Flanders Foal Auction Heads to Peelbergen

What more does Flanders Foal Auction have in store for the upcoming auction season after its sensational kickoff last weekend at Sentower Park? “Once again, a very strong collection is set for Peelbergen,” preview Luk Van Puymbroeck and Gerald Lenaerts as they look ahead to the second foal auction of the year, taking place on Saturday evening, June 28.

While Olympic showjumping mare Ornellaia (For Pleasure) fetched €136,000 last Saturday and her filly sold for €66,000, the Peelbergen Equestrian Centre auction will once again open with an international showjumping mare and her foal. “The owner is retiring from horses, but she told us, ‘If there was one I would have kept, it would’ve been Havana M.’ We’re honored to auction her,” says Gerald Lenaerts.

Winner in Aachen
Havana M (Verdi x Cardento), born in Brazil, won the Youngster Tour Cup at CHIO Aachen with Yuri Mansur and competed up to 1.50m level with Sienna Charles before sustaining an injury. She is an outstanding mare with quality, bred out of the half-sister of 1.60m Grand Prix horse Ferrari M, ridden by Brazil’s André Fonseca Moura. Her colt Tour de Force Z is by Tattoo TN, whose dam was sold through Flanders Foal Auction.

‘Very strong collection’
“For Peelbergen, we don’t have foals out of globally famous mares like the Cornet Obolensky out of Azur HH that sold for €88,000 on Saturday, but we do offer a very strong collection with sixteen colts and sixteen fillies. Five of these foals are out of mares that competed at 1.50m to 1.60m Grand Prix level, and two more are bred out of 1.45m level showjumping mares. The pedigrees are steeped in top sport, and the foals themselves reflect this. Excellent models, athletic and a strong canter.”

Highlights include:

• Filly by Balou du Reventon x Celano out of 1.60m World Cup mare Ciske van Overis Z
• Filly by Conthargos x Chacoon Blue out of the half-sister to Chadino (1.70m GP) and Chacna (1.65m GP)
• Filly by Emerald x Kannan out of the full sister to Babbe van ’t Roosakker (1.60m GP)
• Filly by Carrera VDL x Aganix du Seigneur out of the half-sister to Million Dollar (1.60m GP)
• Filly by Heartbreaker x Con Air out of the full sister to Conrad HH (1.60m GP)
• Colt by United Touch S x Nabab de Rêve out of Fleur de Kalvarie (1.55m GP)
• Colt by Heartbreaker x Baloubet du Rouet, full brother to Hello M’Lady (1.60m GP)
• Colt by Comme il Faut x Kassander van ’t Roosakker, grandson of Panama du Seigneur (1.50m GP)
• Colt by Emerald x Mr. Blue out of the half-sister to two 1.60m Grand Prix horses

Auction day on June 28 starts at 18:00 with the foal presentation at De Peelbergen, followed by the auction at 20:00 CET. View the full collection at www.flandersfoalauction.be