Six Premium Colts at 2020 KWPN Stallion Licensing, Morricone VDT Auction Price Highlight

Breeding

KWPN

The 2020 KWPN Stallion licensing in 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, on 31 January - 2 February 2020 yielded a result of 45 colts accepted for the stallion performance test and six colts named premium.

For the first time, the KWPN society decided not to name a "champion of the licensing", but just honoured the six premium colts on equal terms.

The Hanoverian bred Toto Jr (by Totilas x Desperados) was the best represented KWPN sire at the 2020 licensing. This came as no surprise as the Hanoverian sired no less than 369 KWPN registered foals, born in 2017. Out of this group 29 of them were sent to the pre-selection and five were approved at the licensing itself.

Six Premium Colts, no Champion

Six colts were named premium stallion this year:

Merlot (by Bordeaux x Florencio) - breeder: Klinkhamer family - owner: Saskia van Musscher & VDL Stud
Monte Carlo TC (by Dream Boy x United) - breeder: Tim Coomans - owner: Tim Coomans, Joop van Uytert, Nico Witte
Mansion (by Totilas x Krack C) - breeder: Van der Oord family - owner: Gerard Koks
Mowgli V.O.D. (by Desperado x Jazz) - breeder: Ad van Os - owner: Ad van Os, Jorg van Os
Majestic Taonga (by Toto Jr. x Jazz) - breeder: Willeke Bos - owner: Willeke Bos, Andreas Helgstrand
Maxson (by Johnson x Negro) - breeder: W. Verschuren - owner: Gert-Jan van Olst and R. Verschuren

"We were able to assess the stallions well and, according to the test of the Breeding Board, we were generous in the appointment for the stallion performance test without compromising on quality," said KWPN licensing committee chair Bert Rutten. "We selected large framed, uphill built horses that move in a good way."

Morricone VDT, Top Seller of 2020 KWPN Select Sale

On Saturday 1 February 2019 the KWPN Select Sale took place in Den Bosch, the auction following the licensing. The top seller of the auction was Morricone VDT (by Toto Jr x Ferro), which sold for 175,000 euro to Andreas Helgstrand

Mooiman (by Desperado x Wynton) sold for 90,000 euro, Mauro van de Watermolen (by Zonik x Negro) fetched 72,000 euro, Mistral (by Total US x Doolittle) sold for 65,000 euro and Mafkees (by Ferdinand x United) switched owners for 50,000 euro.

Moulijn (by Glamourdale x Son de Niro) was acquired by a buyer from Cyprus for 32,000 euro. A German client bought Mahler (by Dream Boy x Ampere) for 30,000 euro, a Russian customer purchased McRoy (by Zonik x Havidoff) for 44,000 euro. Midnight Rock (by Indian Rock x Rousseau) moved to the U.S.A. for 26,000 euro. Milano CLD (by Ferdinand x Zizi Top) moves to Sweden for 24,000 euro and Spanish client bought Messenger (by Furst Jazz x Lord Loxley) for 22,000 euro.

The average price for a licensed stallion in the KWPN Select sale was almost 50,000 euro.

2020 Licensing Pre-Selection

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Twenty Colts Picked on Day Four of 2020 KWPN Stallion Licensing Pre-Selection
Sixteen Colts Picked on Day Three of 2020 KWPN Stallion Licensing Pre-Selection
Twenty-two Colts Picked on Day Two of 2020 KWPN Stallion Licensing Pre-Selection
Nineteen Colts Picked on Day One of 2020 KWPN Stallion Licensing Pre-Selection