"Faithfull" full sis 1st HS1 W D W winner and to a 1st prize Cotswold OLR out of a daughter of two KBDB 1st Nat Aces

GB2026V41479 "Faithfull" BLUE HEN Full sister to a 1st HS1 Who Dares Wins winner and to a 1st prize Cotswold OLR winner, out of a daughter of two KBDB 1st National Aces

"Faithfull" comes from a pairing that is already winning. Her sire, "Imperial Hero", is a son of Champion Leonard × Suzanne and full brother to Hurricane. Her dam, "Yeva", is a daughter of Johnny and Yelina, both 1st National Ace KBDB short distance. Together they have bred 1st HS1 Who Dares Wins OLR 2026 from 649 birds and 1st prize Cotswold OLR 2025 HS2.

The Sire — GB2021V05465 "Imperial Hero"

Blue cock · Leonard × Suzanne · full brother to Hurricane

"Champion Leonard" (BELG2012-2176101) × "Suzanne" (BELG2017-3008494) is the foundation pair of this loft. Together they bred "Hurricane" (GB2020V52557), winner of the Who Dares Wins OLR final 2020 and £40,000, also 4th Ace. The card credits the pair's children and grandchildren with more than £300,000 in OLR prize money. Imperial Hero has added to it at stock. Out of Yeva he bred the three siblings listed below, and he is also the sire of GB2024V28801, 37th HS2 Welsh Elite OLR (1,095 entered).

The pair's record goes well beyond Hurricane. Leonard also sired 8th Limoges from 1,270 birds, 22nd Argenton from 2,486, and 1st UK, 5th Final and 12th Ace at the Belgian Masters OLR 2015. Through his sons he is grandsire of Scirocco, 1st UK and 5th Final Pattaya OLR from 11,000+ birds, and of GB2022S56170, 9th Final RPRA OLR. Suzanne is grand-dam on both sides of Euro, 1st Europa Masters OLR final 2022 (€30,000), great-grand-dam of Gold Wing, 2nd Ace Algarve Golden Race 2023, and grand-dam of GB2025V45385, 1st UK Ace at Pa Mok 2025 from 3,418 birds. The card describes her as "best ever breeder of OLR prizewinners".

The Dam — BELG2021-2130641 "Yeva"

Blue hen · Johnny × Yelina · two National Aces as parents

Yeva's sire Johnny won 15 first prizes, was 1st National Ace KBDB Old Birds Short Distance 2019 and 11th National Ace Yearlings 2018. Her dam Yelina was 1st National Ace KBDB Short Distance Old Birds 2018, with nine first prizes including 1st Dizy from 2,326 and 1st Chimay from 1,882. Yeva has turned that speed into OLR results with Imperial Hero.

Johnny's first prizes include 1st Chimay from 1,052, 1st Dizy from 586, 1st Chimay from 565 and 1st Laon from 511, and he is a brother to Jack, 9th National Ace KBDB. Yelina also won 1st Chimay from 1,463, 1,223 and 808, and has bred 5th Chimay from 1,734 and 5th Provincial Châteauroux from 1,297.

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Mike Chadwick has to be one of the most successful Breeders of OLR pigeons world wide Bird for bird when you consider the relatively small team of birds he keeps compared to most !!

Having already secured 3 separate OLR Victories with this superb family of pigeons his drive to produce even more is relentless.

I have know Mike for some years now and his Knowledge and ability to breed outstanding stock is phenomenal !!

I have handled every one of these and the buyers will not be disappointed !!