By Jenneke Smit / KWPN
Photography: Jessica Pijlman; Peter Llewellyn
For the Jumping Breeders of the Year 2024, the title is truly a lifetime achievement award. The Bosch family from Luttenberg, still operating under the name ‘Gebroeders Bosch,’ has proven its value in breeding not only as breeders but also as stallion owners.
André and his wife Ilse Bosch have successfully and passionately continued the breeding program established by brothers Hein and Bernard. They are represented in top-level sports by standouts such as Incredible, Garant, Daniel, and Romanov.
The brothers Hein and Bernard Bosch were co-owners of influential stallions such as Heartbreaker, Concorde, Clinton, Cocktail, and Warrant. As breeders, they built an equally impressive track record alongside Hein’s son André and his wife Ilse. For several years now, the new generation has taken the reins, and the Breeder of the Year title awarded this past August is a well-deserved recognition of the Bosch family’s lifetime contribution to the equestrian breeding industry.
A wonderful recognition
The title, awarded this past August, didn’t come as a complete surprise. “Our daughter Sacha was in on the plan, and by chance, I once saw her receive a message on her phone from Jeannette Nijhof – that was, of course, a bit suspicious,” Ilse recalls with a laugh. “Then our daughter Lisa came up with the story that we had to accompany her to a farewell dinner secretly organized by Sacha’s fellow students from the study association in Enschede. Coincidentally, it was scheduled for the same Friday as the National Mare Inspection... To read the complete article you need to be a subscriber
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