Cas van der Oord joins the selection committee Foal Auction Prinsjesdag

Foal Auction Prinsjesdag has established a new strength for the selection committee dressage with Cas van der Oord. The young breeder from Schoorl in North Holland has been involved with Foal Auction Prinsjesdag for many years and will be responsible for the selection of dressage foals together with Lauw van Vliet. “A great opportunity – I'm really looking forward to it,” says Van der Oord.

The Van der Oord family has had a strong relationship with Foal Auction Prinsjesdag from the start. “My father was already involved in setting up the auction. When we had a better foal at home, we always first went to Foal Auction Prinsjesdag," says Cas van der Oord. “When board members Co Out and Gerard Koks approached me for a place on the dressage selection committee, I considered this carefully. I am of course still young, so it is quite a leap of faith, but that also makes it a very good opportunity.”

New Generation

Van der Oord represents a new generation and hopes to attract new people to the auction. “You still appeal to a new target group and you also try to stay informed via social media about what is being bred and where interesting foals are born. In addition, I hope that I have the goodwill with my existing network to capture interesting foals for Foal Auction Prinsjesdag.”

As a selector, Van der Oord believes that you should not wait to see what is offered. “In these times you have to be extra on top of it. I am already making contacts in order to be able to select interesting foals in the spring. I have also already approached several large breeders in Germany, in order to be able to bring free blood to the Netherlands. This is well received and many breeders would like to auction at Prinsjesdag.”

Collaboration with Van Vliet

Together with stallion owner Lauw van Vliet, Van der Oord will take care of the dressage selection. “I am really looking forward to working with Lauw. He is a very passionate man and I think I can learn a lot from him. The collaboration with Lauw has been decisive for me to seize this opportunity with both hands," concludes Cas van der Oord.