LOT 7 — GB25S14360 — DARK CHEQUER WF

LANCASTER × BOB DE BATT / LADY LUCAS — OLR PERFORMANCE MEETS NATIONAL WINNING BLOOD

GB25S14360 is bred directly from GB23V29111 “LANCASTER” × GB23D67257 — BOB DE BATT × LADY LUCAS.

SIRE: GB23V29111 “LANCASTER”.

GB23V29111 “LANCASTER” — Blue Pied Cock. Part of Mike Chadwick’s top breeding pair, responsible for 2 × 1st OLR winners and several other top prize winners in major One Loft Races.

His sire “CHAMPION LEONARD” BELG12-2176101, bred by Guy & Henri Baerts, sired the 1st Who Dares Wins 2020 winner — £40,000 and 4th Ace Pigeon. The same family records 8th Limoges 1,270 birds, 22nd Argenton 2,486 birds, 1st UK Pigeon, 5th Final and 12th Ace Pigeon Belgian Masters OLR 2015. He is also grandsire of 3rd Prince of Wales OLR Final and 9th RPRA OLR Final, and sire of 36th Ace Algarve Golden OLR from 6,877 birds.

Behind CHAMPION LEONARD is BLUE VIAGRA — 2nd Semi-National Ace Pigeon, 3rd Ace West-European Country Cup and seven times Top 100 National, including 20th Souillac 7,597 birds, 38th Bourges 12,549 birds, 35th Argenton 5,043 birds, 51st Montlucon 7,381 birds and 52nd Argenton 5,002 birds.

The dam of LANCASTER is “SUZANNE” BELG17-3008494, a major Gaby Vandenabeele OLR producer. Her family includes 1st Who Dares Wins 2020 winning £40,000; 17th Final / 8th Ace Pride of the Potteries OLR 2020; one of the two-bird average winners; 1st Europa Masters OLR winning €30,000; 9th Final RPRA OLR 2022; and 2nd Ace Algarve Golden Race 2023 winning €25,000.

DAM: GB23D67257 — BOB DE BATT × LADY LUCAS.

DIRECT DAUGHTER OF LADY LUCAS — 1ST NFC NATIONAL — × BOB DE BATT, LAST DIRECT SON OF CHAMPION SHADOW

Dark chequer bred by Mark Evans from the world-famous M & D Evans Vandenabeele family.

Sire of GB23D67257: “BOB DE BATT” — the last direct son bred from “CHAMPION SHADOW”. Descendants of CHAMPION SHADOW are listed as winners of 1st National Alencon 6,823 birds, 1st National Messac 7,000 birds, 1st National Angers 5,977 birds, 1st National Eastbourne 7,312 birds, 1st National Lillers 10,601 birds, 1st National Vire 4,756 birds, 1st National Nantes 10,148 birds and 1st National Carentan 5,103 birds.

BOB DE BATT GB12C39777 became the No.1 breeder of the Mark Evans / Myrtle Lofts team and is sire and grandsire of more than 100 × 1st prize winners, including 4 × 1st National winners and 3 × 2nd National winners.

DIRECT CHILDREN OF BOB DE BATT include SHADOW’S IMAGE — 1st Section 1,453 birds / 1st Open National Tours 4,187 birds; LADY 100 — 1st Open BICC National Guernsey 1,317 birds and fastest from the total liberation of 3,954 birds; and NO REGRETS — 1st Open BICC National Le Mans 2,693 birds.

Further BOB DE BATT descendants include 1st BICC National Tours 2015; 1st BICC National Guernsey 2017; 1st BICC National Le Mans 2019; 2nd BICC National Le Mans 2019; 2nd BICC National Guernsey 2019; 2nd NFC National Fougeres 2020; 3rd BICC National Guernsey 2017; 4th BICC National Guernsey 2014; 5th BICC National Guernsey 2017; and 6th BICC National Guernsey 2018.

Dam of GB23D67257: “LADY LUCAS” — winner of 1st NFC National Guernsey 2015 and 2nd BICC National Guernsey 2015. She then proved herself at stock, breeding winners including 2nd Open National Fougeres from 9,594 birds and 1st Section / 2nd Open BICC National from 2,520 birds.

GB23D67257 is a direct daughter of BOB DE BATT × LADY LUCAS.