LOT 4 — GB23D15677 — RED COCK

UPLAND LOFTS — GROTE DIRK AND THE RED ALERT BREEDING FAMILY

A red cock bred by R. Fenech & Son with producer credentials on both sides. His dam is dam and granddam of Club and Federation winners, while the close maternal family contains BLACK PATRICK, SMALL MEALY and RED ALERT.

Bred by R. Fenech & Son, Upland Lofts, this red cock combines Dirk Van den Bulck, Kris Van Massenhoven, Leo Heremans and Patrick Boeckx breeding. His pedigree centres on established producers and the family of RED ALERT, winner of eight 1st Open Federation prizes.

SIRE: BELG17-6103794, a Kris Van Massenhoven cock from BELG11-6269919 “GROTE DIRK” × BELG13-6093118. Both parents are proven producers, with Dirk Van den Bulck and Leo Heremans ancestry behind them.

DAM: NWHU20B2028, a mealy Van den Bulck hen, dam and granddam of Club and Federation winners. She is a half-sister to BLACK PATRICK, winner of 5 × 1st and 1st East Midland Region RPRA Sprint 2019, with a further 3rd National Ace claim; she is also a half-sister to SMALL MEALY, 3 × 1st Federation.

Her sire, NWHU16S6395 “VAL BOXER”, is a full brother to RED ALERT and a breeder of winners with different hens, from the CODE RED pair BELG14-6091953 × BELG14-6091944. Her dam, GB19V62207, carries Patrick Boeckx breeding through STRIK/802. VAL BOXER also appears behind this hen, reinforcing the RED ALERT family.

RED ALERT is one of the outstanding UK representatives of this Van den Bulck family — 8 × 1st Federation in only two seasons before retirement to stock. The Fenech family has continued to breed Federation winners from the CODE RED pair and its descendants.

BLACK PATRICK, a close member of this same family and half-brother to the dam of this lot, won 5 × 1st Open Federation, 1st East Midlands Region RPRA Sprint Award and 3rd RPRA National Sprint Award. SMALL MEALY, another half-sibling, won 3 × 1st Federation.