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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n(Gr\u00e9gory Wathelet is fully involved in both the JIPN and the new auction. \u00a9JIPN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
or Gr\u00e9gory Wathelet, there was no question of improvising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ab We wanted to create something serious<\/em> \u201d explains the Belgian champion. \u00ab If we were going to do it, I wanted to do it properly and surround myself with the right people. <\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n Around him are Gilles Botton, a recognised figure in European breeding, and the 365 Auctions Zangersheide team, with Tom Lemmens and Stijn Van Campehout, specialists in international auctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The objective is simple: to offer a coherent, demanding and credible catalogue from this very first edition, laying the foundations for an event designed to become an annual fixture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The rider from Borsu is keen to remove any ambiguity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The horses he will present are not the ones he wants to move on. Quite the opposite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Among the thirty or so lots on offer, Gr\u00e9gory Wathelet will personally put several products from his best breeding families up for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The headline act will undoubtedly be a filly out of his exceptional Cor\u00e9e, winner notably of the legendary Grand Prix of Aachen. A unique product that should quickly attract the attention of international investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00ab This is absolutely not a clearance auction<\/em> \u201d insists Wathelet. \u201cThese are the best products from our breeding programme. If we want to give this auction standing, we have to lead by example and offer some of the best we have. <\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n But the auction will not be limited to Gr\u00e9gory Wathelet\u2019s horses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to the selection work carried out with Gilles Botton, around thirty lots will bring together breeders from Belgium, France, Germany and other major breeding countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The catalogue will give pride of place to the great damlines that are shaping international showjumping today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Buyers will notably find descendants from the families of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n he details will be revealed in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The idea, however, is not to reserve the auction for a handful of wealthy investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gr\u00e9gory Wathelet also wants to offer several more accessible foals, while still maintaining solid origins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The same philosophy applies to the embryos that will form part of the catalogue: limited in number but carefully selected, they will come from direct families of five-star Grand Prix horses or their close relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Enough to allow both professionals and amateurs to find an investment that fits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n This first edition is no trial run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The objective is clearly stated: to establish this auction permanently within the programme of the Jumping International de la Province de Namur and to turn the show into a new meeting point between top-level sport and breeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With major European damlines, exclusive products from the Wathelet stables and the expertise of 365 Auctions, all the ingredients seem to be in place for a successful first edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Namur this July, it will not only be the fences going up. The bids will be rising too.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Le Jumping International de la Province de Namur ne fera pas seulement parler de lui pour ses parcours. Du\u00a08 au 12 juillet, le rendez-vous wallon franchit un cap en accueillant\u00a0la premi\u00e8re vente aux ench\u00e8res de chevaux de sport jamais organis\u00e9e dans le cadre d’un concours international en Wallonie. Un projet port\u00e9 par Gr\u00e9gory Wathelet, Gilles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[143,1142,634],"class_list":["post-50189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-gregory-wathelet","tag-jumping-international-de-la-province-de-namur","tag-vente-aux-encheres"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNot a clearance sale, but the top shelf<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Major European bloodlines on the menu<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Elite bloodlines\u2026 but opportunities too<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
L’ambition : faire de Namur un rendez-vous incontournable<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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