The very first embryo auction from The Auction, the new collaboration between EEM and ARQANA, takes place at the Longines Masters of Hong Kong (and simultaneously in Deauville), held from February 15 to 17. The auction, which aims to bring the professionalism of the Thoroughbred Sales to the World of the Sporthorse, features 20 of the most amazing showjumping embryos ever to be offered.
Cella and Ben Maher on the Florida circuit
Yesterday we featured Lot 1, today let’s look at Lot 20, by one of the greatest sires ever, For Pleasure, and out of Hera van’t Roosakker, who is the only daughter of Ben Maher’s jumping sensation, Cella.
For Pleasure competing at the WEG in Jerez in 2002
Longines Masters of Hong Kong will once again bring together the best of equestrian sports and lifestyle under the roof of AsiaWorld-Expo and will also host the second edition of the Asia Horse Week.
Edwina, will be going for the bonus!
Winner of the Longines Grand Prix of Paris, Edwina Tops-Alexander is now in competition to win the Grand Slam Indoor, with a bonus of €2,250,000 if she manages to win the Hong Kong and New York Grand Prix during the same season IV.
In addition to top-level sport, Asian audiences will enjoy the Prestige Village built and exported by EEM to Paris, Hong Kong and New York. It’s an unmissable opportunity to discover the pop-up boutiques of prestigious partner brands such as Longines, Maserati, Baccarat, and Robert Mark Safaris, or the best in equestrian expertise from Kingsland and Hermès Sellier, as well as contemporary art exhibitions, the chance to meet the best riders during autograph sessions, and not forgetting the ideal end to days rich in emotions – the traditional “afterparties”, with concerts and DJ sets, which have made the Longines Masters the success it is today on all three continents.
For the seventh edition of the Longines Masters in Hong Kong, EEM is calling in Frédéric Pignon and Magali Delgado to offer the Asian audience an extraordinary equestrian show. Accompanied by their Iberian horses, they will perform both mounted and free-running acts, showing all the harmony and understanding they share with their charges.
The second edition of the Asia Horse Week will be part of the Longines Masters of Hong Kong in 2019. Many conferences are on the agenda to discuss different themes such as breeding, sport, horse education and welfare. The Asia Horse Week will be the venue for the FEI Clean Sport seminar, but also the very first embryo auction from The Auction, the new collaboration between EEM and ARQANA – to check out the full catalogue,