Egbert Schep: 'Several successful purchases at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag'
Egbert Schep: 'Several successful purchases at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag'
Not a year goes by without showjumping horse dealer and breeder Egbert Schep from Tull en 't Waal investing at the National Foal Auction Prinsjesdag. “Prinsjesdag stands for high-quality foals with interesting pedigrees and dam lines that produce good sport horses. That's what it's all about and that's why they are so expensive there, so that's a disadvantage," he laughs.
“Buying foals is fun, but to ultimately earn a living with them is still quite difficult. In my case I have to be able to buy them in line with the market and so I have to be careful what I do. If I'm really fond of a foal and I know the dam's line well, I'll pay up to around €17,000 in the hope that it will work out well in the future. Fortunately, this has already happened several times.”
At Foal Auction Prinsjesdag, Egbert Schep already discovered several approved stallions, such as Alicante HBC (Casall x Indoctro, breeder R. Nowee from Oude Niedorp) being the oldest. The gray stallion competes internationally at 1.45/1.50m level and in January took part in CSI5* Basel with Jérome Guery.
Last year, Schep received two KWPN-approved stallions, including the very promising Hernandez TN (Kannan x Numero Uno, breeder Willem Dekker from Benningbroek, photo) which is now owned by Team Nijhof. The other is Highlander (Numero Uno x Lupicor, breeder MAM Lamers-Couwenberg from Heide), whom Schep still has together with Jos Althuyzen.
Who knows what we will hear about the four purchases in 2015. Egbert Schep then bought Kentucky L (Ferdeaux x Goodtimes), Lisbon (London x Clinton), Quitane (Quickly de Kreisler x Numero Uno) and Tocar (Toulon x Contender).
Hernandez TN (Kannan)
