GB26-V48474 BLUE – SAM WHITWORTH
Now here is a youngster that really does have PERFORMANCE written right through the pedigree.
For me the big attraction with this pigeon is that we aren’t relying on famous names sitting three or four generations back. The pigeons immediately behind GB26-V48474 have actually raced and proved themselves, and the sire “GRAFTER JR” showed exactly the sort of consistency we want to see from a One Loft Race pigeon.
SIRE – GB25-C44183 “GRAFTER JR”
What a consistent pigeon this was!
“GRAFTER JR” competed right through the North West One Loft Race programme and his record reads:
4th HOTSPOT 1
37th HOTSPOT 2
32nd HOTSPOT 3
37th HOTSPOT 4
33rd HOTSPOT 5
40th SEMI-FINAL
37th FINAL
Just look at that for consistency.
From Hotspot 1 through FIVE Hotspots, the Semi-Final and then the Final, this cock just kept turning up.
He is bred from “GRAFTER” x “ANNABELLA”. There is no further information given for these two pigeons on the pedigree, so the strongest recommendation for this side of the pedigree is the racing record of their son himself.
DAM – GB22-A50214 “DAVE’S HURRICANE”
“DAVE’S HURRICANE” is a Chequer Hen raced by Owen/Joesbury & Son and described on the pedigree as a GOOD RACER.
Her results include:
3rd – 411 birds
10th – 882 birds
12th – 382 birds
42nd – 320 birds
She was subsequently purchased in a clearance sale.
Her father is GB20-V78075, another Owen/Joesbury & Son pigeon, winner of many prizes including 11th OPEN MIDLAND NATIONAL – 3,040 birds, and described as a SIRE OF MANY WINNERS.
His father is BELG18-6129233, described on the pedigree as a Noyon winner and an AMAZING BREEDER.
The mother of GB20-V78075 is GB14-E49783 “OLYMPIC HURRICANE” – 1st UK at the 2017 Olympiad, 3rd National Ace and 10 x 1st.
The mother of “DAVE’S HURRICANE” is GB19-P21282 “DAVE’S SILVER”, another Owen/Joesbury & Son pigeon described as a FANTASTIC RACER.
Her results include:
2nd – 1,658 birds
7th – 2,805 birds
8th – 1,949 birds
17th – 558 birds
30th – 2,505 birds
The pedigree also describes DAVE’S SILVER as DAM/GRANDDAM OF WINNERS.
Behind “DAVE’S SILVER” we find GB16-S64346 “SILVER RING”, shown as a BROTHER TO HURRICANE.
SO WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY BUYING HERE?
A youngster whose father GRAFTER JR proved himself through five Hotspots, a Semi-Final and the Final, headed by 4th Hotspot 1 and 37th Final.
Its mother DAVE’S HURRICANE was herself a good racer. Her father won 11th Open Midland National against 3,040 birds and is described as a sire of many winners, while her mother DAVE’S SILVER was a fantastic racer and is recorded as dam/granddam of winners.
Then sitting close behind we have OLYMPIC HURRICANE – 1st UK at the 2017 Olympiad, 3rd National Ace and 10 x 1st.
This is what I call a proper PERFORMANCE PEDIGREE.
GB26-V48474 – A CRACKING YOUNGSTER BRED FROM PROVEN PERFORMANCE PIGEONS, WITH ONE LOFT RACE CONSISTENCY RIGHT THERE IN THE FATHER.