Farewell Linda Mailly

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For no less than 10 auctions, Linda Mailly worked for and behind the scenes for our annual event and in recent years the point of contact for buyers and sellers. During her first auction in 2012 (heavily pregnant with Lara, who would be born just a few weeks later), she worked as an employee of EQ International. Linda: “At that time I was actually already on maternity leave, but EQ asked me to take care of the finances for the auction evening. From 2018, the auction was organized by the foundation and my role became greater.” The work is spread over the year with several auctions, but for Linda the auction evenings during the hybrid auctions in September were the highlight: "When the auction runs smoothly, buyer and seller are satisfied, that is the reward for the work."

When asked about the reason for stopping after so many happy years, Linda indicates that she wants to free up more time for her family: "Summer is the busiest period with the auction ahead and I noticed that it was sometimes difficult for me to combine with my family. The auction needs someone who always goes for the best, in service and organization, I have always done my best for that and it should remain that way.”
On behalf of everyone associated with the auction, we would like to thank Linda for her tireless efforts and good work over the past few years. We will miss you!
Annemijn Gaalman is already known to the buyers and sellers and will remain the contact person for this. She is happy to assist you and can be reached on 035-2053035 or via info@prinsjesdag.eu.

Glamor Girl

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Just like last year, the page is decorated by one of our references in Christmas atmospheres.
This year we chose Glamor Girl who, together with top rider Henrik von Eckermann, achieved some beautiful victories. At the beginning of this year they won a 1.55m class in Dinard, followed by a very spectacular 1.50m in Rome during the GCT. Glamor Girl can also compete at the highest level, at the end of November she won the 4* GP in Stockholm.

Von Eckermann: “I've been driving her for a year and a half now and we brought her in with the idea that she can act at the highest level. We want to take her slowly, step by step, to that level. She is unbelievably fast but her greatest quality is her fighting spirit, which is extraordinary.” The 10-year-old mare is not the easiest, Hendrik: “She has her instructions for use. If she is calm and everything around her is calm, there is nothing to worry about. But when she gets excited she sometimes wants to run, when you sit on her you don't really have the idea that she can be stopped!"

Glamor Girl was bred by Stoeterij Gaesbeek in Ruinen. She combined the 1.60m jumping Zirocco Blue VDL with the mare Moonlight II ridden by Caletto I. A mare who already produced several fine showjumpers such as the 1.60m jumping Duke and the 1.40m horse Miss Marome. Fred van Straaten selected Glamor Girl for the auction at the time: “It was not a very striking foal, but she was well put together and correctly built. What I can remember well was her ability to shift gears and she was already incredibly fast back then.”

We are curious what successes we can expect from Glamor Girl, the future looks bright. Henrik and the team of the Cyor Stables thank you for your cooperation in putting this fantastic mare in the spotlight as a reference.

NVK champion Rosatrichta van de Westen for 44,000 euros auction topper

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NVK champion Rosatrichta van de Westen for 44,000 euros auction topper 29e edition Foal Auction Prinsjesdag

With a turnover of more than one million euros and an auction topper for 44,000 euros, the 29e edition of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag as successful
know in. The champion of the KWPN National Foal Inspection Rosatrichta van de Westen was also popular at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag and remains in Dutch hands for 44,000 euros. Among the jumping foals it was Ceasaria Key SR Z (Chacco Blue x Bentley van de Heffinck) who brought in the most money with 36,000 euros and left for France.

Dressage toppers stay in the Netherlands

The dressage collection had several highlights this year; In addition to the Le Formidable daughter Rosatrichta van de Westen, bred by C. Kikkert from Den Burg (Texel), who sold for 44,000 euros, Roluciënne STMT (Bordeaux x Ampère) and Rainman Texel (Glock's Toto Jr x Negro) both exchanged for 30,000 euros owner. More than 20,000 euros was also paid for promising foals such as Royal Class (Franklin x Gribaldi) and Rain Beau (So Perfect x Krack C). The more expensive dressage foals mainly stayed in the Netherlands, while the jumping foals mostly left for abroad.

Breeding success for the family Keys

Ceasaria Key SR Z (Chacco Blue x Bentley van de Heffinck), a filly from the famous Usha van 't Roosakker line, was one of the successful breeding products of the Keys van Keystud family from Roggel. This Chacco Blue daughter is leaving for France for 36,000 euros. The second most expensive foal also comes from the breeding of the Sleutels family; Dominatrix Key SR Z (Dominator Z x ET Cryoozootech), a filly from the lineage of Qerly Chin, will stay in the Netherlands for 32,000 euros. A British buyer won the very striking colt Cognac van 't Gebergte Z (Chacco Blue x Diamant de Semilly), a grandson of Niels Bruynseels' Ilusionata van 't Meulenhof, for 30,000 euros. Furthermore, Conthargos daughter Cavalluna STS Z goes to Belgium for 26,000 euros and a third key breeding product yielded 24,000 euros, namely the striking Grandorado TN son Glory Key SR Z, who is leaving for Germany.

'Live auction gives extra charm'

The average price of the dressage foals was 13,000 euros, while the jumping foals fetched almost 14,500 euros. The final average was 13,600 euros. A painting by artist Jan Peeters was sold for 5000 euros for the Ambulance Wish Foundation. “With such an average price and a sales percentage of more than 90 percent, we are proud to be back as an auction”, says Prinsjesdag chairman Arjan van der Waaij. “We enjoyed this 29e edition and it was nice to be able to organize a live auction again. Guests in the hall and a nice ambiance give an auction such as Foal Auction Prinsjesdag extra charm; this provides additional motivation for the future”, Van der Waaij looks back and ahead.

Collection September auction complete

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Our next auction will take place on Tuesday 21 September. Recently, our selectors have been on the road to select the pearls among the foals. And they succeeded! The selection is complete and we are very pleased with how it looks.

Dressage selector Lauw van Vliet: “I have been following the Prinsjesdag auction for years, even before I became a selector, and I dare to say that this is the best selection we have ever had. A fantastic group of foals with a few real outliers. It strikes me that a number of young stallions breed above average, so we were able to select several foals from them.” Van Vliet knows another reason why the average quality is high: “My colleague selector Cas van der Oord is so fanatical, has so many contacts via social media, so knows exactly what is being born and so we are often the first on site to foal to view. That works great!”

Willem van Hoof is responsible for the jumping foals together with Fred van Straaten. Willem: “We once again have a strong collection across the board. Sport in the dam's line is a very important criterion for jumping foals. We have foals with dams and/or grandmothers who have performed highly in the sport and from strains that are full of achievements. Of course it remains important that the model, foundation and movements are correct. In that regard, we have very complete foals.” Van Hoof indicates that he has made a nice mix of proven and young stallions: “Obviously you cannot avoid the Chacco Blues and Cornet Obolenskys, we were able to select very good foals from them. At least as interesting are the young stallions such as Mumbai, O'Neil van het Eigenloo and Uricas van de Kattevennen. We have also seen great foals from those stallions.”

We are eager to present this phenomenal selection to you and hope for just as wonderful a day as the 2020 edition.

Also curious about our collection

Please be patient! Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 August, photo video days at MVM Horses, De Steeg

Auction Tuesday 21 September, Ermelo

 

Collection Early Foal Auction Prinsjesdag full of exceptional genetics & talent!

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This year our selectors went out early in the year to select foals for our “early foal auction May 18”. With great enthusiasm about the quality they were offered, they were able to select no fewer than 12 dressage and 10 jumping foals. Interestingly, these foals descend from both older proven stallions and young upcoming stars.

Grand Prix fathers

“We are very enthusiastic about what we have been offered along the way, it was a joy to be able to select such foals,” said dressage selector Lauw van Vliet. One descendant of the fantastic Totilas was selected from a dam of Charmeur who is the sister of several top dressage horses. Recently, Glamourdale under Charlotte Fry scored highly in Hagen and won the Grand Prix there. The selectors were therefore very pleased that they could select a Glamourdale for the auction. This strikingly moving River Woods comes out of an Apache x Johnson mare.

Young talents

Jameson RS2 and Johnny Depp, both very successful in the young horse trials, both deliver one foal. Lauw van Vliet: “We have a very interesting colt by Johnny Depp who moves exceptionally and has a lot of looseness, from the line of Patser, among others. Just like the foal of Just Wimphof, the Jameson comes from the successful breeding of the van Oort family. Those are strains in which sport is anchored and you can see that in these foals!” Out of the mare Ginoeska, who finished high in the Pavo Cup, a foal by So Perfect is being auctioned and out of the well-known Obertje line a colt by Fontaine TN. The Charmeur daughter Gudith W, who has no less than two brothers at GP level, produces a beautiful colt in combination with For Ferrero. A beautiful colt from Glock's Taminiau is being auctioned.

First year

“We have selected a colt from the first crop of FS Bloomberg with a really beautiful model, he comes from a daughter of the famous GP horse Reine B. The son of Fynch Hatton is not inferior to him in terms of model, also a very interesting foal.” The dressage collection is concluded with a daughter of First Date, from the well-known Nola line. A beautiful and very interesting foal, her stock is full of sport and that in combination with her appearance should be a guarantee for success!

Jumping foals

Among the jumping foals, a large number of foals descend from GP stallions, as befits Prinsjesdag, paired with mares from top lineages. Comme Il Faut supplies two, one from the strain of Hernandez TN and the other from the strain of Greenday, the new topper of Aniek Diks. Emerald creates a spectacle with the colt Versace van 't Zaveleinde, his grandmother is the full sister of none other than Corofino I. One of the most sought-after stallions of the moment, Dominator Z is the sire of a colt from a mare line full of sport. Quabri de L'isle delivers a colt out of a dam of Lupicor who herself competed at 1.40 level. The dam of Randolero SH (Carrera VDL) also jumped at 1.40 level.

fillies

Roselitha and Esperanza Z are very interesting for those looking for a mare foal to build up their own tribe. Roselitha's sire is Chaqui Z, who gave Ireland success for many years under Shane Sweetnam and her dam comes from the well-known Bryolieta line. Esperanza Z is a daughter of Escape Z. Under Harrie Smolders he could just be the successor of his sire Emerald. Esperanza's dam comes from the fantastic Zottie line.

Dourkhan Hero Z

The promising Dourkhan Hero Z is the sire of Rapido van Seldsum. His mother is the half sister of Roelofsen Horsetrucks Eldorado, the 1.60 horse of Jeroen Dubbeldam. Selector Fred van Straaten: “We first look at the mare lines, did the mother compete in sport? From the mother we look further at the grandmother and great-grandmother. The structure of the pedigree is very important. We would rather not see a stallion who has never achieved anything. These foals all have a fantastic pedigree and are well put together. We think it is a really special collection!”

New collaboration between MVM Horses and Foal Auction Prinsjesdag

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On Saturday May 1, the photo and video day for the (online) auction of May 18, 2021 took place. These recordings took place at the beautiful location of MvM Horses in De Steeg. MvM Horses is run by Matthijs and Sandra van Middelkoop. In their beautiful stable they prepare horses for inspection and are saddle-broken. In addition, there are some top stallions at stud, such as Qupido H (the new star of Niels Bruynseels) and Ultimo van ter Moude (BWP ambassador and 1.60 horse supplier).

Matthijs learned the tricks of the trade from Aris van Manen, his wife Sandra comes from the well-known “Jurius family” of Stal Nieuwmoed in Vorden. It is therefore not surprising that the couple had the ambition to start their own stable. That dream has now become reality and they run their own company next to Stal de Havikerwaard. Matthijs: “Thanks to Mr. Van de Kamp, we have been able to work at this location. We are very happy with that, we have all the facilities that a professional stable needs. In addition, it is not just about the outside, hard work and a good eye for horses are just as important in this profession.”

Van Middelkoop offers a great service especially for Foal Auction Prinsjesdag: “Since the photo and video days will take place on our site this year, breeders with a selected foal can come to us to prepare the foal. Think of shaving, washing and braiding.” A great service, which we as a foal auction are very happy with!

Would you like more information about the possibilities? Please contact Matthijs van Middelkoop on 06-17404941

Jumping and dressage embryos in high demand at Embryoveiling Prinsjesdag

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Jumping and dressage embryos in high demand at Embryoveiling Prinsjesdag

The first embryo auction of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag in 2021 will go down in the books as a success; both the jumping and dressage embryos were sold quickly for attractive prices. Of the sixteen embryos offered, 75 percent were sold to a total of seven different countries. The Chacco Blue embryo from the Van 't Roosakker line in the Netherlands remains for 18,000 euros, just like the Gribaldi embryo from O.Bertje for 17,000 euros.

Once again international interest in the interesting collection of embryos from Foal Auction Prinsjesdag. The auction year has been successfully kicked off with this first edition of 2021. “A good start with a lot of enthusiasm from various bidders, both at home and abroad. We are also very satisfied with the sale of the various dressage embryos. It appears once again that interesting dam lines combined with good stallions are popular in both the jumping and dressage markets,” said chairman Arjan van der Waaij. “That is why we are once again pleased with the confidence of the entrants, who have helped to make this strong collection possible.

Not only the jumping embryos, but also the six dressage embryos were sold well in this online edition. The exclusive Gribaldi embryo out of the top mare O.Bertje stays in the Netherlands for 17,000 euros; O.Bertje is the dam of Grand Prix stallion Tango, Grand Prix horse Bonzanjo and the NMK champions Zhara-Obertje and D.Obertje.

The Lord Europe embryo from O.Bertje was also well received and is going to Great Britain for 12,000 euros. The embryo of multi-champion Valverde out of the NMK champion Heliana VOD – the half-sister of Kjento and Mowgli VOD – goes to the same investor from Great Britain.

The Chacco Blue embryo from the Bentley van 't Heffinck daughter Grand Cru van 't Hagenhof remains in the Netherlands for 18,000 euros and is therefore the topper of this first embryo auction of 2021. Grand Cru van 't Hagenhof is a daughter of Babbe van ' t Roosakker – the famous Grand Prix jumping mare bred directly out of Usha van 't Roosakker. The Chacco Blue embryo out of the Numero Uno daughter Lollypop van 't Heike – from the line of Valentina & Fairlight van 't Heike – was also in demand and is going to Belgium for 14,000 euros. Two embryos were also sold to Hungary and further to Poland, the United States and Spain.

Foal Auction Prinsjesdag starts season with embryo auction

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Start of 2021

In the current, uncertain times, Foal Auction Prinsjesdag likes to think in solutions and possibilities to serve both the breeders and the regular customer base. Foal Auction Prinsjesdag will therefore be auctioning online again this year in addition to a hybrid auction. Besides an online auction on March 2nd for interesting embryos, there will be an early foal auction on May 18th. In addition, Prinsjesdag will be present during the beautiful competition of the Schuttert family in Ommen on 10 July. Finally, the hybrid auction is scheduled for 14 and 15 September. You can now register your breeding product for both the early foal and embryo auctions!

Auction of pregnancy

The first online auction is scheduled for Tuesday 2 March. In this auction some genetically very interesting dressage and jumping embryos and pregnancies will be sold. Selector Fred van Straaten, together with Willem van Hoof responsible for the jumping foals: “We will be selling pregnancies for the first time this year, so foals that simply sit in their own mare and remain with the breeder until weaning. The advantage of this is that there is no hassle of bringing surrogate mares back and forth, etc. You can see it as an extra service to the buyers.” Van Straaten hopes to be able to select from the large customer base: “If you look at our references, Foal Auction Prinsjesdag has produced many sport horses. So it turns out our breeders know what they are doing!”

Early Foal Auction

Another service is the early online foal auction on May 18. Dressage foal selector Cas van der Oord explains: “Dressage and show jumping foals born in February, or even January, are difficult to select for an auction in September. By then they are half yearlings and not at their most commercial. That is why we offer the possibility to auction these foals online in May, so that breeders still have the opportunity to sell their breeding products well.” Together with Lauw van Vliet, Cas is responsible for the dressage foals to be selected.

Power of performance  

As is now known, Prinsjesdag uses the adage “Power of Performance”, which means that the breeding products to be auctioned descend from mares that have competed in sport themselves, have given sport or come from dam lines. who have delivered extraordinary performances. Do you expect a foal from a mare that meets these criteria or do you have an (icsi) embryo that is interesting for the Prinsjesdag auction? Then you can give it up for the embryo or foal auction via the registration form on the Prinsjesdag website: www.prinsjesdag.eu

 

Christmas Newsletter

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Edicnburgh 

Our beautiful Christmas model in this newsletter is none other than the KWPN approved Edinburgh (Vleut x Darco) jumping at 1.60 level. A reference we are proud of!

This stallion was bred by Messrs Lindeboom and Meijer from Dalfsen out of the line with which they had so many successes. Grandma Firstlady is also the grandmother of Tyson (Numero Uno x Voltaire) with whom Leon Thijssen achieved many successes. “Edinburgh was born not far from me and we were very smart about that line as it produces many good sport horses. Edinburgh stood out with a huge canter, very explosive. In combination with such a family, we couldn't resist. Although you could perhaps say that he could have developed a little more," says selector Fred van Straaten.

At the auction it was Jos Althuyzen who took the stallion home. Jos: “During the auction there was a so-called syndicate that was interested in the foal. They had determined not to go further than € 25,000 with each other. I offered that €25,000 and since they didn't have time to discuss with each other to increase the price, it came into my hands.”

The bay stallion grew up well and after approval by the KWPN, Jos and Trudi Houwen (where he is still at stud) became co-owners. Their son Kristian Houwen subsequently became particularly successful with Edinburgh. For example, they twice won the stallion competition and several victories in the international Youngster Tour. Later Edinburgh finished with Kristian in a beautiful 5e place during the Sires of the World competition in Lanaken. Since the end of 2019, the talented stallion can be seen under the saddle of Maikel van der Vleuten and they seem to be a promising combination for the future!

We would like to thank Maikel and his girlfriend Rachelle for this Christmas shoot!

Jos and Trudi Houwen / Edinburgh

On to a beautiful 2021

The year 2020 will probably stay with everyone. An ominous virus appeared in the Far East and where we initially thought we would be spared, this turned out to be an illusion in March. The country was locked down due to Covid-19. This also had major consequences for the horse world and Indoor Brabant was one of the first events that had to experience this first-hand.

Despite a considerable list of disadvantages, there appeared to be a small advantage for breeders… Top stallions were freshly available this season. In addition, mares were used for breeding that are active at a high level in sport in normal life. For this reason, we, as lovers of breeding, have great expectations for the 2021 year. Surely there should be special specimens among them?

For us it was uncertain whether the auction could go ahead in September. Given the circumstances, we wanted to continue to offer our customers (breeders and buyers) a platform. That is why we were able to successfully organize two online auctions. We were so lucky that we could still hold a real live auction after this! It was a beautiful, warm day with excellent results. What is possible in 2021, of course, remains to be seen.

In 2021 Cas van der Oord will be part of the dressage selection committee together with Lauw van Vliet. We are very happy with that and look forward to this collaboration with confidence! On the other hand, it means that we say goodbye to Jacques Verkerk. We are very grateful to him for the past year in which he fulfilled his task with great commitment and passion.

In this special year we are grateful to our breeders and buyers for their trust. We will continue in 2021 on our chosen route where we want to remain innovative, selecting only the best of the best and keeping the power of performance as our starting point.

On behalf of the entire organization and board of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag, I wish you a healthy 2021 with hopefully a lot of breeding success!

Arjan van der Waaij
President Foal Auction Prinsjesdag

Our references in 2020

The number of matches in 2020 was significantly less than 2019, due to the Covid-19 virus. Just think of wonderful events such as Indoor Brabant, CSI Twente and Military Boekelo in our own country. Nevertheless, 59 of the horses auctioned by Foal Auction Prinsjesdag achieved a result in 2020, ranging from young horse competitions to results at 5 star level.

One of the youngest horses in the list is the six-year-old Napoli PP Z (Numero Uno x Ahorn Z). With Dennis van den Brink, this mare achieved several great results in young horse classes. The oldest in the list was auctioned in 2000 and is therefore already 20 years old! This MT Athos (Akribori x Donnerschlag) successfully completed GP dressage trials this year with his American rider Barbara Wendy Denton.

Due to the postponement of the Olympics, there are a number of combinations that have to maintain their good form a little longer. One of these is First Apple (Vivaldi x TCN Partout) with Sarah Lockman. They won a Grand Prix in Wellington this year and they seem to be well on their way to a team place for Tokyo 2021. For those who can only benefit from the fact that the Olympic Games are a year later, Gaesbekers Glamor Girl (Zirocco Blue x Caletto I ). This impressive mare shows with Henrik von Eckermann that her bar is certainly not at 1.50 and showed several good rankings this year. A combination to keep an eye on! Another candidate for the Olympic Games is Feeling Luckey (Bustique x Krunch de Breve, co-owned by Bert van Kooten) with Karim el Zoghby. De Vos already has the nickname Tokyo, hopefully she will bring that luck!

It is not only the sport horses that advertise our auction. During the second and third viewings of the KWPN stallion selection in Den Bosch, there was one stallion that was not left untouched: Defender Z (Dominator Z x Padinus). The beautiful black stallion stole many hearts with his performance and covered (certainly for a young stallion) a considerable number of mares this year. We are proud that our selectors selected Defender as a foal, all the more so because his sire Dominator Z was not well known at the time.

2020 could just have been the year of Jameson RS2 (Blue Horse Zack x Negro). This impressive, approved stallion was selected with his rider Marieke van der Putten for the World Championship for young dressage horses. It would be the second time that they represented our country at this event. Unfortunately, the World Cup, like so many events, was canceled due to the Covid-19 measures.

 

Cas van der Oord joins the selection committee Foal Auction Prinsjesdag

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Foal Auction Prinsjesdag has established a new strength for the selection committee dressage with Cas van der Oord. The young breeder from Schoorl in North Holland has been involved with Foal Auction Prinsjesdag for many years and will be responsible for the selection of dressage foals together with Lauw van Vliet. “A great opportunity – I'm really looking forward to it,” says Van der Oord.

The Van der Oord family has had a strong relationship with Foal Auction Prinsjesdag from the start. “My father was already involved in setting up the auction. When we had a better foal at home, we always first went to Foal Auction Prinsjesdag," says Cas van der Oord. “When board members Co Out and Gerard Koks approached me for a place on the dressage selection committee, I considered this carefully. I am of course still young, so it is quite a leap of faith, but that also makes it a very good opportunity.”

New Generation

Van der Oord represents a new generation and hopes to attract new people to the auction. “You still appeal to a new target group and you also try to stay informed via social media about what is being bred and where interesting foals are born. In addition, I hope that I have the goodwill with my existing network to capture interesting foals for Foal Auction Prinsjesdag.”

As a selector, Van der Oord believes that you should not wait to see what is offered. “In these times you have to be extra on top of it. I am already making contacts in order to be able to select interesting foals in the spring. I have also already approached several large breeders in Germany, in order to be able to bring free blood to the Netherlands. This is well received and many breeders would like to auction at Prinsjesdag.”

Collaboration with Van Vliet

Together with stallion owner Lauw van Vliet, Van der Oord will take care of the dressage selection. “I am really looking forward to working with Lauw. He is a very passionate man and I think I can learn a lot from him. The collaboration with Lauw has been decisive for me to seize this opportunity with both hands," concludes Cas van der Oord.

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Foal Auction Prinsjesdag

Date: September 17, 2024
Bidding: Live and Online
Location: KNHS Center, Ermelo
For auction: Foals

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