GB-25-V43654 ·Blue hen BRED BY SYNDICATE LOFTS A direct child of "Little Dirk",- Kannibaal and Di Caprio

GB-25-V43654 Blue hen · BRED BY SYNDICATE LOFTS A direct child of "Little Dirk", linebred back to him through the dam — Queen, Kannibaal and Di Caprio concentrated

A 2025 Syndicate Lofts bird bred straight from "Little Dirk" (BELG-17-6147493), the top breeding son of Dirk Van Dyck's "Queen", 1st National Ace Middle Distance KBDB 2015. The dam, "Beauty Kannibaal" (GB-24-V55837), is herself a great-granddaughter of Little Dirk, bred by Syndicate Lofts to line breed our original Kannibaal and Di Caprio lines and retained directly for our stock loft.

The Sire — BELG-17-6147493 "Little Dirk" Dirk Van Dyck · Vader Queen × Queen · a proven sire of winners in the UK Little Dirk's produce in Britain is extensively recorded. His daughter GB19 V51931 (S. Guildea & Son) is dam of GB21 A18779, 1st North Liverpool Fed, Monmouth, 1,965 birds, and of GB21 Z34841: 1st Club, 1st Fed Yeovil, 2,050 birds; 1st Club, 10th Fed Bath, 2,087 birds; 2nd Club, 16th Fed Weymouth, 1,753 birds; 2nd Club, 17th Fed Exeter, 1,428 birds — raced as a September-hatched late bred by Williamson & Murphy. His son GB18 F28532 (R & S Harris) is sire of 1st Club Frome, 590 birds; 1st Liverpool Amalgamation; 1st N.W. Combine, 6,194 birds. He also bred the sire of GB21 X30343 (Geoffrey Douglas), raced by J. Murtagh. He is by "Vader Queen" (BELG-10-6297379, 6th Ace Yearling Union Antwerp) out of "Queen" (BELG-13-6122092), whose record includes 1st Souppes 1,210 b, 1st Souppes 842 b, 1st Sourdun 770 b, 2nd Souppes 1,916 b and 1st National Ace Middle Distance KBDB 2015. Queen is herself a daughter of Vader Queen, so Little Dirk is a father × daughter mating, F = 25%.

The Dam — GB-24-V55837 "Beauty Kannibaal" Amadeus × Sweet Dreams · line bred to Kannibaal Bred and retained by Syndicate Lofts as a stock hen, line bred to the legendary Kannibaal of Dirk van Dyck. Her sire "Amadeus" (BELG-12-6142607), D. & L. Van Dyck, is by "Di Caprio" (Heremans-Ceusters) out of a daughter of "Kannibaal" — Kannibaal being 1st National Ace Halve Fond KBDB 1996. Amadeus's son "Zeus" became a super breeder for Micky Betts: sire of 3rd MNFC Young Bird National, Coutances, 3,989 birds, plus 8th, 12th and 19th Open National, 1st Section National Holmsley, and 1st Section, 19th Open Weymouth, 4,034 birds. Her dam "Sweet Dreams" (GB-23-D95280) is Little Dirk × "Stardust" (BELG-12-6142393), Stardust being a top breeding hen by Di Caprio out of another Kannibaal daughter.

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.