We would like to express our gratitude to everyone that participated in our very successful 2022 KWPN NA Stallion Service Auction.
- We had a very complete selection of quality stallions to bid on, thanks to our incredibly generous stallion owners.
- Our auction committee did a fantastic job recruiting donations, organizing the website, promoting the auction to the public and the back of the house work to collect payment, notify the winners and donors of the results. We appreciate you all very much!
Stallion owners who donate receive their choice of a half-price activation for their stallion the year after the auction or a free membership to the KWPN-NA, as well as the promotion during the auction, advertisement in our annual handbook and a unique and special thank you gift.
We had 64 Lots offered for bidding, with 79 total stallions participating: 37 Hunter/ Jumper, 33 Dressage stallions, 6 Harness and 3 Gelders offered either as Fresh, Frozen or a few ICSI breedings from very rare stallions.
Our auction raised $ 57,893.00 for the KWPN-NA.
Funds raised in the auction are put to good uses for our membership; these will include educational opportunities, member awards and the new KWPN Foal Futurity which we started last year.
We awarded over $7500 in prize money to the Owners and Breeders of the foals that participated virtually. It is our hope we can continue to grow this futurity program, offering larger paybacks as it grows in popularity. We have a few other perks to our auction bidders: The highest bidder will get a free foal registration, and the top scoring foal produced from an SSA breeding that participates in the 2023 Keuring Tour will also win a cash prize award.
Due to the overwhelming success of the auction this year, we decided to award a free registration not only to the highest single bidder, but to the top 3 participants by money spent overall as well.
Thank you again to everyone who supported us!
