Show Jumping: Dutch in buyer’s market

The next Nations Cup event is the 69th prestigious CHIO in Rotterdam, the home of one of the strongest teams in the world. The visiting teams will be seven: without France all the other teams come from Europe’s First Division and head to Rotterdam to try to claim the precious 100 points for the winner.There are now only seven days until the great Dutch equestrian festival, which already has registered a great level of participation in social networks and some great names have already been leaked among those attending the Rotterdam event: the SFN (Showjumping Fund Netherland) for example will have 12 representatives.It should be remembered that SFN itself is distinguished by high quality horses as selected by the group to support  theDutch teams, such as Zenith SFN (current world champion with Jeroen Dubbeldam), Utascha SFN and Aquila SFN.At the upcoming Rotterdam event, the SFN Group announced on its official website that it intends to intensify its efforts to acquire new talent.Just as in the past, with great success, the intention of the group is to proceed with other great investments to ensure the best young horses, which after adequate preparation can be entrusted to Dutch riders and increase the technical quality of the Dutch selection.SFN’s great commitment is at the same time an ambitious goal due to the constant rise in the price of good young horses in traditional markets that make it increasingly difficult for sponsors and Dutch owners to buy and maintain quality subjects for their riders.Like in the first generation of SFN horses, the brand has shown interest especially in show jumping between the ages of 5 and 7 that will be trained up to eight years old and then be turned to a rider, who will complete the preparation at a deeper level before being entrusted to the top riders who will take them to the prestigious circuits including the Nations Cup, the Olympic Games and the Championships.This is a largely consolidated system that in the previous management brought several titles to the Oranje.www.springpaardenfonds.nlPicture: Credit: FEI / Arnd Bronkhorst / Pool PicMarzia Cucchetti