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BIJZONDERE ZAKENRypke 321 service fraudEarlier this year, KFPS published a press release on their website concerning Rypke 321. A routinerandom DNA test had shown that part of the foals registered as Rypke 321’s had not actually been siredby this stallion. These foals’ actual sires have since been established.Text: Marjet Bosma • Photo: Jacob MelissenIn 2009, a random DNA test showedtwo foals registered as Rypke 321offspring were not actually by thisstallion. On the basis of this test KFPSdecided to test all Rypke offspringborn in 2008, 2009 and 2010. As the2008 batch showed several inconsistencies,the 2007 batch is tested aswell. If this batch proves to be (partly)registered incorrectly, further batchesare tested as well. The majority of the2008 and 2009 batches have nowbeen tested. Not one foal proved to bean actual Rypke. Two foals from the2007 batch did prove to be sired byRypke. Earlier random testing ofbatches preceding 2007 showed fortyoffspring by Rypke.OfferKFPS Executive Director Ids Hellinga:‘Rypke services naturally. His ownerRomke Annema admits to having usedstand-in stallions over the past threeyears. For the sake of our investigationwe will go as far back as necessary.’KFPS handed over the case to theDisciplinary Committee. ‘It’s importantfor the Disciplinary Committee toknow the scope of this case. With theongoing DNA tests we will gain a clearinsight into this.’ Hellinga spoke toAnnema alone as well as accompaniedby his laywer, Jaap van der Meulen.‘He has admitted to the mistake. Theoffer they made the victims I feel isthe correct way to deal with this.’ Theoffer consists of the differencebetween the evaluation of theassumed Rypke offspring and of atrue Rypke offspring from the samemare, plus costs, if any.Duped membersMeanwhile Hellinga met with ownersof assumed Rypke offspring in hisoffice twice. ‘The first time 35 peopleattended, the second time fifteen. Itshows that the need for deliberationis decreasing somewhat. We organisedthe meetings so the duped memberscould tell their stories. Legallyspeaking our studbook is not a partyto the conflict and the settlementbetween the stallion owner and thevictims. However, as a studbook wenaturally regret our members beingduped in a service fraud. Our responsibilitieswith regard to the stallionowner lie in a different area. TheDisciplinary Committee will eventuallydecide on the sanctions. Oursecond reason for inviting themembers involved was informingthem on the status of the assumedRypke offspring, such as registrationin a Bijboek. Horses in a Bijboek canalso enter inspections and acquirepredicates.’It is now known which Veulenboekstallions were used instead of Rypke.‘We’re dealing with an Aan 416 xReitse 272, Onne 376 x Rypke 321 andUlke 338 x Diedert 288. Veulenboekstallion Mintse ut ’e Mieden (by Aan416) has serviced the majority of themares.’RecommendedMister Harkema had Rypke service hisJasper mare Miranda H. Miranda is bya Ster mare. The grandmother is Stamboekand the great-grandmother isSter Preferent. She did not conceiveinstantly. Harkema: ‘Miranda was atAnnema’s for five, six weeks. WhenMiranda wasn’t pregnant after thefirst attempt, we decided to bring herin heat. Eventually, when we pickedup Miranda, she was pregnant. June2009, when Doutschen was born, Icalled Annema to tell him that a fillycould be added to Rypke’s offspring.He congratulated me and said: ‘MisterHarkema, I highly recommend Rypkethis year as well. Beware, he is gettingsomewhat older, you know…’’January 2010, Harkema received aletter from KFPS requesting he turnedin hair samples taken from Doutschenand Miranda. Harkema contactedAnnema to ask him whether or not heknew of this letter. Annema’s answerto Harkema’s question ‘Is my filly byRypke?’ was disappointing: ‘I thinkso…’. Harkema sent in the hairsamples immediately. The filly’s sireturned out to be Mintse ut ’e Mieden.Harkema: ‘Before any duped memberscould respond, Annema had alreadygot himself a lawyer. We received aletter stating we would be compensatedfor any loss of value by comparingthe foal’s value to that of a trueRypke offspring. All other expensesare compensated for as well. Jaap vander Meulen, licensed assessor, is toperform the evaluations.’‘I have put everything on paper tocome to closure with the emotionalside of this case. I now look at itstrictly professionally and want to putit behind me as soon as possible. Ifshe had been a Rypke foal, she wouldstay with me until her passing. NowI’m not so sure. I have lost two yearsand I will never get them back.’Harkema is now content with the way6