Foal Auction Prinsjesdag live in the open air with guests

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Taking into account all government and RIVM guidelines, Foal Auction Prinsjesdag will organize a live auction on Tuesday 15 September – albeit in a modified variant. The location remains unchanged; Traditionally, Foal Auction Prinsjesdag will take place at the KNHS center in Ermelo. The set-up and decoration are different from normal, for example, the foal auction will take place in the open air with space for a limited number of VIP guests and invited guests.

In addition to the 59 already published foals, three wild card foals will also be auctioned by Koen Olaerts on Tuesday 15 September. In order to comply with all guidelines, Foal Auction Prinsjesdag has drawn up a careful and extensive corona plan. Unfortunately, the organization is only allowed to receive a limited number of guests during the live auction this year, but everyone has the option to bid online for the exclusive foals.

Unique Prinsjesdag atmosphere
The VIP box is divided into several separate tents around the auction arena, each with two VIP tables for four people. In this way the 1,5 meter distance rule can be applied, but the organization still tries to create the unique atmosphere of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag.

Foal viewing
The dressage and show jumping foals will be auctioned in one auction this year from 2 pm. Since applying the corona measures in a traditional foal presentation seems difficult to achieve, this has been cancelled. From 12:00 noon, interested parties will have the opportunity to view the foals in and around the stable complex in order to get a good impression of the collection. Naturally, all foals appear live in the arena during the auction.

Program
The schedule for Tuesday, September 15 is as follows:
Arrival foals 09:00 – 11:30 hrs
View foals 12:00 – 13:30
Reception of guests 13:30 – 14:00
Auction starts at 14:00 o'clock

If you are interested in one or more Prinsjesdag foals and would like to attend the auction, please register as soon as possible via info@prinsjesdag.eu† For online bids you can register at online.prinsjesdag.eu/register.

Foal Auction Prinsjesdag unveils brilliant foal collection for September auction

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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).

Jacques Verkerk in selection committee Foal Auction Prinsjesdag

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After being a member of the dressage selection committee of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag for more than ten years, Bert Poppelaars has resigned from his duties. He will be replaced next season by Jacques Verkerk, who has a lot of experience in assessing and selecting foals.

Jacques Verkerk will therefore be responsible for the selection of dressage foals together with Lauw van Vliet, while Fred van Straaten and Willem van Hoof will again focus on the selection of jumping foals for Foal Auction Prinsjesdag next season. Partly because of his age and the busy work that the role of selector entails, Bert Poppelaars has decided to stop after years of being associated with one of the leading foal auctions in Europe. The board is very grateful to Bert for the years of dedication, time and energy he has invested in Foal Auction Prinsjesdag. Last year again an average price for dressage foals of over 10,000 euros was achieved.

good expectations
“The board of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag has approached me to get started as a selector and that is a position that suits me well. I follow international sport and breeding closely and have selected foals for over 15 years. Foal Auction Prinsjesdag has a strong reputation, especially when it comes to jumping foals. I think it's a great challenge to ensure, together with Lauw, that we also continue to belong to the top with the dressage foals”, responds Jacques Verkerk. “You see at all auctions that the difference between the dressage and show jumping auctions is increasing. That starts with a different selection, but the experience is also very different at the auction itself. With the jumping foals it is largely about the expectations on paper, with the dressage foals it is much more 'what you see is what you get'. The presentation of the foals is decisive, certainly on the auction day itself. It is therefore about the very best dressage foals, because the bar is set high at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag. That makes it very interesting for me.”

References stand out in sports

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Every year, interesting foals with a lot of potential for sport and breeding form the collections of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag. Over the years this has resulted in an impressive list of references and horses such as Baron, Cresswell LVP Z and Jameson RS2 are currently eye-catching with their sporting successes.

At the beginning of this month, the KWPN-approved stallion Jameson RS2 (Blue Hors Zack x Negro, breeder Stal 104 from Wijdewormer) fulfilled his favorite role by winning the Anemone Horse Trucks Stallion Competition during the KWPN Stallion Show. Under Marieke van der Putten, this Prinsjesdag reference once again proved to be unbeatable. With 91 points, including another 10 for his dream canter, he won both the final and the entire competition class L.

Grand Prize Winner
On 17 February, the Prinsjesdag reference Baron (Colman x Numero Uno, breeder Stoeterij 't Heemskind from Deurne) delivered a top performance with Roberto Turchetto winning the 1.50m Grand Prix of CSI3* Vilamoura. The duo was the only one to stay clear in both the basic course and the jump-off and with that they earned the top prize during the first week of the Vilamoura Atlantic Tour in Portugal.

International wins
The seven-year-old Cresswell LVP Z (Casall x Quantum, breeder Luc van Puymbroek – LVP Stables) already achieved international victories this month. Under his rider Kelly Vandousselaere, with whom he has been in a combination since the beginning of this year, he won both a 1.30m and a 1.35m class for young horses at CSI2* Oliva. This competition is part of the Mediterranean Equestrian Tour and this is where the new-fangled duo gain valuable experience. They also achieved success at 1.40m level, thanks to a double clear result, the just seven-year-old gelding jumped to fifth place. We will continue to follow them!

LA Zonik also selected for KWPN performance test

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A wonderful score for the Prinsjesdag stallions during the KWPN Stallion Show in Den Bosch. This afternoon LA Zonik (by Zonik) also obtained a certificate for the performance test.

LA Zonik was bred by AJ Lievaart from Wijckel out of the keur sport (dr) preferent Goodtimes mare Tuscany. Dressage rider Demi Kurstjens bought him in 2016 at our auction. In December it was announced that the stallion has meanwhile been purchased by Andreas Helgstrand.

Prinsjesdag stallion Jameson RS2 champion KWPN Stallion Competition L

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In the final of the Anemone Horse trucks KWPN stallion competition dressage class L, Jameson RS2 was lord and master. The audience enjoyed the performance that he and rider Marieke van der Putten gave. The stallion of Blue Hors Zack already won the Pavo Cup last summer and was again rewarded with several tens in the stallion competition. He ended his winning streak with 91 points.

Jameson RS2 was offered as an embryo at our auction by breeder Willeke Bos van Stal 102. There he was bought by his current owners RS2 Dressage. We are proud of this Prinsjesdag ambassador and congratulate breeder, rider and owners with this success!

Leerava selected for performance research

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Even more Prinsjesdag success at the KWPN Stallion Inspection in Den Bosch! The number 398 of the Leerava (Florencio x Negro) inspection was bred by the late C. van Etten and is owned by CW Pellikaan. The stallion of Florencio I and two Small Tour mares in a row; Cado Rava (eilite sport ibop prok) and Nendyrave (elite preferent performance sport prok). The power of performance! The stallion was quickly selected for the third viewing and is allowed to participate in the performance test. A wonderful achievement, congratulations!

Prinsjesdag dressage horses score

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The Jameson RS2 (Blue Hors Zack x Negro) auctioned in 2013 as an embryo continues to win. The black stallion already won the Pavo Cup final, the KWPN Performance Test and the first round of the Anemone Horse Trucks Stallion Competition Dressage this year. In Ermelo, he and rider Marieke van der Putten once again convinced. With no less than 94 points, they also won this round of the stallion competition.

The dressage mares auctioned at Prinsjesdag also attracted attention this month.

Zwetcher and Primeval Brittsion both started at the young riders in Aachen.

Zwetcher (Sir Sinclair x Jetset-D) won the class with 74.069% under rider Kristin Biermann. Zoe Kuintjes finished in fourth place with Primeval Brittsion (Sir Donnerhal x Krack C) with 69.951%. Zwetcher was sold at the Foal Auction Prinsjesdag in 2004 and was previously ridden by Sheela van Bregt.

Nouvelle Feniz Texel masterpiece of very successful Prinsjesdag auction

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With a record price of € 85,000, the extreme movement talent Nouvelle Feniz Texel (by Glock's Toto Jr.) turned out to be the absolute auction topper of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag. Good prices and a good average of € 12,500 were also achieved across the board. Just like yesterday with the jumping foals, there was a lot of interest from all over Europe for the strong collection of foals.

At the 26th edition of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag, the movement talents turned out to be in great demand. Nouvelle Feniz Texel (Glock's Toto Jr. x Negro), bred by Willem van der Linde, resulted in an exciting bidding duel in which the Dantism family eventually won. Their ten-year-old daughter Aaliyah immediately fell for the extremely talented filly for which the hammer fell to €85,000. Excellent prizes were also won by Natural Spring SSS (by Totilas, € 56,000), Ninvasion (by Glock's Toto Jr., € 32,000) and Nox (by Fürst Romancier, € 30,000). “Last year we had a record-breaking auction for dressage foals, which set the bar extra high this year. We are very pleased that we have again been able to realize such a successful auction together, with almost the same average price. Very attractive prices have been won in both width and height, including an extreme outlier in terms of price and quality. Every round, Nouvelle Feniz Texel continued to attract great attention and the moment of the day is certainly decisive for dressage foals”, chairman Arjan van der Waaij looks back at the auction.

Great interest

Most of the foals have had new Dutch owners and future talents have also been sold to strong dressage countries such as Germany and Denmark. "There was a lot of interest in the foals from all over Europe, we noticed that in the preliminary phase. Both the VIP and the grandstand were packed, and that not only ensured good prices but also a lot of atmosphere." The online live bidding, which was introduced this year by Foal Auction Prinsjesdag in equestrian Netherlands, also proved to be of added value, just like yesterday. “As an organisation, we are pleased to have been able to live up to the high expectations again this year. It will be another great challenge to match this next year.”

Foal Auction Prinsjesdag auctions exclusive offspring of Donnerhall

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Dressage stallion Donnerhall is not only legendary for his sporting achievements, he also performs excellently in breeding. In 2017, there were no fewer than three direct offspring in the top ten of the WFBSH ranking, which is led by his son De Niro. On September 11, a direct descendant of Donnerhall will be auctioned during Foal Auction Prinsjesdag. And that is remarkable, because the stallion already died in 2002.

The last Donnerhall?

Virtually no more foals have been born from the legendary top progenitor Donnerhall since 2002, but Foal Auction Prinsjesdag has managed to find one more. Nostalgic bra is probably his last son, and also represents a strong maternal line. His dam Unolita already produced the ZZ-Zwaar dressage horse Bunolita. She is a mare from the line of successful breeder Huub van Helvoirt, from this dam line many well-known horses, such as the approved stallions Ebony and All At Once and the Grand Prix horse Romanoff of Vai Bruntink.

Donnerhall performed fantastically between the white picket fences. In his lifetime, he recorded 65 FEI victories and won multiple team golds and individual medals at major championships. But even more impressive are the performances as a sire. Because without Donnerhall dressage breeding would have looked completely different; the founder of the German D-line has produced an unparalleled number of influential sons and outstanding Grand Prix dressage horses.

Sell with a heavy heart

Breeder Jan Vink used ICSI to establish the pregnancy. An egg is injected with only one sperm cell. “I could get a straw from Donnerhall, and of course you don't miss such an opportunity. Donnerhall is the best dressage sire there has ever been. It is known that with a bloody mare he brings the best offspring. And Unolita is that. She is a terribly good mare. Nostalgic BH has everything it takes to become an approved stallion.

After the sale of his pancake factory, Vink now mainly focuses on Blackhorses Stud† The sale of this foal is close to his heart; “I'm known for not selling quickly, but I want to cut back a bit. I now have too many horses just for the sake of it, and then you have to sell. If I ever sell something at the auction, then it must immediately be a very good foal!”

Bert Poppelaars was wildly enthusiastic when, as selector, he had the opportunity to capture the foal. “Not only is it one of the very last Donnerhalls, but it is also a very good foal from a very good dam line.”

Nostalgic BH will be auctioned on September 12 during the dressage auction of Foal Foal Prinsjesdag.

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