Meet some of the homing pigeons in Kastle Loft that are the basis for our breeding and race team. Click on a photo to see a pedigree if one is available for viewing. 2013 brought a seismic shift in our breeding program that had an immediate impact and will continue to impact us for years to come. In the last few years, we have introduced ten new birds from the M & D Evans Vandenabeeles. Among them is one of the last direct sons of the world-famous Eisenhower, the #1 breeder for Myrtle Lofts of England. In 2014, we added four more imports including direct children from Golden Gaby, Davina, New Shadow and Black National. Also added was a registered AU Champion flown by John Marles and a son of his Magic Pair (line bred to the Perfect Cock). We will be breeding from multiple line bred grandchildren of Shadow and all of our birds will be influenced by the great Wittenbuik. Other greats in our birds will be Golden Gaby, Davina, Black National, Rolls Royce, Jester & Carrie, Benetton, Saffron, Devon, Nationaal Fideel & Belle, and The Perfect Pair.
M & D Evans Vandenabeele Hens
New to Kastle Loft for 2015 is Kastle Black, a direct daughter, and the ONLY direct daughter in North America, of Black National. This super racer for Les Morris and now owned by Mark and Dick Evans, contains the best Vandenabeele bloodlines of M & D. Evans at Myrtle Lofts crossed with Vandenabeele bloodlines from Rik Cools of Belgium. In the pedigree of Black National you can see many outstanding top performance racers and breeders including the super De Blauwe Gaby 103 from Koen Minderhoud, who is in the pedigree three times. Also you’ll find the world-famous De Wittenbuik B.88.3206112 five times, and De Bijter B.80.3250688 five times, so it is not surprising that Black National is an outstanding performer and already a proven breeder. The dam of Kastle Black is a daughter of another outstanding performance and breeding pigeon, Golden Gaby.Lucy in the Sky – AU 2012 GHC 1947 – Destined to be a foundation hen for Kastle Loft, this is a hen bred and flown by John Weeks of the Gulf Coast Homing Club. In her first year breeding for us, she had an Ace bird and multiple equal firsts against as many as 500 birds. Lucy finished 6th FSI band race vs. 432 birds and 119th vs. 2051 birds GHC Classic. Four 2012 siblings scored and lasted the season for Weeks, and a sister, #2, was 14th Champion YB GHC club and 9th in the FSI band race. Pure performance and down from Golden Gaby, Queen of Diamonds, Carrie, Wittenbuik, Limoges and Shadow (via The Perfect Pair).
Silvan Danica Need to Know – Mark Evans holds 2013 GHC 6067 at the loft in Spring Hill, Florida where he and John Marles selected this beautiful hen for Kastle Loft. She is a grand daughter of Pre-Olympic x Lady of the Rings and Lord of the Rings x Davina, four elite champions of breeders of champions.Lovely Rita – 2012 AU IHC 5734 – 100% M & D Evans. Grand daughter of Benetton, Lady Eisen, Rolls Royce and Super Girl 310. Great grand daughter of Champion Shadow and Wittenbuik. She raised 7 babies with two cocks in her first year and every one has shown tough grit to get home when others have not. She is destined to be a foundation hen for Kastle Loft.Michelle My Belle – 2012 IHC 5772 – Inbred to the famous super-couple Nationaal Fideel and Belle. This darling little hen is a granddaughter of the world-famous Rolls Royce, and her sire is a full brother to Rolls Royce. Her first babies will race for us in 2014.Dear Prudence – 2013 Dblj 17 – This is a beautiful recessive opal hen who is down from the greats: Eisenhower, Shadow and Jester and Carrie on both sides. Her sire is a multiple diploma and money winner in the Up North Combine flying for the Valente & Marles lofts. Her dam is a grand daughter of the famous Jester and Carrie. Dear Prudence will have babies racing for Kastle Loft in 2014 and we hope her beautiful color will show again in some of her babies.
Meet some of the homing pigeons in Kastle Loft that are the basis for our breeding and race team. Click on a photo to see a pedigree if one is available for viewing. 2013 brought a seismic shift in our breeding program that had an immediate impact and will continue to impact us for years to come. In the last few years, we have introduced ten new birds from the M & D Evans Vandenabeeles. Among them is one of the last direct sons of the world-famous Eisenhower, the #1 breeder for Myrtle Lofts of England. In 2014, we added four more imports including direct children from Golden Gaby, Davina, New Shadow and Black National. Also added was a registered AU Champion flown by John Marles and a son of his Magic Pair (line bred to the Perfect Cock). Also added is a proven, Marles-bred son of the Perfect Pair.
We will be breeding from multiple line bred grandchildren of Shadow and all of our birds will be influenced by the great Wittenbuik. Other greats in our birds will be Golden Gaby, Davina, Black National, Rolls Royce, Jester & Carrie, Benetton, Saffron, Devon, Nationaal Fideel & Belle, and The Perfect Pair.
Dark Storm 14 GB C 29801: Until February, 2015, there was only one child of Black National in North America (a daughter here at Kastle Loft). Now there will be two. Kastle Black’s half-brother will be heading to America to breed for Donald Campbell (Pressing On Loft) and Kastle Loft. We will continue to breed, test and select for the best M&D Evans Vandenabeele’s in the tough headwind races. Meet Dark Storm: Exclusive PIPA offer direct from 1. Nat. Carenthan winner ‘Black National’ Mother is breeder of the super Nat. acebird ‘Cruise Missile’Einstein 2012 GB C 39756: Direct from world-famous #1 breeder Eisenhower and Joint Venture of M&D Evans’s Myrtle Lofts. He is a full brother to 3rd place 2011 SCMDPR for Myrtle Lofts. Grandchild of Champion Shadow. 2012 was the last year that Myrtle Lofts sold any children off Eisenhower to the public. In Einstein’s first year breeding he bred an AU Ace Bird, race winners, diplomas, eq. 1sts with two different lofts and as many as 500 birds. In 2014, his children began breeding winners, too, including 2nd Ohio ACE young bird, (29th National ACE), proving again that the Evans blood is potent.In his first year, Wicked Strong bred the 2nd place (Eq. 1st) OCR winner along with the nest mate who was 14th place. His babies also earned multiple 1sts, Eq. 1sts, and were consistently on the first drops. A grandson of Shadow and very inbred to him, who shows in this pedigree three times. This guy is an ox. Super strong in the hand. Medium sized bird and likes to fight on the floor with other cocks.A brand-new addition to Kastle Loft for 2015 is Makin It, a registered AU Champion bred and flown by John Marles. This cock is not only an accomplished racer in some of the toughest competition around, but he is also line bred to the Perfect Pair (Shadow), which fits perfectly in my breeding program.This cock was bred by the exceptional Cleveland flyer Don Campbell and was donated as the prize for the 2012 Pigeon Talk Classic race. I didn’t win the race, but I did manage to come out a winner after acquiring this fellow. In his first year of breeding, I sent one of his babies to the Pigeon Talk Classic – a real “survivor” series – and his daughter finished 3rd. He is a grandson of the famous Perfect Cock (Shadow) and he is a son of Don’s exceptional 11-flight hen, also down from the M & D Evans blood.
