In addition to the physical auction on September 19, Foal Auction Prinsjesdag is organizing an online auction from Friday 25 to Tuesday 29 August with a total of 17 foals. “The supply was again very large this year, but during the physical auction we are simply at a maximum number. However, we did not want to miss out on these quality foals – hence this online edition”, says chairman Arjan van der Waaij. Six foals in the dressage direction and eleven foals in the jumping direction have been selected by the selection committees.

The collection of jumping foals comes from some of Europe's very best dam lines. There is a great-grandson of Narcotique de Muze II, an Arezzo VDL foal from the line of Larthago, a Cardento son of the World Cup winner Donnatella-N, a Cornet du Lys from the Roosakker family and even more promising talent. The dressage foals also have a genetically interesting story. For example, there is a striking daughter of Vitalis, material from the well-known Texel breeding farm, and a special colt from the line of O.Esther and Sisther de Jeu.

“This group of foals is certainly not inferior to the foals from the September auction and they live up to the Prinsjesdag motto: 'The Power of Performance!'”, says Arjan van der Waaij.

The full collection can be found here.
Bidding is possible from Friday 25 August at 10 a.m. to Tuesday 29 August at 8 p.m.

The five-year-old top talent Azure SDH Z proved to be the auction topper in the auction of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag and Hendrik-Jan Schuttert Sporthorses on Saturday evening. For 185,000 euros the Apardi daughter leaves for the United States and comes into the ownership of the prestigious Double H Farm. 'Coincidentally', exactly one week after their legendary HH Azur retired, five-year-old Azure SDH Z now comes into the ownership of Double H Farm. The most expensive foal was Torre W - a son of Balou du Reventon. This one sold for 28,000 euros and goes to the stable of Peter Charles.

Seven foals and four particularly talented show jumpers came under the auction hammer of Koen Olaerts on the summer Saturday evening of CSI Ommen. With the top price of 185,000 euro for Azure SDH Z, this five-year-old mare became the auction topper of the showjumping horses, while the highest bid for a foal came from Torre W. This exceptional colt by Balou du Reventon out of the sister of Emerald and Nixon van 't Meulenhof was knocked off at 28,000 euro. At the stable of Peter Charles, Torre W will get a wonderful opportunity and will join his sire Balou du Reventon. Whether Harry, Scarlett or Sienna Charles will soon take the reins, the future will tell.

"A wonderfully beautiful evening with lots of atmosphere and good prizes. We are very pleased that the jumpers are going to several good stables and in particular that Azure is going to such a top stable as Double H Farm”, says Hendrik-Jan Schuttert. The committee of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag can also look back on the result with satisfaction. "A very nice foretaste of the foal auction in September," says chairman Arjan van der Waaij. "We once again had a very pleasant cooperation with family Schuttert and the team of CSI Ommen and are very content with the auction result achieved."

Among the show jumpers, not only Azure SDH Z was popular. The five-year-old Harley VDL daughter Nikita van de Driehoekhoeve - an own breeding product of the Schuttert family - also saw a lot of interest and was knocked off at 75,000 euros. The talent of the rough diamond No Surrender (Jardonnay VDL x Classe VDL) also caught the eye and this five-year-old gelding was knocked off at 65,000 euros. This brought the average of the riding horses to 94,000 euros.

Not only Azure SDH Z was popular among the show jumpers. The five-year-old Harley VDL daughter Nikita van de Driehoekhoeve – a breeding product of the Schuttert family – was also very interested and was sold at 75,000 euros. The talent of the rough diamond No Surrender (Jardonnay VDL x Classe VDL) was also appreciated and this five-year-old gelding was sold for 65,000 euros. This brought the average of the riding horses to 94,000 euros.

A nice sum was also raised for children's farm Ommen. The auction item was a pregnancy of one of Handelshuis Schuttert's sows and was sold for 4,400 euro.

View the results here.

The following auctions:

Online auction August 29
Foal auction Prinsjesdag 19 September

After 18 years, Foal Auction Prinsjesdag says goodbye to Fred van Straaten as a selection committee member for the jumping breeding direction. The board is very grateful for what Fred has done for the auction in recent years. Fred is a horse man in heart and soul and we are grateful that we have been able to use his knowledge all these years.

Some of the talented horses Fred has selected over the years are: Glamor Girl (by Zirocco Blue VDL) who is currently jumping at 1.60 level with Henrik von Eckermann, Edinburgh (by Vleut) the approved stallion currently under Doron Kuipers 1.55 and not to forget Hernandez TN (by Kannan), also an approved stallion who is currently jumping 1.60m with Kars Bonhof.

The board of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag thanks Fred for his years of dedication.