{"id":100215,"date":"2026-07-12T14:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/?p=100215"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:36:24","slug":"flanders-foal-auction-wer-in-deutschland-versteigert-muss-etwas-besonderes-mitbringen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/2026\/07\/12\/flanders-foal-auction-wer-in-deutschland-versteigert-muss-etwas-besonderes-mitbringen\/","title":{"rendered":"Flanders Foal Auction: \u201cIf you auction in Germany, you have to bring something special\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"Flanders Foal Auction is once again crossing the border. The next auction, taking place on&nbsp;Saturday, July 25, will be held at&nbsp;Holger Hetzel Stables&nbsp;in Goch, marking the&nbsp;fifth edition&nbsp;of the auction on German soil.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cWe know there will be many professionals and top sport horse people who evaluate foals with great expertise. At the same time, there are buyers specifically looking for a future stallion prospect for licensing. That means the foals must have exceptional conformation and we have once again selected very strongly with that in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Luk Van Puymbroeck and Gerald Lenaerts have assembled a collection of&nbsp;20 colts and 15 fillies. \u201cThey represent&nbsp;22 different sires, so the diversity is once again outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The catalogue is led by&nbsp;United Touch S&nbsp;with five offspring, followed by&nbsp;Comme il Faut&nbsp;(4),&nbsp;Cornet Obolensky&nbsp;(3) and two foals each by&nbsp;Chacco Blue,&nbsp;Dominator 2000 Z and&nbsp;Ermitage Kalone.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>United Touch S proving his breeding value<br><\/strong>\u201cWe are particularly looking forward to seeing the United Touch offspring that will also be present during the&nbsp;Tiemeyer x Hetzel Young Horse Masters&nbsp;that week,\u201d say Van Puymbroeck and Lenaerts.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A few facts illustrating the breeding power of&nbsp;United Touch S: the oldest offspring from his relatively small first crop are now ten years old. Among them, stallion&nbsp;Untouched LB, ridden by Christian Ahlmann, and&nbsp;Una Mariposa, ridden by Laura Kraut, are already competing successfully at&nbsp;1.60m Grand Prix&nbsp;level. Several of his nine-year-olds are already performing at&nbsp;1.50m and 1.55m&nbsp;level, including&nbsp;Umeko&nbsp;(1.55m) with Hendrik Dowe, the same rider who partnered United Touch S to the silver medal at the German Bundeschampionat for five-year-olds, scoring 9.1 and 9.6 in the final rounds. There are undoubtedly many more future Grand Prix horses by United Touch S on the way.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Flanders Foal Auction presents several outstanding United Touch S foals in Goch, including the filly&nbsp;Unibelle Field&nbsp;(damsire Uricas van de Kattevennen). Her granddam&nbsp;Coibelle Hero Z jumps 1.60m GP&nbsp;with Darragh Kenny and is a half-sister to&nbsp;Oak Grove&#8217;s Heartfelt&nbsp;(1.65m Grand Prix) as well as two other 1.60m Grand Prix horses.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The colt&nbsp;United Night van de Eijkhof Z&nbsp;(damsire Vagabond de la Pomme) is a grandson of&nbsp;Dubai du Cedre, the Olympic team gold medallist with Julien Epaillard in Paris.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The filly&nbsp;United de Montana Z&nbsp;(damsire Baloubet du Rouet) is out of the full sister to&nbsp;Akarad Hero Z&nbsp;(1.60m Grand Prix with Pieter Clemens). The dam is also a half-sister to four 1.50m showjumpers. Third dam is a sister to four 1.60m Grand Prix horses, including&nbsp;S.I.E.C. Caro Ass&nbsp;and&nbsp;Tinka&#8217;s Hero Z.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Grand Prix-producing mares<br><\/strong>Every pedigree in the collection is packed with top-level sport genetics. Several foals are even out of proven international sport mares.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For example,&nbsp;Coldplay vd Nachtegaal Z&nbsp;(Chacco Blue x Coronado I) is out of a&nbsp;1.55m Grand Prix mare, while his granddam competed at&nbsp;1.60m Grand Prix&nbsp;level.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In total,&nbsp;11 dams have already produced offspring competing at 1.45m to 1.65m level. Among them is&nbsp;Espoir d&#8217;Ounielle RD Z&nbsp;(Emerald x Baloubet du Rouet), a half-sister to&nbsp;Chacco Balou&nbsp;(1.65m Grand Prix) and&nbsp;Carisma Imperio Egipcio&nbsp;(1.60m Grand Prix).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Cordula de Laubry, world&#8217;s best broodmare<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Of the&nbsp;35 foals,&nbsp;25 have granddams that have already produced 1.50m to 1.65m Grand Prix horses, while&nbsp;every single foal&nbsp;in the collection has a third dam that has produced horses at this level.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A very interesting lot is the filly&nbsp;Cornetta Z&nbsp;(Cornet Obolensky x Nabab de R\u00eave). Her dam is a full sister to&nbsp;Brooklyn Heights&nbsp;(1.65m Grand Prix with Denis Lynch) and&nbsp;Global&nbsp;(1.65m Grand Prix with Christian Weier). Her granddam,&nbsp;Cordula de Laubry, has produced no fewer than&nbsp;eight 1.60m\u20131.65m Grand Prix horses&nbsp;and is widely regarded as the world&#8217;s best broodmare.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Adding a splash of colour to the collection is&nbsp;Jasp\u00e9ria du Soleil Z&nbsp;(J-Nius V.V. Z x Diamant de Semilly). Will you bid on the very first&nbsp;Appaloosa filly&nbsp;ever offered by Flanders Foal Auction?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Interested in this exceptional collection? Admission to the auction on&nbsp;Saturday evening, July 25, is&nbsp;free of charge. Online and telephone bidding are also available.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>View the complete collection at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flandersfoalauction.be\/\">www.flandersfoalauction.be<\/a>. ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flanders Foal Auction is once again crossing the border. The next auction, taking place on&nbsp;Saturday, July 25, will be held at&nbsp;Holger Hetzel Stables&nbsp;in Goch, marking the&nbsp;fifth edition&nbsp;of the auction on German soil. \u201cWe know there will be many professionals and top sport horse people who evaluate foals with great expertise. &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/2026\/07\/12\/flanders-foal-auction-wer-in-deutschland-versteigert-muss-etwas-besonderes-mitbringen\/\" aria-label=\"Flanders Foal Auction: \u201cIf you auction in Germany, you have to bring something special\u201d\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":100218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100215"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100222,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100215\/revisions\/100222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}