“How many heart attacks have you had tonight, Annelore?” someone joked at her table. “Probably as many as the spots on Joppe!”
Breeder Annelore Roegiers could hardly believe her eyes and ears when her Appaloosa-coloured colt Joppe AR Z (J-Nius V.V. Z x Fantomas de Muze) was hammered down for €386,000 at the Flanders Foal Auction.
The first foal auction of the year immediately earned its place in the record books – not because of the hype surrounding Joppe AR Z, bred from the same damline as Lauren Hough’s former top horse Quick Study and Le Tot de Semilly, but also because another record was set on Saturday evening, June 13. The average price per foal rose to €39,400, while total sales reached €1,415,000.
The evening opened with the eight-year-old broodmare Klarissa von Barlo (Kannan x Lux), a half-sister to United Touch S, selling for €115,000 via telephone bidding to an American buyer.
“The outcome of an auction is always so difficult to predict. The feeling beforehand was very positive, but we never dared to dream of this. It was as if everyone in the room had won the lottery. The breeders will be going home very happy. We also can’t imagine holding an auction without the internet anymore, as online bids were flying in from all directions. Twelve foals were sold to buyers present at Sentower Park, seven were sold via telephone and fifteen online,” said Luk Van Puymbroeck and Gerald Lenaerts.
A striking comparison: the foals sold on-site averaged €20,000, while those purchased online achieved an average of nearly €60,000. Clients from the United Arab Emirates secured eight foals, including Joppe AR Z, who followed in the footsteps of C-Bra van het Bokt, auctioned in 2025 for €402,000. A Hungarian bidder offered strong online competition, but was ultimately outbid at €386,000.
Overcome with emotion, Annelore Roegiers said through tears: “I’m incredibly happy and grateful. This is absolutely crazy. I see it as a reward for all the bad luck I’ve experienced in my life. I think my late boyfriend decided from above that it was finally my turn to have some luck and said: ‘Let’s give her a helping hand.’”
For €78,000, Emerald du Ciel HH Z (Emerald x Thunder vd Zuuthoeve), out of the famous Grand Prix mare Azur HH, was sold to the UAE. Joining the same stable are Di Caprio van ’t Koningsbos (United Touch x Nabab de Rêve), out of the 1.55m Grand Prix mare Fleur de Kalvarie, sold for €70,000, and Uptown Funk LR Z (United Touch S x Heartbreaker), out of a full sister to several 1.60m Grand Prix horses, sold for €68,000. Sold to the United States for €68,000 is Cadeau van Overis (Cassini I x Canabis Z) out of the family of Hardrock Z.
“This is an auction we will remember for a long time. We want to hold on to this positive momentum because there are still many outstanding auctions ahead. The foals for the July 4 auction, also at Sentower Park, have already been filmed, and that too promises to be a very special collection,” Luk Van Puymbroeck and Gerald Lenaerts concluded.
View all prices from the June 13, 2026 auction here.
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