GB-24-V-59476 Ch C Bred from a half-brother and half-sister by Blue Spider, the No. 1 stock cock at Syndicate Lofts,

GB-24-V-59476 Ch C Bred from a half-brother and half-sister by Blue Spider, the No. 1 stock cock at Syndicate Lofts, and already credited with five 1st prizes from a handful of youngsters

24-V59476 is a stock cock bred from two children of Blue Spider (BELG-19-3007763), the cock the card names as the No. 1 stock cock at Syndicate Lofts. His sire Equinox and his dam Golden Jade are half-brother and half-sister through Blue Spider, so this is a deliberate concentration of one proven breeding cock. Late bred in 2024 and used only lightly since, he is already credited by his breeder with at least five 1st prizes through his youngsters.

He has not been raced; he went straight to stock. In the breeder's words he is "responsible for at least 5 x 1st" and "very lightly bred owing to late bred 2024". As a late-bred 2024 cock his first youngsters can only have raced in 2025 and 2026, so that tally comes from a small number of birds.

The Sire — 22-V51607 "Equinox"

Blue Spider × Murphys Diamond · breeder of multiple winners

The card credits Equinox as a breeder of winners — "multiple bred winners, sold for large sum". He is a son of Blue Spider out of Murphys Diamond (NL-19-1788881), described as "again a really high class hen for Syndicate Loft".

Diamond carries the Dutch side of this pedigree. Her sire is Murphys Law (NL-17-1279282), called a world-class breeder on the card, and her dam is Dochter Hurricane (NL-17-1847791), a daughter of Hurricane. Equinox is therefore half Blue Spider and half a Murphys Law daughter — the outcross that sits alongside the Blue Spider doubling.

The Dam — 23-V72081 "Golden Jade"

Blue Spider × Erin · "the mother of my loft"

The breeder calls her "the mother of my loft", and the produce backs it: this season alone, paired to Steve Price's Luc Vavort cock, she has bred £1,400 in breeder-buyer winnings. Those winners are half-brothers and half-sisters to 24-V59476 — same dam, different sire — and they show that Golden Jade passes on ability when crossed to an unrelated cock.

She is a daughter of Blue Spider out of Erin (22-V51687), the card's "top stock hen for syndicate". Erin herself is bred from The Lawman (NL-21-1193841), a cock the syndicate bought for £25,000, and Stardust (BELG-12-6142393), recorded as dam, grand-dam and great-grand-dam of top winners.

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.

GB.24.A.36699 GRIZZLE HEN Van den Bulck grizzle hen from Jason Cresswel birds, sister to top winners and already breeding winners in the stock loft

24-A36699 is a 2024 grizzle hen bred from two Jason Cresswel pigeons, both described as Van den Bulck. Her strongest selling point is not on paper but in the loft: according to the card she is a sister to top winners, and she is already breeding winners for her current owner.

She is sold as a proven stock hen rather than a racer. In the owner's own words on the card, she "is breeding winners for me".

The Sire

Jason Cresswel · Van den Bulck · no pedigree

Her sire came from Jason Cresswel and is recorded as Van den Bulck. The card states plainly that he has no pedigree, and gives no ring number or result for him.

The Dam

Jason Cresswel · Van den Bulck · no pedigree

Her dam is the same story: a Jason Cresswel hen of Van den Bulck breeding, with no pedigree and no ring or record shown. Sire and dam therefore come from the same source and the same family, which is what supports the card's description of this hen as "believed to be Van Bulk".

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.