LOT 8 — GB17Z095332 — DARK CHEQUER COCK — FREE WITH LOT 9

GB17Z095332 NATIONAL BLACK is sire of ‘21, The Ace Hen’, leader of the RPRA OLR Ace standings after Hotspot 3 and 2nd after Hotspot 4 in 2019. Her hotspot positions were 21st, 140th, 13th and 16th. He also sired 34th from 810 birds in the RPRA OLR 2018.

NOT SOLD SEPARATELY — INCLUDED FREE WITH LOT 9 DUE TO AGE. NO FERTILITY GUARANTEE IS GIVEN ON THIS OLDER PIGEON.

PROVEN CHAPELFORD SIRE — DIRECT NATIONAL COCK × GOLDEN BLACK — CLASSIC M & D EVANS VANDENABEELE BLOOD

A major Mark Evans / M & D Evans Dark Chequer Cock from “NATIONAL COCK” × “GOLDEN BLACK”, with the OLR breeding results listed above. He is also sire of GB26V77230, GB26V77240 and GB26V77239, all appearing elsewhere in this sale.

SIRE: GB13Z76864 “NATIONAL COCK” — winner of 14th National 9,678 birds and 24th National 3,936 birds. He then proved himself at stock, becoming father to 1st Section 1,693 birds / 1st Open 5,330 birds; 2nd Section 525 birds / 10th Open 1,885 birds; and 3rd Section 1,269 birds / 16th Open 5,193 birds.

NATIONAL COCK is bred from GB07Z50701 “GABY 701” × GB08L36965 “DARK DIAMOND”. GABY 701 won 11 × 1st prizes, with 10 of those victories coming from over the English Channel at distances between 373 and 404 miles, and won 34 prizes in total.

DARK DIAMOND became a tremendous breeding hen — mother and grandmother to 1st prize winners with five different mates. She is direct mother to 14th National 9,678 birds and 24th National 3,936 birds, and granddam to 1st Open 5,330 birds; 10th Open 1,885 birds; and 16th Open 5,193 birds.

DAM: GB08L36989 “GOLDEN BLACK” — a super breeding hen at Myrtle Lofts, mother and grandmother to 1st prize winners at every level, including 1st Open BICC National Tours 2015 and 1st Open BICC National Guernsey 2016.

GOLDEN BLACK is bred from GB2007J72700, a direct son of “GOLDEN GABY”. The GOLDEN GABY line produced 1st National Orleans 12,875 birds; 2nd Arras 6,124 birds; 3rd Nijvel 3,553 birds; 6th Arras 14,674 birds; 14th Peronne 2,975 birds; 16th Reims 2,316 birds; 20th Nijvel 16,652 birds; 35th St Quentin 2,013 birds; and 40th Epernay 6,558 birds.

The other side of GOLDEN BLACK comes through GB2001C50247 “CARRIE BLACK”, a super breeder behind more than five generations of winners, including 1st Ace Bird Europa Classic; 1st National 7,000 birds; 2nd National 23,325 birds; and 3rd National 33,777 birds. Her descendants also include 1st equal Kansas Prairie Classic 2011, 1st equal American Invitational 2011 and 1st equal America’s International 2012.

CARRIE BLACK carries the blood of the legendary “CHAMPION SHADOW”, one of the defining Gaby Vandenabeele breeders. This gives GB17Z095332 a pedigree stacked with National performance, but importantly he has also already reproduced at Chapelford.