The foundation dam: Orchard Royal Jubilee

On this King’s Day, we’re featuring a ‘Royal’ in the ‘The Founding Mare’ section. The NWR mare Orchard Royal Jubilee is the queen of Stal Spoorzicht, owned by the Sloof brothers. The latter took over the reins from Fré Kuper.

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Name: Orchard Royal Jubilee
Welsh section: NWR
Color: Brown
Date of birth: April 15, 2007
Father: Aester El Nino
Mother: Orchard Wielkanoc
Maternal father: Verona’s Bo-Gi
Breeder: W. van der Zalm
Predicates: star, select, preferred

Five Questions About Orchard Royal Jubilee

1 What are her main achievements?

• Youth Champion at the regional show in Heteren in 2009
• Adult Champion at the 2014 Regional Show in Heteren
• Reserve Section Champion at the 2017 Regional Show in Heteren
• Placed 1A at the national inspection in Kootwijk in 2017

2 How and when did she come to you?

Sloof: “We bought her as a foal from Orchard Stables; she came to live with us after weaning.”

3 How many generations have you bred from her?

Sloof: “We’ve bred two generations from her.”

4 Which stallions does she combine well with? And why?

Sloof: “The first two foals (See the ‘Offspring’ button above) are both by the stallion Valerio. We are very pleased with this pairing. Both mares are performing well in competition and breeding. Spoorzicht’s Jolie has produced a second-round inspection stallion and a national foal champion (2018). Spoorzicht’s Jane’s first foal has been selected for performance testing this year. We had Royal Jubilee covered four times by Speycksbosch Dickens, which turned out very well. What we really see coming through in this combination is the breed’s characteristics and the movement, with beautiful pony proportions. We also welcomed a very beautiful filly this year sired by Nieuwmoed’s Mister Darcy.”

5 What makes Orchard Royal Jubilee so special?

Sloof: “We’ve been through quite a bit with her—we actually had to have her first foal surgically removed in Utrecht. At the time, we thought she might become paralyzed and be unable to get pregnant again, but fortunately she recovered well. We had her bred again anyway, and she’s given us some beautiful offspring. We’ve also successfully shown her again. Jubilee is now the queen of the stable or the pasture and is always taking in the world!”

Name: The Sloof Brothers
Stable name: Spoorzicht Stable
Number of years breeding Welsh ponies: About 30 years.
Do you do the breeding under this stable name together? With whom: Pieter, René, Anton, Jaap, and Hans Sloof.

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Now which breeder do you like to give the word about his Welsh progenitor?

The Sloof Brothers: “Geert Verbaas of the Stougjeshoeve Stud.”