GB20 N 82828 BLUE HEN · BRED BY ALWYN HILL NFC Tarbes form through Wingdown on one side, 1st International Barcelona form through New Laureaat on the other
GB20 N 82828 is a granddaughter of "Wingdown" (GB07 T 39684), the NFC Certificate of Merit cock who flew Tarbes — 676 miles — five times, and of "Donna", a direct daughter of New Laureaat, 1st National and 1st International Barcelona 2013 against 25,382 birds. It puts proven British Grand National performance on one side and International Barcelona winners on the other.
The Sire — GB18 P 07044
Mealy cock · top son of Wingdown out of a daughter of Special One, 1st International Barcelona
The card describes him as the "top son W.D. × dau 1st Int Barca". His sire is Wingdown, whose Tarbes record with the National Flying Club reads 2nd Open Tarbes 2012 (2,808 birds), 4th Open Tarbes 2011 (3,290 birds) and 7th Open Tarbes 2009 (3,808 birds), plus 70th Open MNFC Bordeaux 2011. Three top-ten Open positions from Tarbes in four seasons is the record of a genuine 676-mile pigeon, and the card goes as far as calling him "the greatest racer in the history of the National Flying Club".
His dam is NL-16-1509408 "Dght Special One", a daughter of The Special One (FR-12-034553), 1st International Barcelona 2015 against 19,083 birds, out of NL-15-1689069, a daughter of New Laureaat. The card sums her up as "dau of 1st International Barca × dau of 2 × Barca Int winners".
The Dam — NL-13-1219553 "Donna"
Blue white-flight hen · direct daughter of New Laureaat, 1st International Barcelona 2013
Donna is a direct daughter of New Laureaat (B-08-2222675), Golden Wing winner and one of the outstanding Barcelona pigeons of his era: 1st National (10,685 birds) and 1st International (25,382 birds) Barcelona 2013, 8th National (12,281 birds) and 41st International (26,650 birds) Barcelona 2011, and 323rd National Barcelona 2012 (11,590 birds) — three Barcelonas, three times in the prize list.
Her dam is B-08-4270165 "Dau Sampras Barca", out of "Sampras Laureaat 34" (B-99-4511934) and "Rose" (B-99-4449089), and described on the card as a double granddaughter of the Laureaat line that won 1st International Barcelona.