
LOT 16 – GB25B22365 – “Darcie’s Dream”
PARENTAGE
The two parent pedigrees supplied for Darcie’s Dream are very strong.
One side is GB20C27625, Dirk Van den Bulck – a half-breeding sister to a 1st Liverpool Amalgamation / 1st North West Combine winner against around 7,000 pigeons. She is bred through “The Boeckx”, “Grizzle Sagan”, Kittel and Sagan blood.
The other side is GB19N23068, Van den Bulck/Heremans, a grandson of Kittel. He is bred from “Young New Kittel” and a daughter of the famous New Dream Pair, bringing in Nieuwe Rossi and Eenoogske.
This is a pedigree full of names that have bred winners generation after generation.
RACE RECORD & DESCRIPTION
Darcie’s Dream, raced by Neil Smith, is a lovely small-to-medium bodied pigeon, compact and short in the hand with small shoulders. Very tight vented, with a striking violet eye and a neat overall build.
Darcie’s Dream competed throughout the 2025 Autumn Ace series, completing all six Hotspots and finishing 166th Ace Pigeon overall.
2025 Results:
Hotspot 1 – 108th
Hotspot 2 – 194th
Hotspot 3 – 187th
Hotspot 4 – 237th
Hotspot 5 – 227th
Hotspot 6 – 148th
166th Ace Pigeon
Darcie’s Dream then returned for the 2026 Autumn Ace Pigeon Challenge and produced an excellent campaign. She showed consistency throughout the series, but really saved her best performance for the final and longest race, recording a superb 7th from Nort-sur-Erdre at 248 miles. This excellent campaign earned her an outstanding 16th Ace Pigeon overall in 2026.
2026 Results:
Kingsdown – 54 miles – 52nd
Wincanton – 94 miles – 85th
Stoneycross – 122 miles – 77th
Guernsey – 121 miles – 64th
Alençon – 246 miles – 47th
Nort-sur-Erdre – 248 miles – 7th
16th Ace Pigeon
A proven and durable pigeon across two complete campaigns, improving from 166th Ace in 2025 to an outstanding 16th Ace in 2026. That superb 7th at 248 miles is undoubtedly a standout performance and shows what this pigeon is capable of when the distance increases.
A cracking little pigeon in the hand – short, compact, extremely tight vented and finished off with a beautiful violet eye, with an excellent 2026 campaign to back up her physical qualities.
