Syndicate Lofts - Breeding Champion Racing Pigeons
On our foreign visits we select the bloodlines that achieve the highest awards for the top fanciers year after year. Famous strain names and so called pure families are of little interest to us. It is the absolute top line of pre-potent pigeons that we feel can produce racers of the highest quality.
Birds of these bloodlines are tested by ourselves and our partner in the biggest one loft races around the world; Mike Ganus of Ganus Family Lofts, Indiana, USA. Mike is owner of arguably the strongest breeding loft in the world, with over 30 National Ace and Olympiade champions currently at stock. View breeders
Remarkable success has been achieved not only in these one loft races but also at Mikes partner loft in Holland managed by Hans and Peter Colijn. Read more about us
"The best paired to the best, tested against the best inevitably produces the best!"
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Eric Higginbottom wins N.F.C.Saintes
25th July 2010
Congratulations must go to the excellent flier Eric Higginbottom and wife Ruth from Sandhurst on winning 1st Open National Flying Club Saintes on the 24th July. This race was a real tough affair with around 200 birds verified on the winning day. To say Eric was 'Over the moon' was an understatement and we extend the most sincere congratulations to this top class husband and wife team.
The winner is a two year old hen, a previous good prize winner including 1st Section G,12th Open Hens National BBC Lambelle.
She was bred from a son of our old famous breeder 'Blue Diamond' (Wittenbuik x Sissi) when he was paired to 'Blue Spirit' a full sister to Wittenbuik. Dam of the National winner is a daughter of 'Zabel' a son of 'Kannibaal' when paired to 'Lucky Charm'.
Over time 'Lucky Charm' has proven to be a really good breeder with various mates. She was the first youngster bred from our 'Young Couple'. The Young Couple was formed by way of a love match in the aviary between two latebreds. They mated up themselves in the winter of 2001/2002 and 'Lucky Charm' was an egg rescued from the aviary floor and hatched under a foster couple. She was rung with an American ring as she was destined to go to a Florida One Loft Race in our partnership. She was judged as too big for that race so we entered her instead in the Europa Classic One Loft Race where she won 4th place. We bought her back from the auction and she has bred many winners and breeders of winners over the years.
Paired to Drum she bred 'Foxy Pete'. Gifted as an egg to Phil Bates and Son Neil, they raced him to win 2nd Shotton Gold Ring Race from Picauville as a youngster and as a yearling he won 2nd place in the prestigious Chester 2 Bird Club Race from Lessay. He then went on to win 1st Frome 3500 birds,3rd Frome 3312 birds,7th Eastbourne 3112 birds,6th Frome 3300 birds,12th Fourges 1510 birds, 20th Poole 2985 birds.
Paired to Hannibal she bred the sire of 1st Lanarkshire Fed from Kelso against 9151 birds for G.Macaloney and Son.
Paired to Merlin a son of Mascotte x Agent Starling she bred the sire of Alistair Hogg of Sunny Lofts in Scotlands winner of 1st Open in the German International One Loft Race 2009.
Also paired to Merlin she bred the dam of the winner of the very prestigious Shotton Gold Ring Race 2009 for Mr and Mrs Robinson of the Wirral.
Now she has bred the dam of Mr and Mrs Higginbottoms 1st NFC Saintes winner.
She certainly deserves the name 'Lucky Charm'
Strombeek 24th July 2010
25th July 2010
Saturday 24th July saw the second young bird race of the program take place from Strombeek a distance of 170 km from Nieuwendijk.
Club 503 birds.....2nd,3rd,7th,8th,9th,15th,17th,18th,19th
CC A&R 2134 birds....8th,11th,22nd,23rd,25th,44th,46th,47th,48th
Combine 7992 birds..26th,29th,53rd,56th,58th
First bird was NL10-3056739 a son of our very promising young breeding couple Johannesburg (Drum x Doran the daughter of Golden Lady of Koopman) x Star 300 (Galileo the cock of the Young Couple x Emerald 6th International Sun City Million Dollar Race 2006 from Attila x Rianne).
Second bird was NL10-3056757 a son of Young King (Young Couple) winner of 3rd Nat.NPO Orleans 14041 birds and 21st Nat.NPO Orleans 9003 birds x Chanel (Son of Mascotte x Marita paired to g.daughter of Ikon and Patriot) herself a winner of 3rd Nat.NPO Orleans 9800 birds, 5th Nat.NPO Orleans 14041 birds , 8th Combine Creil 14323 birds , 4th Combine Strombeek 8402 birds , 11th Combine Creil 8574 birds, 14th Combine Pithiviers 16,334 birds and much more.
Third bird was NL10-1818108 bred from the old original Ganus/Van De Weijst bloodlines (Hercules, B.M.W., Joep, Limoges, Sissi). These birds have been raced for generations in the Alphen area of Holland where Mike Ganus and Luc Van der Weijst created a phenomenal team in the early ninties. They are even better today than they were 20 years ago and fortunatley the bloodline survives.
Fourth bird was NL10-1818182 again from the old Ganus/Weijst bloodline.
Fifth bird was NL10-1818133 bred from GFL04-1455 a son of the famous Golden Mattens when paired to a sister of Wizard (Favorite Son x Blondie).
Sixth bird was NL10-3056738 bred from Hannibal x Genie (Drum x Gerrie).
Next weeks race will go ahead as normal but the update on this site will be delayed due to Holidays.
