It will be a few years before we find out if Summer Song du Champ du Bois will follow in her celebrated sire Presley Boy’s tracks, but in the meantime she will receive the same training at the stables of Mexican rider Jaime Azcarraga. He bought the four-year-old mare on Tuesday, January 4th at the Youhorse.auction for 60,000 euros via Hank Melse, who also sold him Presley Boy many years ago.
The black beauty Presley Boy enjoyed a lot of success under Azcarraga, who sold him in 2010 to the Saudi Arabian Equestrian Federation where he competed superbly under Olympic rider Khaled Abdulaziz Al Eid. The Concorde son became the public’s darling and, among other achievements, he finished individual twelfth at the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Kentucky. Another remarkable thing about daughter Summer Song is that her dam, Tess Briolita (Kalypso), also performed at the 1.60m level, ridden by Ramzy al Duhami (KSA).
“She is an amazing mare,” says Mario Everse, who ran the 18th auction from January 1-4, together with Alan Waldman. “We started the year well. We had a good collection, good prices and a high sales percentage with clients from sixteen different countries. Our aim is to go on having an auction every month, the next one will be our ‘Valentine auction’, a week before Valentine’s Day, for anyone who still has to come up with a present for a beloved one,” Everse adds jokingly.
Labellavona, one of the young horses headed for Canada.
For the first time, most of the sold horses stayed in the Netherlands (5), followed by Canada (3), USA (3), Hungary (3) and two each went to Poland, Italy, Germany and Belgium. The following horses were purchased by Canadian interests:
- 5-yr-old mare Labellavona (Hotspot x Eldorado van de Zeshoek)
- 3-year-old mare Oh Look At Me (Jilbert van ’t Ruytershof x Regilio)
- 4-year old gelding Classy Touch VDE Z (Canturano Z x Calvados)
Among the other top-selling horses, the 5-year-old Mabel van de Renger (Eldorado van de Zeshoek x Amadeus) went for 55,000 euros to a new stable in Poland. For 40,000 euros the 5-year-old Valentino van Spalbeek Z (Vigo d’Arsouilles x Flamenco de Semilly) will leave for Hungary. The 5-year-old Roxano de Muze (Elvis ter Putte x Heartbreaker) sold for 36,000 euros to Monaco. The 7-year-old Kenji (Vigo d’Arsouilles x Cantos) will continue his career in the USA, fetching a price of 30,000 euros. The lowest-priced horse of the auction went for 5,000 euros to Italy.
The next Youhorse.auction will run from February 5-8 . You can enter quality young showjumping horses under saddle via the website. The selection and photo/video day is planned for Monday, January 17 at Stal Everse in Waddinxveen, NED.
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