Schockemöhle and Holsteiner Verband battle for Last Foal at Flanders Foal Auction
 
The last Flanders Foal Auction of the year attracted the attention of professionals. International show jumping riders, stallion breeders and top stables came to shop at Sentower Park on Thursday evening 23 September and went home with some special show jumping foals. Two were sold for 50.000 euros, the average price of the 37 foals sold was 21.270 euros, ten of which were sold online.
 
Balou du Reventon and Chacco Blue
A fierce battle was fought for the last foal of the evening, Bello Philyra VV Z, an impressive son of the runner-up in the Aachen Grand Prix, Balou du Reventon, out of the 1.60m Grand Prix mare Coriana van Klapscheut (Darco x Heartbreaker) who herself performed fantastic with Eric Lamaze. The last bidders were the Holsteiner Verband with a strong delegation and Grand Prix rider Florian Meyer zu Hartum, who was on the phone with Paul Schockemöhle. Schockemöhle won with 50.000 euros.
 
The other 50.000 euro foal remains in Belgium: Chack Blue (Chacco Blue x Mr.Blue), half-brother of the 1.60m Grand Prix stallion Scuderia 1918 Tobago Z. There is a good chance that we will be hearing a lot about the 'Flanders foals' in the future, given the addresses where they end up. "It means a lot to us that professionals have confidence in our auction and foals and keep coming back to buy. We had another very good auction. "We can look back on a great auction year."
 
Four to 'Lewitz'
Paul Schockemöhle bought a total of four foals in Opglabbeek. Chagatine Z (Chacoon Blue x Acordplus) for example for 22.000 euro. A generous filly out of the dam of the famous Catch me if you can. Perhaps a bargain compared to last year when at the Flanders Foal Auction he captured the half-brother Come and Catch Me Z (Comme il Faut) for 68.000 euros. Also going to Gestüt Lewitz are the stallion Cointreau LA Z (Chaclot x Untouched) out of the half-sister of Hardrock Z for 24.000 euros and the mare Eternelle Axelhoeve (Emerald x Casall) out of the dam line of Corrado I and Chellano Z for 18.000 euros.
 
The Holsteiner Verband offered 17.000 euros for Espoir Z (Emerald x Montender) from the line of Corland and Corradina. The American brothers and Grand Prix show jumpers Wilton and Lucas Porter became the owners of Kashmir van de Vosberg (Kashmir van Schuttershof x Clinton), a half-brother of two 1.60m and two 1.50m Grand Prix show jumpers, for 28.000 euros. 
 
Three to Canada
A regular Canadian customer who is very involved in breeding came for the first time with her parents and bought three interesting fillies. Among them was Tangerina van het Maaskantje Z (Tangelo van de Zuuthoeve x Colander), out of the half-sister of Olympic champion Explosion W with Ben Maher, for 32.000 euros. For this amount Chac Star van de Berghoeve Z (Chacco Blue x Rubens du Ri d'Asse) out of the half-sister of Glock's London will leave for France. Stable mate Chac Blue van de Berghoeve Z (Chacco Blue x Diamant de Semilly) out of the well-known Gatoucha van 't Roosakker will get a new stable in Slovakia for 40.000 euros.
 
Embryo auctions
The Flanders Foal Auction auction season is not quite over yet. There is still an embryo auction scheduled for November. "Until we are back with foals we hope to organise three embryo auctions at beautiful foreign locations. There is still a lot to be done!"