Free coverages have fallen into good hands

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This year the 25th edition of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag will take place and in that context there are various anniversary promotions. One of these was the raffle of two free matings last February. Breeders Yvonne Termeer and Ed Schroembges were the lucky ones and they chose the promising Just Wimphof (by De Niro) and champion stallion Jardonnay VDL (by Kannan) as partners for their mares.

During the KWPN stallion selection in Den Bosch at the beginning of February, every breeder who registered his or her (unborn) foal for the Prinsjesdag selection had a chance to win one of the two free matings. Although Foal Auction Prinsjesdag mainly accepts foals from proven sires in its collection, the board certainly supports the use of young, talented stallions from performance strains. That is why it was decided to auction the breeding of promising stallions that would be approved by the KWPN this spring.

Promising
The choice of winner Yvonne Termeer from Kapel-Avezaath fell on the dressage stallion Just Wimphof from stallion owner Joop van Uytert† This high-quality De Niro son is registered with the KWPN with a top score of 86 points and can count on a lot of interest from the breeders. The breeding in the jumping direction was won by breeder Ed Schroembges from Wellerlooi in Limburg. He has chosen to use the much-discussed Jardonnay VDL for his breeding. This good jumping Kannan son of the VDL Stud was proclaimed stallion selection champion in Den Bosch and subsequently collected 84 points in the performance test. A nice detail is that a foal from both Yvonne Termeer and Ed Schroembges has actually been selected for the 25th edition of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag on 19 and 20 September 2017. This may also apply next year for the foals that result from the matings made available by Foal Auction Prinsjesdag. will come.

(C) Photo: site of Uytert

“It is a special situation when you offer an embryo. People do not physically see what they are buying. It's great to see what a fantastic horse it has become!"

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Breeder Willeke Bos

1. How is Jameson's mother?

“Atilinda (keur, pref, sport, v. Negro) is a top mare with a good character. She finished in the top ten at the National Mare Inspection and is also doing very well in sport. She now runs the Small Tour and is being prepared for the heavy work at home. Atilinda has, besides Jameson, a large number of other promising offspring of Voice, Lord Leatherdale, Vitalis, All at Once, Zardando and De Niro. Atilinda, who herself was also auctioned as a foal at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag, has a huge motor at the back.”

2. Why did you decide to enter Jameson as an embryo for the Foal Auction Prinsjesdag?
“Peter Bleeker, at that time my vet and board member of the Foal Auction Prinsjedag, suggested it to me and so Jameson was auctioned as an embryo.”

3. Do you recommend other breeders to sell their foals through the Foal Auction Prinsjesdag?
“I have already bought many foals through the Foal Auction Prinsjesdag. The disadvantage is that you have to wait and the rearing is risky. The advantage is that you can buy quality and completely customize a foal. In 2007 I bought my first foals at the Prinsjesdag Auction. These were the mares Charming Lady (by Johnson) and Honeymoon (by Hotline). Many other foals followed, including the Westfalen approved stallion Efgaristo (by Vivaldi) and the mare Darabel (by Wespoint). The latter was NMK champion in the keur and elite mares and now also competes in the Small Tour. It is unique that you can buy such horses, because as a three or four year old you pay triple or quadruple or they are not for sale.”

4. How did you experience the auction at the time? Was it exciting?
“It is of course a special situation when you offer an embryo. People cannot physically see what they are buying. Atilinda did walk there and it was indeed exciting. The bidding was a bit slow at first, but later there was active bidding.”

5. Do you follow Jameson closely?
“I first saw Jameson as a three-year-old at the stallion selection in Den Bosch. I had once had a photo of Robin van Lierop, but I never got around to looking at it before. It has become a great horse. I see a lot of his mother. In particular, his front and the way he 'rises' in his gait, he gets from his mother. I don't have a special connection with it because it wasn't born with me, but of course I follow it with special interest. It's great to see what a fantastic horse it has become.”

Click HERE for the interview with RS2 Dressage, the owner of Jameson.

Click HERE for the interview with rider Marieke van der Putten

“Then he showed that he had a lot of potential. His trot was phenomenal, our mouths dropped open!”

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Buyers and owners: RS2 Dressage Stables  (Saskia and Jacques Lemmens)
(RS2 Dressage Stables, represented by Saskia and Jacques Lemmens, Robin van Lierop and Seth Boschman)

1. Why did Jameson (an embryo at the time) appeal to you at the auction?
“At the time we were actually more like a day trip to the Foal Auction Prinsjesdag and came for another foal from Sir Donnerhall. Then before the break we saw Atilinda, Jameson's mother, walking in the lane, which we really liked. She had already noticed us at the National Mare Inspection as a three-year-old and I (Robin van Lierop) sometimes competed against her later in the Small Tour. In the end we didn't buy the Sir Donnerhall foal we came for and bought the embryo from Atilinda and the filly Iveniz Texel (by Negro).”

2. Was it exciting bidding at the time?
“It is always exciting at an auction. Nowadays, more embryos are being auctioned, but at the time that was still fairly new and we didn't even know how everything worked. After fifty days of gestation we received the surrogate mare with Jameson in her belly, this was included in the sale.”

3. What was Jameson like as a foal?
“Jameson was an energetic and cheerful foal. He walked with his surrogate mother and a number of other mares with foals at the foot. He was the only colt and already made it clear that he is the 'lord of the house'. As a foal we once put him in the indoor arena from the meadow. Then he showed that he had a lot of potential and walked nicely with the withers up. In the meadow he played and galloped alone”.

4. When did you see that he was a topper?
“Actually, he was not very noticeable in rearing. As a one and a half year old it was still an ugly duckling with a long neck. He was beautiful, long-legged and long-lined. When we were two and a half years old we took him out of the meadow and put him on the halter on the lunge for the first time. Then he trotted really phenomenal. Our mouths fell open!”

5. Did Jameson live up to your expectations?
“Yes, he more than lived up to that! Besides the fact that he became champion, every time we see him on the track we think, wow that beast can run! Moreover, he has a super character. In addition to the champion of the Stallion Inspection, we also had the champion of the National Mare Inspection Iveniz Texel (Negro x Krack C), who we also bought at the Foal Auction Prinsjesdag, so it was a fantastic year.”

6. How is the training going and what are Jameson's future plans?
“We hope that Jameson can participate in the performance test in the autumn and close it with a good result. He is now ridden three times a week by Marieke van der Putten, under saddle, and walks outside in the paddock every day.”

7. Do you advise people to buy a foal at the Foal Auction Prinsjesdag?
“Of course you can also buy a three-year-old and then you don't have to worry about rearing. At that age, however, these kinds of horses are no longer for sale or no longer for sale at affordable prices. So yes, we can certainly advise people to buy a foal at the auction. We have been very lucky with foals that we bought at the Prinsjesdag Auction. Besides Jameson, we have had success with Iveniz Texel (Negro x Krack C), who became champion at the National Mare Inspection last year, and the mare Junette (De Niro x Gribaldi), which we bought in 2014, is now being prepared for the Mare Inspection.”

Click HERE for the interview with breeder Willeke Bos

Click HERE for the interview with rider Marieke van der Putten

“Jameson is a special stallion with a lot of quality. He is sweet and smart, you don't really have to teach him anything. Every day I sit on it with a big smile and enjoy it.”

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Amazon Marieke van der Putten

1. What makes Jameson so special to you?
“Jameson is a very special stallion with a lot of quality. He is very sweet and smart, you don't really need to teach him anything. You get on and drive off with it. I have ridden many good young stallions with Edward Gal and Hans Peter Minderhoud, so I can compare well.”

2. How does Jameson get along? 
“James, as I usually call him, is very sweet in the stable. He does behave like a stallion, so you can hear him. If you walk down the hall with another horse, he greets them. I treat him as normal as possible. I brush him, ride or lunge him and he is in the paddock every day.”

3. How is his education going
“I ride James three times a week. We take it easy, just walk, trot and canter. He is big and strong. We are now preparing him for the performance test in the autumn. I'll make sure it's easy to follow, so hopefully he'll come through that whistling later."

4. What's the best thing you've had with Jameson so far?
“Every day is beautiful with him! Every time I ride it, I sit on it with a big smile and enjoy it. I don't say this very quickly. I am used to Toto Junior (by Totilas) who is very special. Jameson is a completely different horse, but also gives a very special feeling under the saddle.”

5. What are Jameson's future plans?
“We're not going to question Jameson. We are now quietly preparing him for the KWPN performance test in the autumn, which lasts fifty days. If he succeeds, the presentation in Den Bosch at the Stallion Inspection will be next and then we'll see. We are taking it step by step.”

6. Would you buy a foal yourself at the Foal Auction Prinsjesdag?
“I have to be honest, I've never been there. Now that I work at RS2 Dressage, where dressage horses are also bred and raised, I am starting to focus more on foals and young horses. At the moment, as a rider myself, I will not buy a foal anytime soon, because it will take a very long time before I can ride it.”

Click HERE for the full interview with breeder Willeke Bos

Click HERE for the full interview with buyers and owners RS2 Dressage

“The Foal Auction Prinsjesdag was the first auction that paid proper attention to the foal's dam line”

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Breeder: Ronald Nowee

1. What was Alicante like as a foal?
“Alicante (born at Stoeterij 't Maalwater as Casares M) was already very beautiful as a foal. He was strong and correctly built. He was the second foal out of my Texas M mare. Her first foal was a colt by Contender.”

2. How is his mother?
“His dam Texas M is a normal, inconspicuous mare with a bit of an idiosyncratic character. She is not the prettiest type but correct . The reason why we bred with her was her pedigree. Her dam U-Laester was a maternal sister to Cantus, Calvin Z and Lansing. Cantus in particular has contributed to the Holstein performance breeding (including Come On, Calido, Canaletto, Colbert GTI). Even before Horsetelex existed, I was already working with databases of Holstein horses (with approved stallions and sport horses). After extensive analyzes it appeared that sport horses are produced by only a limited number of tribes. Breeding mares from those strains gives the highest chance of results. Texas M's oldest offspring are doing well. Cointreau (2004) is approved in England and two other descendants of Casall, Floyd (2010) and Granada (2011), are also doing very well.”

3. Why did you choose Casall at the time?
“I thought he was a beautiful, good jumping stallion and I was very charmed by his sire Caretino. At that time you could only cover with Caretino yourself if you brought the mare to Holstein. At that time, Casall's frozen semen was sold and it turned out to be of exceptional quality. I have bred several foals, four of which with Texas M.”

4. When did you see that Alicante was a winner?
“After the sale through Foal Auction Prinsjesdag I saw him again, at the stallion presentation of the HBC stable. As a young stallion he jumped correctly, with enough scope and good manners. But then there is still a long way to go, a road whose result is largely determined by health and the right click with the rider/amazon. I have followed Alicante's career through the news, but I could not conclude that he would develop into a top athlete in the Netherlands. He couldn't distinguish himself in the USA either, but then came the luck factor, the right rider for the right horse, at least that's how I see it. Current rider Jérôme Guéry is able to fully utilize his qualities.”

5. Why did you decide to enter Alicante for the Prinsjesdag auction at the time and do you advise other breeders to sell their foals through the Prinsjesdag Auction?
“The Foal Auction Prinsjesdag was the first auction to pay proper attention to the foal's dam line when selecting it. Other foal auctions selected beautiful, well-moving foals, preferably with a spectacular trot. The Prinsjesdag auction added an extra dimension to this: the dam's line must produce sport horses, otherwise the foal, however beautiful and well-moving, will not be selected! That has always particularly appealed to me. The Foal Auction Prinsjesdag originated from the brains of a few North Holland breeders, that also appealed to me. I have had various foals auctioned by Prinsjesdag, always to my complete satisfaction. And that was apparently mutual, in 2009 we were proclaimed "Breeder of the Year". I can therefore wholeheartedly recommend The Prinsjesdag Auction.”

read HERE the interview with buyers Jan and Egbert Schep

read HERE the interview with rider Jérôme Guéry

“Alicante was a very athletic and light-footed foal”

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Buyer: Egbert Schep

1. Why did Alicante appeal to you at the time at the auction?
I found Alicante very interesting bred. It was one of the first crops of foals from his sire Casall and his offspring were just beginning to distinguish themselves. Furthermore, it was a very athletic and light-footed foal. As a three-year-old, after his approval by the KWPN as a breeding stallion, I sold him to my brother Jan Schep (HBC stable).

2. Did Alicante live up to your expectations?
Yes, of course! Alicante was late in its development and remained slack for a while. However, this has been handled with care and the Casall stallion has grown enormously in the work. I remember seeing him jump at the CSI Zandhoven in 2015 after the sale to Tal Milstein and I was amazed at how well he jumped in the 1.45m. Then it picked up speed. He has the right rider at the moment with Jérôme Guéry. In Lanaken he jumped really great, where he triumphed at the Sires of the World. He has developed a lot!

3. Do you advise people to buy a foal at the Foal Auction Prinsjesdag?
Everyone has to make their own assessment, but I buy foals at the auction every year. The advantage of an auction is that the horses are pre-selected. You already start with the best foals of the year and they are interestingly bred. These horses are usually no longer for sale as 4- or 5-year-olds. Once in professional hands, they will not be released on the market until they have developed in the sport. It is admittedly a little more difficult to recognize the talent in showjumping horses than in dressage horses, but if the model is good, they have a very light-footed canter and athletic ability, this gives expectations for the future.

“Alicante has exceeded my expectations”

Buyer: Jan Schep

1. When did you buy Alicante?
“I bought Alicante from Egbert Schep as a three-year-old after his designation as a breeding stallion.”

2. How did Alicante's training go?
“He was slightly hit by a car the first year with us. After that he went to Marc Houtzager and Julia Kayser where his training was professionally provided by them. The quality came later than we thought. It turned out that he had some difficulty with the combination of the breeding and the practice of the sport. Alicante had trouble building muscle. Then we decided to take the nine-year-old stallion out of stud. This worked out well and he got stronger and stronger. Alicante was then sold in 2015 and is now owned by Tal Milstein where the stallion is ridden by Jérôme Guéry.”

3. Did Alicante live up to your expectations?
“We bought Alicante for the stud farm. We are real line breeders. The stallion Cantos had done a very good job with us and we were looking for a new stallion for the mares. Alicante lived up to our expectations. He has a very stable character and good descendants are produced. He has certainly fulfilled his expectations for breeding, there are very best horses from him. In terms of sport, Alicante has more than exceeded my expectations.”

4. Do you advise people to buy a foal at the Foal Auction Prinsjesdag?
“I think that the auctions are developing well at the moment. At the beginning of the auctions I was a bit skeptical, because you still had to look at the foals individually with a critical eye on leg positions, etc. Nowadays the selection has become much stricter. I think that a buyer should be able to blindly trust that he is buying a good foal. So yes, if the selection remains as strict as it is now and the foals are impeccable, then I'm in favour. Even then, it is of course an adventure and there are many factors in rearing and training that determine whether a foal becomes a topper or not.”

read HERE the interview with breeders Ronald and Els Nowee

read HERE the interview with rider Jérôme Guéry

“Alicante is nimble, careful and also very handsome. He has everything!”

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1. What makes Alicante so special to you?
“Alicante is a very complete horse. He is very nice to ride and is a very good stallion for breeding. Alicante is careful, agile and also very handsome. He has everything! †

2. How does Alicante get along? How is he to drive?
“He has a very nice character and is easy to drive. He is very flexible in his body and jumps very carefully. My dressage instructor also loves it. In the stable, the Casall son sometimes shows that he is a stallion, but as soon as I ride him, he listens and I can pass mares without any problems, etc.”

3. How is Alicante stabled?
“Ali, that's what we call him in the stable, has a real personality and likes to get a lot of attention. That's why we sometimes call him Prince Ali. He has a special box in the corner where he can look both in and out. If you walk past him and you don't look at him, he knocks on the door.”

4. What is the best experience you have experienced with Alicante so far?
“Our victory in the Sires of the World in Lanaken was very special. Our win in Chantilly's Global Champions Tour was also fantastic. We were close to victory in Monaco too!”

5. What is your planning with Alicante?
“For the next month and a half, the focus will be on covering. Then we will prepare for some Global Champions Tour matches. I hope I can get a place in the top three there. Alicante is one of my top horses, maybe we can win a place in the Belgian team at the European Championships this summer.”

6. Do you advise people to buy a foal at the auction? Or do you advise a three- or four-year-old?
“At an auction you know that the foals have quality and are well-bred. It just takes a long time for a foal to be ready for competitions, so as a rider I prefer to buy a three or four year old. However, my wife likes to buy foals at auction. In other words, we do indeed buy foals at auctions!

read HERE the interview with breeders Ronald and Els Nowee

read HERE the interview with buyers Jan and Egbert Schep

Cristallo I embryo bursting with potential

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Embryoauction.com once again offers a very exclusive embryo with an embryo by Cristallo I from the dam line of the top show jumpers All Star (Denis Lynch) and Rinnetou Z (Piet Raymakers). The online auction will run until May 7, 8.30pm.

Sire Cristallo I is developing into one of the best producing Cornet Obolensky sons in breeding. His descendant Cristalline, for example, is very much in the spotlight, with which Chris Chugg took part in the World Cup final in Gothenburg. Other highlights include Charmeur by Gert-Jan Bruggink and Castello by Evalina Tovek. Dam Canadian Maple ZH II is a young mare by the Holstein top progenitor Clinton I out of the excellent breeding mare Crazy Love ZH. This Contender daughter has already produced several international show jumpers, including the approved stallion Acolito (by Accord II). Crazy Love ZH is also a half-sister of the top show jumper All Star 5 (s.Argentinus), with whom Denis Lynch belonged to the world top for many years.

Rinnetou Z
Via foundation stallion Almé Z, the line goes back to the world famous mare Rinnetou Z (Ramiro Z x Winnetou). Under Piet Raijmakers, this mare by Studfarm Zangersheide performed extremely well at the highest level. They won no less than seven Grand Prix in a row and made it to the top 10 of the FEI World Ranking. Rinnetou Z won the World Cup in 's-Hertogenbosch, the World Cup in Amsterdam, the World Cup in Helsinki, the Grand Prix of Antwerp and the Grand Prix of Norrköping. In breeding Rinnetou Z not only produced the mare April Love ZH, but also the approved stallion Chardonnay Z. Rinnetou's dam Wencke Z is also dam of the international Grand Prix show jumpers Zalza (Nick Skelton) and Cornelis Z (Thomas Ehrenrooth) and the approved stallion Rival Z.

Online opportunity
Embryoauction.com offers the crème de la crème of breeding and thus the future top talents for the sport. With a pedigree infused with sports genes, this Cristallo I x Clinton I embryo is bursting with potential. The surrogate has been scanned in foal for 50 days and the online auction will run until May 7 (end time 8.30 pm, if a bid is made in the last five minutes, the end time will be extended by five minutes). Make a bid and look for more information www.embryoauction.com

'Holland Horse Land' again present at Longines Global Champions Tour in Mexico City

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Amsterdam – Following last year's success, Mexico City will once again be dominated by the Longines Global Champions Tour from April 6-9. Once again the team of Equine Support International (ESI) will act as ambassador of Holland Horse Land. This is an annual project of the Dutch Embassy in collaboration with several Dutch partners, including Horse Service International, KLM, Prinsjesdag foal auction, Team Nijhof, Ehorses, Hank Melse Stables, KWPN and De Wiemselbach. They will work together to show the Mexican equestrian what we as the Netherlands Horse Country have to offer.

Due to the growing demand for KWPN horses and friezes in Mexico, the demand for Dutch horse knowledge is also increasing. The Holland Horse Land project responds to this demand by bringing Mexican equestrian athletes together with the Dutch equestrian sector in order to increase horse welfare and thus improve sports performance.

This year, the Holland Horse Land stand will serve as a major source of equestrian information for visitors to the event. In the stand, Mexican horse lovers can find everything about Dutch equestrian sport and its knowledge, products and services. Think of the 10 commandments for a healthy horse, studbooks and the innovative products and services that the Dutch equestrian sport is rich in.

This is a nice follow-up to a hopefully annual Dutch presence in Mexico City, where seeing and being seen is of great importance.

“The bidding went on and on. I had never experienced anything like this before!”

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Breeder: Jan Temmink

1. What was Boston like as a foal and what was his mother like?
“Boston was a beautiful foal straight away. He loved coming to you and he moved great. He was the first foal out of my mare Volmie, an easy mare with a good character and a very powerful hind leg. Johnson has this too, so that's why I chose this stallion. His mother, like Boston, could already go into piaffe by the halter. Sadly, she passed away from colic last year at the age of 14. She had surgery, but didn't make it. After Boston she had five more children by Johnson, a mare by Concorde and a mare by Spielberg. B. Elmie, Volmie's full sister, will be mated to Johnson this year.”

2. When did you see Boston as a top performer?
At Johnson's offspring inspection, everyone was raving about Boston and he was by far the best. Five years later at the World Championships for Young Horses in Verden, he came out piaffering with Hans Peter Minderhoud. That's when I knew completely that he was going to be a winner. He was fourth, but he deserved even more.”

3. How did you experience the Foal Auction Prinsjesdag at the time?
“It was very exciting at the auction, the bidding went on for a long time. I had never experienced anything so special. I knew there was a lot of interest, because I had already been offered a lot of money at home. However, I would not have commented on that, because I think that once you choose the auction, you should also keep your word.”

4. Do you recommend other breeders to sell their foals through the Foal Auction Prinsjesdag?
“I entered Boston myself for the auction at the time. Everything was well arranged, including the financial settlement. I really liked the Foal Auction Prinsjesdag. Besides Boston I have had eight more foals up for auction. For example, Tosca Visser owns the full sister of Boston, G. Emelie Ster, who is now six years old, also auctioned at the Prinsjesdag Foal Auction, and also became the full brother of Volmie, Avant (by Quattro, 2e busy KWPN), auctioned here.”

5. Do you follow Boston closely?
"Yes, of course! Both years we went to the World Championships for Young Horses in Verden. Last year we also went to the National Championships for Young Riders in Ermelo. This year we couldn't, but we followed it via the internet. We are in regular contact with the Nekeman family. For example, they invited us to the international competition in Drachten. We also went to a stable near Boston. Boston is an extraordinary horse. As active and impressive as he is in the ring, he is so sweet and calm in the stable. His mother was like that too: Very active, but very reliable and sweet to deal with. I am proud to have bred this special horse!”

Click HERE for the nice interview with rider Denise Nekeman.

Click HERE for the instructive interview with buyers/owners Lens and Berna Nekeman.

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