A horse can have all the talent in the world, but mentality is what determines how far it will go in the sport. And during an auction, that\u2019s exactly the hardest thing to judge. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019ve paid special attention to it. How do they approach a jump? How do they move freely? How do they canter through the turns? How are they in handling and temperament? Of course, we also focused on quality. You could choose to cater to every budget, but that\u2019s not our goal. We want to auction truly top-quality horses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Team expansion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Michel Spaas is the anchestor of Horse Auction Belgium and has, over the past few years, been joined by Kevin Gielen and Lore Penders. Luk Van Puymbroeck, known from the Flanders Foal Auction and his LVP Stables, is now also part of the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLuk has organized a few auctions himself with young jumping horses and brings real added value to our selection process. He raises many foals for owners who are ready to sell after three years, and he has a strong network in the western part of Antwerp. These days, we\u2019re not getting out there as easily due to heavy traffic, even though the area between Antwerp and Ghent is home to some truly top breeders. That\u2019s why we held a separate selection day especially for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Strong damlines<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Notably, most of the 34 young jumpers have exceptionally good pedigrees. \u201cDamlines that really stand out. I see that as a major positive, although the horses still have to prove themselves in free jumping during the auction. Our selection standards were high and we\u2019ve managed to choose very complete horses, most of them directly from breeders and raisers,\u201d says Michel Spaas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The collection is available online at www.horseauctionbelgium.com<\/a> and it\u2019s full of highlights, including three talented offspring by Chacoon Blue. Cuberdon van de Huffelen Z (Contagio Z x Comme il Faut) has the wow-factor and is bred out of the family of Emerald van \u2019t Ruytershof. Kensington (Kannan x Artifex) is bred out of a half-sister of Cornet Obolensky. Olympic showjumping mare H&M Butterfly Flip is represented through her granddaughter Tsarina Z (Taran de la Pomme). There\u2019s a good chance that Catcher (Cornet Obolensky x Cassini I) will also attract plenty of fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Everyone is welcome to attend the auction. A VIP table can be reserved by emailing info@horseauctionbelgium.com<\/a> or via WhatsApp at +32472 615504. A three-course dinner can be added for \u20ac75 per person.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Free jumping and auctioning all at once. Horse Auction Belgium is back in action on Saturday evening, August 2, at Sentower Park. During the CSI3* show, 34 young jumping horses will be presented and auctioned in the indoor arena. Their talent can be assessed during the free jumping, but mentality … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":89993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89986","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\/89986","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=89986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}