A packed Sentower Park saw Ornellaia kick off the event in spectacular fashion. The For Pleasure mare, who had great success with John Whitaker and competed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, attracted bids of up to \u20ac75,000 even before the auction has started, but that was just the beginning. Louis De Cleene brought the hammer down at \u20ac136,000 for the still-vital mare. The bidding war was won over the phone by the British-based Old Lodge Stud, founded by the late Prince Torki Bin Mohammed Bin Saud Al Kabeer of Saudi Arabia and now led by his son, Prince Sultan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John Whitaker delighted<\/strong> The excitement continued with Ornellaia\u2019s first filly, Coeur d\u2019Or Z (Connor), purchased via phone for \u20ac66,000 by a well-known German journalist and horse breeder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Son of Azur HH fetches \u20ac88,000<\/strong> Two fillies were sold for \u20ac66,000: alongside Coeur d\u2019Or Z was Carte Blanche van \u2019t Gelutt (United Touch S x Heartbreaker), a granddaughter of the highly successful broodmare Secret Love Wonderland. Two others changed hands for \u20ac45,000: Uptowngirl v\/d Nachtegaal Z (United Touch S x Coronado), out of a 1.55m Grand Prix mare, and Diadole QC Z (Diamant de Semilly x Darco), out of the full sister to Winningmood (1.60m Grand Prix). The colts Jambo V.V. Z (J-Nius x Cornet Obolensky) and Victory VG (Comme il Faut x Indoctro) each brought in \u20ac38,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Global sales reach<\/strong> Flanders Foal Auction has four more auctions scheduled this season. The upcoming collection for Peelbergen on Saturday, June 28, also promises to be of exceptional quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Top Prices \u2013 Flanders Foal Auction, Saturday, June 14, 2025:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Ornellaia (For Pleasure) \u20ac136000 More results:<\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/flandersfoalauction.be\/en\/veiling\/Flanders-Foal-Auction-at-Sentower-Park-88<\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Flanders Foal Auction answered many pressing questions with its first foal auction of the year. What is the value of a 20-year-old Olympic mare who delivered her first foal? Do global political unrest and wars affect auction prices? And does interest in jumping foals with proven pedigrees remain high? The … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":88826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88823","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\/88823","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=88823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Ornellaia is a welcome addition to Old Lodge\u2019s breeding program, and John Whitaker is thrilled with the acquisition. \u201cMy daughter pointed out that Ornellaia was going to be auctioned, and that got the ball rolling. I ride horses for Old Lodge. Prince Sultan is very interested in the sport and has taken over his father\u2019s role. That mare still means so much to me. She has such a great mentality, always happy, ears always forward. I really like her. I\u2019m pleased she\u2019s going to such a nice place, and that we\u2019ll be able to see her and her future foals,\u201d said Whitaker, who followed the auction online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confidence in proven bloodlines remained strong. Loyal Flanders client and Olympic medal winner Peter Charles bid \u20ac88,000 for the first foal ever auctioned from the legendary Grand Prix mare Azur HH, ridden by McLain Ward. This stunning colt, C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur HH Z (Cornet Obolensky x Thunder van de Zuuthoeve), will move to his new home at Heathcroft Farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In total, 33 out of 34 jumping foals were sold, 14 of them via online bidding. The international interest was striking, with sales to Argentina (3), USA, Mexico, UAE, Egypt (2), UK (2), Ireland (3), France, Spain (2), Switzerland (4), Germany (3), Belgium (7), the Netherlands, Poland, Estonia and Denmark (2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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9. C\u00f4te d’Azur HH Z (Cornet Obolensky) \u20ac88000
2. Coeur d’Or Z (Connor) \u20ac66000
29. Carte Blanche van ‘t Gelutt (United Touch S) \u20ac66000
33. Uptowngirl v\/d Nachtegaal Z (United Touch S) \u20ac45000
36. Diadole QC Z (Diamant de Semilly) \u20ac45000
21. Jambo V.V. Z (J-Nius Z) \u20ac38000
32. Victory VG (Comme il Faut) \u20ac38000
22. Candyflash DW Z (Catoki) \u20ac34000
14. Cordula van’t Pardassenhof (Chacco Blue) \u20ac32000
16. Candy Florale van WW Z (Cornet Obolensky) \u20ac30000<\/p>\n\n\n\n