GB26-V48484 BLUE HEN – BRED BY JOHN HUGHES
Now this is another youngster where the PERFORMANCE is sitting right there in the parents, and for a One Loft Race pigeon that is exactly what I want to see.
GB26-V48384 is a Blue Hen bred by John Hughes and both her sire and dam completed the full 2025 North West One Loft Race series. That immediately tells us something about the constitution and consistency sitting behind this youngster.
SIRE – GB25-V08042
A Blue Cock that completed the FULL 2025 North West One Loft Race series.
His results shown on the pedigree are:
HOTSPOT 1 – 98th / 154 birds
HOTSPOT 2 – 65th / 142 birds
HOTSPOT 3 – 106th / 110 birds
SEMI-FINAL – 73rd / 114 birds
FINAL – 108th / 112 birds
There may be more fashionable pedigrees on paper, but never underestimate a pigeon that keeps coming home and completes an entire One Loft Race programme. He negotiated all three Hotspots, the Semi-Final and then the Final.
No further information is supplied for his parents on this pedigree, so we stick to what matters and what is proven: HE COMPLETED THE FULL SERIES.
DAM – GB25-Z24649
She is another Blue pigeon that completed the FULL 2025 North West One Loft Race series and was bred by ASHBOLT – the loft responsible for breeding the WINNER OF THE 2025 SERIES.
Her own results were:
HOTSPOT 1 – 114th / 154 birds
HOTSPOT 2 – 92nd / 142 birds
HOTSPOT 3 – 7th / 110 birds
SEMI-FINAL – 79th / 114 birds
FINAL – 102nd / 112 birds
And there is the standout performance – 7th HOTSPOT 3.
Again, the important point is not simply one position. She went through the complete programme: Hotspot 1, Hotspot 2, Hotspot 3, Semi-Final and Final.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
A 2026 youngster bred from TWO pigeons that BOTH completed the full 2025 North West One Loft Race series.
The sire completed every stage right through to the Final.
The dam completed every stage right through to the Final, was 7th Hotspot 3, and was bred by ASHBOLT – breeder of the 2025 series winner.
For me that makes this a very straightforward pedigree to understand. This isn’t about filling the page with famous names. It is about breeding from pigeons that have already been tested in exactly the environment their youngster is being bred for.
BOTH PARENTS COMPLETED THE SERIES. THE DAM WAS 7th HOTSPOT. AND SHE COMES FROM THE LOFT THAT BRED THE 2025 SERIES WINNER.
That is proper One Loft Race breeding.
GB26-V48384 – A BLUE HEN BRED FROM TWO FULL-SERIES ONE LOFT RACE PIGEONS, WITH PROVEN DURABILITY AND A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE WINNER OF THE 2025 SERIES.