questions about the selected foals, the full selection committee will also be happy to assist you. For dressage: Jacques Verkerk (+316 55140470) and Lauw van Vliet (+316 22516452); for jumping: Fred van Straaten (+316 53371860) and Willem van Hoof (+316 20640895).
