The jumping phenomenon Bonne Chance CW jumped again clear in the CSIO5* 1.60m Grand Prix after two clear rounds in the FEI Nations Cup in Falsterbo. Under Janika Sprunger, the ten-year-old Baloubet du Rouet daughter made a mistake in the jump-off and finished in ninth place. Bonne Chance CW has been sold at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag: the Power of Performance!
Bonne Chance CW (Baloubet du Rouet x Cambridge) proved her class again in Falsterbo's Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup today. Under Janika Sprunger, the ten-year-old mare didn't jump a single bar and thanks to her double clear rounds, Switzerland won the Nations Cup without penalty!
Last year Janika Sprunger and Bonne Chance CW won their first CSIO5* Grand Prix in Falsterbo and today the combination was again in top form. The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are getting closer!
The four-year-old Hamilton (Apache x Contango) is included in the collection of the Excellent Dressage Sales, which will take place in Ermelo during the World Championship for young dressage horses. Only top-class dressage talents were selected for this prestigious auction and Hamilton, who was auctioned in 2012 at the Prinsjesdag Foal Auction, is one of them.
Hamilton is a son of the Grand Prix dressage stallion Apache and has top progenitors Contango, Jazz, Ulft and Amor in her pedigree. Via dam Vowendy she eventually goes back to the famous mare Wendy, who is the basis of numerous international dressage horses and approved stallions.
Watch Hamilton's auction video below:
The stallion Alicante, auctioned at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag, will compete under his Belgian rider Jérôme Guery at the prestigious CHIO Aachen competition. In recent months, the Casall son Alicante has strongly started his international advance, accompanied by many victories. At the world's most prominent competition in Aachen, Alicante can compete with the absolute world top over the toughest courses.
The seven-year-old Mr. Europe (Mr. Blue x Cassini I) showed again at Outdoor Gelderland that he is made of the right stuff. Under Marc Houtzager, the impressive stallion jumped double clear every day, including an excellent performance in the 1.40m. mr. Europe was auctioned in 2009 at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag.
The Belgian Frederik Cattebeke and the only nine-year-old Caesar (Lucky Boy x Corland) jumped to an impressive third place in the CSI3* Grand Prix of Bonheiden last weekend. Caesar, auctioned at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag, has jumped to podium places in Grand Prix more often in recent months, but in Bonheiden the nine-year-old Lucky Boy son made his debut at three-star level. A great achievement!
In the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup last Friday in Rotterdam, Bonne Chance CW (Baloubet du Rouet x Cambridge) and Janika Sprunger made a significant contribution to Switzerland's second place. After a small mistake in the first round, Bonne Chance CW, who was sold at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag, gave everything in the second round. Under the Swiss Janika Sprunger, the ten-year-old top mare jumped clear to the finish. Off to the Olympics in Rio!
Watch the second round of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup here:
The KWPN-approved stallion Alicante (Casall x Indoctro) under Jérôme Guery again performed fantastically last weekend in the Global Champions Tour in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The gray auctioned at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag not only jumped to second place in the 1.55m on Friday evening, but also stood his ground in the 1.60m Grand Prix on Saturday. After two clear rounds Alicante finished in ninth place in this Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix.
Watch the first round here:
Watch the second round here:
With the last selection rounds to go, Foal Auction Prinsjesdag has almost complete its auction collection for Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 September 2016! Prinsjesdag selectors Bert Poppelaars and Fred van Straaten drove around town and country in recent months to find the best jumping and dressage foals that meet the strict requirements of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag. And with success! “I've been saying it for five years in a row, but I think we'll have even better foals this year than last year,” Bert Poppelaars is convinced.
Both the jumping and dressage collections are full of foals with pedigrees that make your mouth water. Proven stallions from strong dam lines, sports sensations with exclusive bloodlines, promising young stallions from excellent mares; the Prinsjesdag collection 2016 has it all.
Famous sires such as Cornet Obolensky, Diamant de Semilly, Toulon, Kannan and For Pleasure predominate in the jumping direction, but also for foals of jumping phenomena and very promising breeding stallions such as Comme Il Faut, Quickly de Kreisker, Vagabond de la Pomme, Zirocco Blue and Aganix du Seigneur has found a place in the collection. The dressage collection is packed with excellently bred foals from strong dam lines. No fewer than six very striking foals by the famous Grand Prix dressage stallion Glock's Johnson NOP have been added to the auction and proven sires such as Negro and Florencio are also represented in the collection several times. And don't forget the foals of sports sensations such as Glock's Zonik, Desperados, Dreamboy, Apache and Capri Sonne Jr.
'Worth the investment'
In addition to the big names, there is once again room for offspring of young stallions this year. “We also want to give young stallions the opportunity to come into the limelight with foals at our auction. Stallion owners state that young stallions do not mate, but breeders have not fallen on their minds. The young stallions that are really genetically interesting are actually used”, says Fred van Straaten. “This year we were able to be even stricter in the selection: mothers and grandmothers who have performed in sport themselves or who have demonstrably given a lot of sport, we have been able to stick to that more and more. And as you can see in this collection, we have had to make fewer concessions again. In addition to excellently bred colts, we also have a large number of interesting fillies this year and with the development of contemporary techniques it is becoming more and more interesting to combine sport and breeding. These fillies are therefore definitely worth the investment.”
'Amazing dressage collection'
Bert Poppelaars can already look at the dressage collection with a satisfied feeling. “We have an amazing dressage collection again this year! We have even more foals from real sport lines than in previous years and with the dressage foals we are getting closer and closer to the motto of Prinsjesdag: the Power of Performance. In addition to very interesting colts, we also have genetically high-quality fillies, for example the Capri Sonne JR out of Giovanni's dam or the Dreamboy from Zaragoza, in other words the full sister of the reserve champion of the KWPN Stallion Selection Ireland. And don't forget the Johnson from Dorado's mother! We also have an exceptional colt by Ferdinand x Citango or take the For Romance out of the mare Astrid Sollenburg who is now competing in the Grand Prix. We don't actually have a foal that doesn't have a good story to tell," Bert Poppelaars sounds enthusiastic. “It takes a lot of energy to get this collection together, but it will work again this year!”
You are cordially invited to admire the dressage foals on Friday 22 July and the jumping foals on Saturday 23 July at the photo/video day of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag at Equestrian Center Gert van den Hoorn at Asselseweg 35 in Kootwijk.
Also keep an eye on the website www.prinsesdag.eu and the Facebook page of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag! In the coming weeks, various dressage and show jumping foals will be presented to you through these channels. The board, organization and selection committee of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag would like to see you on Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 September!
Click here for the preliminary auction collection 2016!
For more information, please contact Foal Auction Prinsjesdag via +31(0)342440100 or info@prinsjesdag.eu.
The four-year-old Heliotrop HBZ (Tornesch x Calvados) was again the winner of a selection match of the Wolden Cup last Friday under rider Kim Bouten. After their victory in Staphorst, Heliotrop HBZ in Nieuwleusen once again convinced the jury and scored 25 points. Another convincing victory for the breeding product of H. Zagers, which was sold at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag 2012.
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