25-C74891 GRIZ Hen breeding prize-winners— King's Cup line through Little Dirk, crossed with Creswell Van Bulcks

25-C74891 GRIZZLE   Hen Already breeding prize-winners in its first season — King's Cup line through Little Dirk, crossed with Creswell Van Bulcks

A 2025 grizzle by 19-D49171, top stock cock and half-brother to the 2nd King's Cup into Ireland, out of Jason Creswell's Van Bulck hen 24-A36699. The card describes it as from top winning lines.

The card records that Howard Jackson gave a pair of its youngsters to a friend, and both won prizes.

That is a first-season produce record — small, but it is the bird's own !!

The Sire — 19-D49171 Half-brother to 2nd King's Cup into Ireland · top stock cock Described on the card as a top stock cock. He is a half-brother to the 2nd King's Cup into Ireland: that bird was bred by his own sire, 18-F28417, a son of "Little Dirk" (BELG-17-6147493) bred at Syndicate Lofts. Little Dirk is in turn a son of Dirk Van Dyck's "Queen", 1st National Ace Middle Distance KBDB 2015. 18-F28417's dam is "Ivy" (BELG-11-6733530), a direct daughter of the Safier pair. On the dam's side, 15-E32907 is by "Propere Rik" (BELG-11-6341771) out of "Athena's Best" (BELG-12-6317814), and the card records that her nest sister bred "Super Sun", 1st National, for a top Belgian loft.

The Dam — 24-A36699, Grizzle hen Bred by Jason Creswell · Van Bulck Bred by Jason Creswell and, in the card's words, out of his top winning Van Bulcks; another of the cards calls her sister to a host of winners. Her own parents are not recorded, so her side of the pedigree rests on the Creswell Van Bulck family rather than on named ancestors.

Foot note from Howard himself

In 2024 I was told I had stage 4 prostrate cancer which had gone to my bones, so I sold nearly all my race bird’s including stock. My last sale was due for Dec 2024 with 20 late breds and 4 stock birds. On my visit too Hull Hospital in Nov 2024 to see my consultant Doctor Patu, he informed me that he though my treatment was working because my P.S.I. was dropping from 940, and it is now undetectable, so I decided too give it another try racing, racing only 5 race bird in 2025 old birds on rubbers. They won or were first 4 in every old bird race, ending with 2nd GYA, 1200 odd bird’s.

I was invited to join a very strong club for young birds, and they flew really well winning a few races, in many arriving in bunches.

In 2026 old bird I was 2nd Fed ECT despite me going on a cruise for 2 wks. In young bird season: first Grantham 88ml 1st 2nd 3rd 4th, 1st Ebor Fed; Grantham (2) 1st club 1st Fed; Huntingdon 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th, first 4 in Fed; and in last race of season 1st club 1st Fed, Decoy Lakes.

Winning 3rd breeder buyer in GYA £400,
In the club 1st and 2nd breeder buyer and £1,000.

So thats all bragging done, now onto birds.

Mostly ‘William De Bruije’ from syndicate loft, with a few Luc Vavort’s, all very nr the tree: Lawman, Blue Spider, Erin, Little China Girl, All the Aces, Yurri, Murphys Diamond, Red Rum, Sweet Caroline, Maggy Murphy, and many more. I still have ‘Golden Jade’ – her young this yr alone have won me £1400 in B and B. These will be my last ever sales as I am 86 now.