GB26 N 12256 MEALY COCK Olympic Gustave XIV twice behind his sire, and a dam from the 10x 1st winner Rode 43
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GB26 N 12256 is a mealy cock of the J & G Goemaere family. His sire is an inbred grandson of Olympic Gustave XIV, the super racer who won 1st Olympic Acebird Belgium Cat. A (2022–2023) Maastricht and 1st National Acebird Sprint old birds KBDB 2023. His dam is a granddaughter of Rode 43, a red Goemaere cock and 10x 1st winner, and a daughter of National Argenton II, a Thibaut-Boons-Bosua × Herbots cock.
The Sire — GB25 N 48903
Inbred grandson of Olympic Gustave XIV · bred by Zwols Pigeons
A chequer cock bred by Zwols Pigeons with Olympic Gustave XIV on both sides of his own pedigree. His sire Gustave 562 (BELG24-4174562) is a son of Olympic Gustave XIV (BELG21-1090384) out of A&B Leideman's Dtr Goed Grijs (NL23-9648570). His dam GDtr Olympic Gustave (BELG24-1055886, dark chequer) is by Son Olympic Gustave (BELG23-1123824). Olympic Gustave XIV's record, as given on the card:
1st Olympic Acebird Belgium Cat. A (2022–2023) — Maastricht
1st National Acebird Sprint old birds KBDB 2023 — 0.65% coefficient, which the card notes as the second lowest in the title's history
6th National Acebird Sprint yearlings KBDB 2022
1st Pont 3,081p (158 km) · 1st Pont 3,017p · 1st Pont 2,600p · 1st Ecouen 2,388p (192 km) — winner of 14 first prizes
The Dam — GB25 N 48828 "GDtr Rode 043"
Granddaughter of Rode 43 · bred by Zwols Pigeons
A red chequer hen, also bred by Zwols Pigeons. Her sire National Argenton II (BELG22-1075105, red chequer) is Thibaut-Boons-Bosua × Herbots: by a cock named 1st Nat. Issoudun (1st National Issoudun × Bosua) out of a Herbots hen bred National 1 × Olympiade Chris. The card connects him with 2nd National Argenton 2023 against 14,174 pigeons.
Her dam Dtr Rode 043 (BELG23-1098392, red chequer) was bred by the Goemaere brothers and is described on the card as a top-class stock hen for Zwols Pigeons. She is a daughter of Rode 43 (BELG16-1076043), a super racer and 10x 1st winner of Thibaut-Boons × Bils-Ockerman blood, out of GDtr of Kenzo (BELG21-2130926), a Herbots hen.