LOT 6 — GB26V77220 — HEN — SMOKY BLUE PIED WHITE FLIGHT

CHAMPION LEONARD / BOB DE BATT × 1ST OPEN MNFC CARENTAN FAMILY

A Smoky Blue Pied White Flight hen bred for stock from two serious National / One Loft Race families. The sire brings Mike Chadwick’s CHAMPION LEONARD / WDW winning blood crossed with the Mark Evans BOB DE BATT family; the dam is a proven R. & B. Smith breeder and a daughter of the 1st Open MNFC Carentan hen “51”.

SIRE: GB25B14360 — Dark Chequer Pied, bred for stock. He comes from Mike Chadwick’s loan cock line through CHAMPION LEONARD — the same family that produced HURRICANE, 1st Who Dares Wins One Loft Race and £40,000 winner — crossed with a daughter of BOB DE BATT from the Mark Evans Vandenabeele family. CHAMPION LEONARD is also behind major OLR performers through the Lancaster branch, while BOB DE BATT is the last direct son of CHAMPION SHADOW and a breeder of generations of National winners.

DAM: GB17A46890 — R. & B. Smith, Garswood. A daughter of “51” GB09Z70051, winner of 1st Section / 1st Open MNFC Carentan against 6,507 birds. “51” also won 11th Section / 77th Open MNFC Vire 3,974 birds, 6th Section / 18th Open NWCC Lessay, 18th Section / 30th Open NFC Cholet and 27th Section / 88th Open NFC Messac.

GB17A46890 has bred 1st Club Kingsway 367 birds / 1st Mid Cheshire Federation 1,336 birds; 3rd Sankey Bridges HS Cheltenham 282 / 32nd Section / 37th Open Cheltenham 2,709 birds; and is dam of a pigeon that finished 16th Semi-Final and 53rd Final Pride of the Potteries OLR. Further offspring scored 7th Wincanton from 327 birds and 10th Yeovil from 411 birds, and she continues to breed Club and Federation winners.