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GB21 Z 04456 BLUE CHEQUER HEN A granddaughter of "Wiggins Son", 2nd National Perpignan, bred down from two 1st National Perpignan winners and crossed into a Palamos-winning family
GB21 Z 04456 is a stock hen built for the extreme distance. Her sire is a son of "Wiggins Son", 2nd National Perpignan, and a daughter of "Jack Jones", described on the card as the first pigeon ever to win 1st National Perpignan on the day into the UK. "Wiggins Son" is in turn a son of "Wiggins", winner of 1st National Perpignan twice, in 2012 and 2014. Her dam brings in a separate family that has won 1st, 2nd and 3rd Open Palamos.
The Sire — GB17 D 10269
Chequer · bred by G M Preece & Son · "Wiggins Son" × daughter of "Jack Jones"
The sire was bred by G M Preece & Son and carries the two greatest Perpignan names in the pedigree on top of each other. His sire, "Wiggins Son", scored 2nd National Perpignan, 16th National Perpignan and 28th National Mont de Marsan — a son who raced at the very distance his father dominated. His dam is a daughter of "Jack Jones".
Behind "Wiggins Son" stands "Wiggins" himself: 1st National Perpignan 2012 and 1st National Perpignan 2014 — the card notes he was only the second pigeon ever on the day from Perpignan — plus 6th National Perpignan, 7th and 10th National Pau, 14th and 17th National Barcelona, and 16th National St Vincent. He is a grandson of "Dragons Boy", 1st National Barcelona.
"Jack Jones" flew 13 International and 13 National races for 6 International prizes, including 2nd National Agen, 3rd National Pau and 4th National Perpignan alongside his Perpignan win. The card also places the sire's side in the line of "Stoffel-GR-Ophof", 2nd National Perpignan and 4th National Narbonne.
The Dam — GB20 Z 24938
Chequer Hen · daughter of GB18 C 29015 · Palamos family
The dam is a daughter of GB18 C 29015, a dark chequer cock bred from Palamos prizewinners. His sire, 38367, won 3rd Open Palamos and is a son of 17234, winner of 1st Open Palamos. 20325, winner of 2nd Open Palamos, also stands behind him on the dam's side of that line. Three Open Palamos podium places in one family is a hard-distance credential in its own right.
The card describes the dam's family as coming from "a winning loft in National and OLR's", with £750 won in the Somerset OLR and 28th, 30th and 60th from Bordeaux for birds timed from Tarbes a few weeks earlier.
