WHU-21-C41396 BLUE W/F HEN A granddaughter of "Vince" and of "Padfield Invincible", 2nd BICC Barcelona —

WHU-21-C41396 BLUE W/F HEN A granddaughter of "Vince" and of "Padfield Invincible", 2nd BICC Barcelona —

A granddaughter of "Vince" and of "Padfield Invincible", 2nd BICC Barcelona — two linebred Padfield branches brought together in one stock hen

WHU-21-C41396 is a stock hen that carries two of the best-known names in the Padfield family on opposite sides of her card. Her sire is a direct son of "Vince", a federation and amalgamation winner. Her dam is a daughter of "Padfield Invincible", 2nd BICC Barcelona. Both parents come from deliberately linebred Padfield matings, and she is the cross between those two branches.

The Sire — WHU-12-T06734 C

Blue chequer cock · direct son of "Vince"

The sire was bred from "Vince" (GB-99-P43867) paired to GB-02-N61171, a daughter of the Padfield foundation cock "Old 99". That same hen, 61171, is the grandmother of "Padfield St Vincent", 1st BICC St Vincent.

"Vince" himself is recorded on the card as 1st Federation and 1st Amalgamation, a Gold Cup and King's Award winner, and placed with the CSCFC from Dax. His own sire, WHU-93-C13472, is the grandsire of "Iron Lady" and "Blue Baron II".

The Dam — GB-08-W75563 H

Blue chequer pied hen · raced, then stock · daughter of "Padfield Invincible"

The dam is a raced hen. The card records her 12th Section from Alençon, flying to Wales, before she broke a wing and was put to stock. She has since proved herself there: she is the grandmother of two 1st Section NRC winners in 2016 and of a 2nd Open in 2017.

Her sire is "Padfield Invincible" (GB-02-N61152): 2nd BICC Barcelona, with further national placings from Nantes, Pau, San Sebastian and St Nazaire. Her dam, GB-00-N32919, raced to 14th Open CSCFC San Sebastian, 14th WSNRFC Pau and 50th NRC Nantes — a distance hen in her own right.