In addition to a number of internationally performing show jumpers, Foal Auction Prinsjesdag has also been strongly represented at the highest level in dressage in recent weeks. For example, First Apple (by Vivaldi) won several Grand Prix classes. Horses such as E'Special PS, Edinburgh, Baron and Thunder GZ provided great advertising in show jumping.

Nine-year-old Thunder GZ (Tyson x Dutch Capitol, breeder John Geerets) performed well on Spanish soil. In Oliva he jumped double clear with Mark McAuley to eighth prize in the 2* Grand Prix and last weekend the duo even finished second in the two-phase 1.45m at CSI3* Valencia. The KWPN-approved stallion Edinburgh (Vleut x Darco, breeders Evert Meijer and Gerard Lindeboom) has also found his niche with Maikel van der Vleuten. At the CSI5* in Doha this resulted in a second prize in the two-phase 1.45m, a fourth prize in the 1.45m against the clock and a seventh prize in the 1.50m. In February they had already made their mark by winning the 2* Grand Prix of Lier. At the CSI3* in Thermal, Karl Cook emerged as the winner in the classic 1.45m class with E'Special PS (Berlin x Caruso), bred by Peter Simons. In the 3* Grand Prix (1.50m) of Vilamoura, Roberto Turchetto jumped to third prize with the double clear jumping Baron (Colman x Numero Uno, breeder Stoeterij 't Heemskind). Another notable reference is Feeling Luckey (Bustique x Krunch de Brêve) who finished fourth in the 1.50m at CSI5*-W Sharjah with Karim Elzoghby and sixth in the 1.55m World Cup in Abu Dhabi.

Three times Grand Prix dressage
One of the most striking Prinsjesdag references at the highest level in dressage sport is the Vivaldi son First Apple (ds.TCN Partout). Sarah Lockman performs very remarkably with the chestnut bred by Nico van Maaswaal. In February they won the international Grand Prix Special at CDI3* Wellington as well as four (!) national Grand Prix classes at the same competition. They also performed strongly in the regular Grand Prix during the CDI3*, where they came in second. Boston STH (Johnson x Quattro B, breeder Jan Temmink) also did good business last month. Under Denise Nekeman the stallion took eighth prize twice with nice percentages. In the Freestyle, the Dutch duo even surpassed the 77%. At the national show in Wellington, the now 20-year-old (!) Akribori son MT.Athos (ds.Donnerschlag, breeder Ingrid Blonk) made the switch to Grand Prix dressage. Under Barbara Wendy Denton he finished sixth and eighth with percentages of around 60 percent.

On Monday 3 February, Foal Auction Prinsjesdag will auction six extremely exclusive embryos via the new online platform Prinsjesdag Online. The very best dam lines in the world are represented in the collection of this first online edition.

Prinsjesdag Online auctions an embryo from a daughter of Niels Bruynseels' five-star showjumper Ilusionata van 't Meulenhof, several embryos from daughters of Electra van 't Roosakker and Babbe van 't Roosakker, a grandson or daughter of 1.60m showjumper Ciske van Overis , another embryo from the family of the legendary Usha van 't Roosakker and an embryo from a daughter of Grand Prix jumping mare Egie of Colors.

These six carefully selected embryos descend from the world's best stallions; Prinsjesdag Online is auctioning embryos of the number one of the moment Chacco Blue, of the jumping phenomenon Scuderia 1918 Tobago Z, of the foundation stallion Emerald, of the wildly successful Scuderia 1918 Halifax, the highly breeding Conthargos and the world-famous Tangelo van de Zuuthoeve.

For the full collection, visit www.prinsjesdagonline.eu and keep an eye on our Facebook page for the latest news! The online auction will take place on Monday, February 3rd at 8:00 PM CET – we hope you take the opportunity to purchase a future topper!

Click here to view the embryos 

In addition to the traditional auction days, Foal Auction Prinsjesdag wants to make top material available to its loyal customer base all year round from 2020 onwards. That is why Foal Auction Prinsjesdag is launching the online auction platform Prinsjesdag Online. The first online auction will take place on Monday 3 February 2020 and will consist of genetically very high quality embryos with the best jumping genes in Europe.

With the introduction of Prinsjesdag Online, Embryoauction.com, previously successfully launched by Foal Auction Prinsjesdag, will be continued. For the first online auction, the focus of Prinsjesdag Online will be on jumping-bred embryos, but in the near future dressage-bred embryos, ICSI embryos and possibly broodmares will also be part of the online auction collections.

Live Auction

An innovative part of Prinsjesdag Online is that, in collaboration with WeAuction, the auction items will be auctioned live, accompanied by live commentary and additional background information. Prinsjesdag Online also works with a young, new team of Young Ambassadors: Wouter Bon will act as contact person for both breeders and buyers and will be the contact person for Prinsjesdag Online, while Peter van der Waaij will provide an important part of the promotion and breeding information of the auction items for will take into account. Prinsjesdag Online aims to organize an online auction every quarter from 2020.

February 3, 2020 first online auction

On Monday 3 February 2020, Prinsjesdag Online will organize the first online auction and the days prior to the auction, the Prinsjesdag Online team will be present at the KWPN Stallion Show 2020 for questions and additional information.

You can sign up!

Do you have interesting embryos for 2020 and would you like to offer them via Prinsjesdag Online to the loyal customer base of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag? Please feel free to contact us via online@prinsjesdag.euor +31648410943 (Wouter Bon) and ask for the conditions.

The careers of horses auctioned as foals at Foal Auction Prinsjesdag are in full swing. Maikel van der Vleuten recently acquired the KWPN-approved stallion Edinburgh and Gaesbekers Glamor Girl is now one of the trump cards of top rider Janika Sprunger. Several references have achieved great successes in recent weeks, for example Gaudi Vita (by Apache) made a successful Grand Prix dressage debut.

In mid-November, the Gaesbekers Glamor Girl (Zirocco Blue VDL x Caletto I), bred by Mieke Zoetelief, won the 1.55m Grand Prix of CSI3* Opglabbeek under Richard Howley and two weeks later the mare moved to Janika Sprunger. Under this top rider, the successful Glamor Girl will continue her career. In 2011 she was part of the collection of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag. The KWPN-approved stallion Edinburgh (Vleut x Darco, breeders Evert Meijer and Gerard Lindeboom) auctioned two years earlier has also undergone a promising rider change. After years of winning prizes under Kristian Houwen up to international 1.50m level, the stallion has now been added to the illustrious list of horses available to Maikel van der Vleuten.

Successful

E'Special PS (Berlin x Caruso), bred by Peter Simons, won two international victories with Karl Cook in November. At the CSI3* Thermal they started the month well with a beautiful 1.50m victory, followed by a fourth prize in the 1.45m against the clock. They then took another victory in the 1.40m at the national competition in Las Vegas. Under the Austrian Monika Niederländer, the eight-year-old Goodlord Carthago RV (Mylord Carthago x Cash, breeder Stoeterij Renken from Vriescheloo) jumped clear to fourth prize in the 1.40m class against the clock at CSI2* Kreuth. In the 1.45m at CSI4* Jumping Indoor Maastricht, the Bustique son Feeling Luckey (ds.Krunch de Brêve) under Karim El Zoghby made an advertisement by finishing fourth clear.

Grand Prix

In the last month of 2019 Joyce Heuitink made a successful Grand Prix debut with her top horse Gaudi Vita (Apache x Welt Hit II, breeder Heleen Broos of Annen). At the Subtop competition in Exloo they made a convincing, winning debut in which they scored 71.4% at the highest level. That tastes like more!