Our pairings for 2023

Below you will find photos and descriptions of our M&D Evans Vandenabeele and Macaloney pairings for 2023. Many of our pairings are switched up every year to truly get a good test of each bird. I do not have every pair listed below as I am breeding from children of these pairs as well.

The birds listed below are what I consider our best birds although we do breed from about 15 total pairs. I am increasing my stable of the brilliant performance pigeons from Macaloney in Scotland. They have had an immediate winning impact in my loft. We have children of Double Vision, Blue Caviar, Troy, Black Caviar, Denman, Vision 772, Shergar, the Supermac line and Janefield Amal line. Please contact me if you are interesting in those crosses or any of them bred straight.

Scroll to the bottom of the page for details on purchasing from these pairs.

Most of these pairs will produce racing pigeons that carry the LDHA, DRD4 (dopamine receptor), and CRY-1 genes which have proven to have an influence on the performance of racing pigeons. Prices will reflect the performance of the pigeon plus the rarity of the gene combinations. More genes and more performance will be reflected in the cost of the pigeons.

Pair 1: Stirling Kastle x Janefield 210

Toughness and consistency as young birds. Hands down, one of my most cocks with a high strike rate. This is a new pairing for 2023.

Sire: Stirling Kastle 17 SU 2125. He is a son of two of Macaloney pigeon’s best, Troy and Black Caviar. Stirling is fast becoming, if not already, the Number One breeding cock in our loft. Just look at these results from 2021 alone. His children are breeding exceptionally well also.

Stirling is sire of:
Breeder of:
AU National Ace Pigeon Young Bird (Kastle 2223)
4th, 5th, 6th (x2) and 10th Champion birds LRPC (through 2022)
1st 300m combine
1st 100m
Eq1 (3rd) 200m 306b Sooner Challenge OLR (2224)
Eq1 (3rd) 300m 52b
Eq1 (4th) 300m combine
Eq1 (4th) 160m
Eq1 (5th) 160m
Eq1 (5th) 230m 89b
Eq1 (3rd) 150m
Eq1 (8th) 230m 89b
Eq1 (9th) 230m 89b
3rd 100m
5th 150 miles
7th 300m 52b
7th 210m
8th 250m 359b Sooner Challenge
11th Combine 200 miles,
14th club, 16th Combine 300m,
16th 100m 383b Sooner Challenge,
53rd 325m 269b final Sooner Challenge
Grandsire to:
1st, 7th, 9th, 9th, 10th Champion Bird LRPC (through 2021)
National Ace YB (Kastle 2150)
1st Club 270 miles
1st 230m 149b (Covington)
15th 350m 429b AU Convention Race
1st Champion Bird Bama-Buckeye Challenge OLR
1st at 250m Bama Buckeye OLR
Eq1 (2nd) 180m Bama Buckeye OLR
Eq1 (2nd) 355m Bama Buckeye OLR
Eq1 (2nd) Club/Combine 300 miles
Eq1 (2nd) Club 230 miles
Eq1 (2nd) Club 150 miles
Eq1 (2nd) Club 160 miles
Eq1 (2nd) Club 160 miles
Eq1 (2nd) 180m 136b (Covington)
Eq1 (3rd) Club/Combine 300 miles
Eq1 (3rd) Club 150 miles
Eq1 (3rd)Club 160 miles
5th 275m 151b
5th Club/15th Combine/38th Fed vs 810b 435m
6th Fed 400m 507b (HOF 807)
6th Club/14th Combine vs 362b 230m
8th 200m 189b
13th 200m 462b
17th Combine vs 426b @ 125m
20th Combine vs 569b @ 125m
20th combine 125m 569b
25th and 32nd final 380m High Desert Yearling Classic vs 246 birds and only 37 day birds.
52nd 330m GHC Classic vs 1382b
Great Grandchildren:
8th champion young bird LRPC (2271)
1st 300m 52b
1st 100m 163b (LKY 133)
Eq1 2nd 230m 89b
Eq1 5th 150m 321b Sooner Challenge OLR (2272)
SU 2125 is direct from two outstanding producers and 1/2 brother to 1st Fed 4935 birds, 1st Fed 3100 birds, 1st Fed 1633 birds, and more.

Dam: Janefield 210. SU 17 8210. She is a Macaloney Import down from the original Camphius Dream Pair and the Evans Rolls Royce/Logan/Ebony lines.

Daughter to one of Macaloney’s best ever, Janefield 42. Six generations of 1st place winners down from Janefield 42.
She has bred
Kastle 2197, Bama-Buckeye Champion Bird
2nd place (Eq1) 180 miles,
1st place 250 miles and
2nd place (Eq1) 350 miles
2nd place LRPC 230 miles
Eq1 100m
Eq1 100m
Eq1 160m

Pair 2: Claymore x Hallelujah Here She Comes

Straight Macaloney: Another example of the Claymore line crossed with the Stirling Kastle line. This should make a fabulous pairing. Claymore’s children are fast and consistent. The daughter of Stirling Kastle should add even more toughness.

Sire: Claymore 17 AU JFL 7275. 7275 is a Macaloney cock bred by Kevin Jones and raced at Kastle Loft. He is a grandson of Merlin 49.

Claymore has bred:
National Ace Young Bird 2019 (GSWC 858)
25th Concourse Champion Young Bird 2019 (GSWC 858)
1st place (tie) LRPC Champion YB 2019 (LKY 18)
3rd LRPC Champion YB 2022 (2280)
4th LRPC Champion YB 2021 (2169)
1st 160m LRPC
1st 150m LRPC
Eq1 (3rd) 230m 89b
Eq1 (4th) 160m LRPC
Eq1 (5th) 140m LRPC
Eq1 (5th) vs 105b @ 175m (GNEO 500)
Eq1 (7th) 230m 89b
Eq1 (21st) vs 404b @85m Plymouth Peak 2020
Eq1 (12th) vs 387b @100m Plymouth Peak 2020
Eq1 (9th) vs 322b @175m Plymouth Peak 2020
20th Avg Speed $ winner 2020 Plymouth Peak OLR
2nd 200m combine vs 68b,
2nd 150m LRPC
2nd auction bird 300m winning $700
3rd 125m 121b (GNEO 500)
3rd 150m Bama-Buckey OLR
3rd 400m
4th 150m LRPC
4th 150m LRPC
5th 100m Bama-Buckeye OLR
5th 300m 52b
6th Combine vs 426b @ 125m (GNEO 500)
6th 300m 52b
7th 150m Bama-Buckeye OLR
12th 100m Bama-Buckeye OLR
22nd 250m vs 383b Sooner Challenge 2020

Claymore is Grandsire to:
National Ace Young Bird 2022 (2204)
National Ace Young Bird 2022 (2206)
National Ace Young Bird 2021 (2175)
National Ace Young Bird 2021 (2111)
1st Champion Young Bird LRPC 2022 (2204)
2nd Champion Young Bird LRPC 2022 (2206)
2nd Champion Young Bird LRPC 2021 (2111)
5th Champion Young Bird LRPC 2021 (2176)
6th Champion Young Bird LRPC 2020 (2072)
15th 350m 429b AU Convention Race
1st 160m LRPC
1st 200m LRPC
1st 230m LRPC
1st 230m LRPC
1st 160m LRPC
1st 100m 319b IHC
Eq1 (2nd) 300m 52b
Eq1 (2nd) 270m LRPC
Eq1 (2nd) 160m LRPC
Eq1 (3rd) 160m LRPC
Eq1 (4th) 230m 89b
Eq1 (4th) 300m 52b
Eq1 (4th) 160m LRPC
Eq1 (4th) 160m LRPC
Eq1 (5th) 140m LRPC
Eq1 (5th) 300m Combine
Eq1 (6th) 230m 89b
Eq1 (7th) 160m LRPC
Eq1 (7th) 230m LRPC
Eq1 (11th) 140m LRPC
Eq1 (14th) 100m LRPC
Eq1 (15th) 100m 205b
3rd 125m 571b (River PR Combine)
6th 250m 461b IHC
7th 200m 220b
22nd 300m 393b HOF race $ winner
Great grandsire to:
2nd 350m 126b (LKY 200)
2nd 230m 89b
Eq1 5th 150m 321b Sooner Challenge OLR (2272)
4th Champion Bird (Cov club – LKY 200)

Dam: Hallelujah Here She Comes, 19 AU Kastle 1927. She is a daughter of Stirling Kastle & Baker’s Revenge. I chose to retain her for breeding based on her consistency and good performance in a very strong headwind and her children are racing as young birds even better than she did all the way out to 380 miles. I am breeding from 4 of her children in 2023.

AB CTCT – Raced in the Sooner Challenge.
8th @250 miles vs. 359b (strong headwinds),
43rd @200miles vs 369b,
53rd @325miles vs. 269b final race 23 minutes to win.


She bred:
National Ace Young Bird 2021 (2150)
1st and 9th Champion Bird LRPC (2150, 2154)
15th Place AU Convention Race, 350 miles vs. 429 birds
Eq1 (9th) 160m
Eq1 (14th) 160m
Eq1 (2nd) 300m Combine
Eq1 (2nd) 140m
Eq1 (3rd) 140m
Eq1 (2nd) 160m
Eq1 (3rd) 160m
Eq1 (3rd) 270m
6th 270m
32nd place final 380m High Desert Yearling Classic vs 246 birds and only 43 day birds.
38th place 416m Sooner Challenge
Grandmother to:
1st place 300m 52b (4th Combine 135b)
Eq1 (3rd) 300m Combine
Eq1 (17th) 160m
Eq1 (5th) 230m
Eq1 (8th) 140m
2nd place 150m 75b (Qualls 2209)

I am breeding from four children off of Claymore, some of which are not listed here (GSWC 858 and Kastles 2280, 2288). I am also breeding from a brother and inbred sister to Claymore (Dirk and Home Girl). Inquire if interested. They all have race or breeding records.

Pair 3: Demolition 64 x Daughter Shergar

Demo 64 is one of my new imports from Macaloney Pigeons of Scotland. His children should excel at headwinds and 100-400 miles. I imported more of these birds because of their reliability, toughness and strike rate in my loft. Demo 64 has the SuperMac line on the top of his pedigree with the Sefaan Lambrecht blood on the bottom side.

In his first year, he did not disappoint. The highlight is when his baby Kastle Embo finished in the money at 27th place in the final 416m race at the Sooner Challenge only 30 minutes behind.

Demo 64 will be mated to Daughter Shergar, another outstanding Macaloney import who proved her salt in her first year breeding n 2022.

Dam: Daughter Shergar: Granddaughter of the New Dream Pair and Daughter of super Gaby breeder Shergar, sire of generations of winners. Bred for 350-400 miles and headwinds, she is mostly Vandenabeele with Leo Hermans and Camphius. LDHA AB
In her first year, she bred:
AU National Ace Pigeon Young Bird (2223)
Eq1 3rd 200m 306b Sooner Challenge OLR (2224)
5th Champion Young Bird LRPC (2223)
6th Champion Young Bird LRPC (2221)
Eq1 3rd 300m 52b
Eq1 5th 230m 89b
Eq1 8th 230m 89b
Eq1 9th 230m 89b
7th 300m 52b

Pair 4: Tiger 75 x Queen of Scots

I have been waiting 2 years since purchasing a son off the new Dream Pair from Paul Macaloney, and 2023 is finally the year. You simply cannot get any better breedings than these two.

Sire: Tiger 75, a proven breeding son of the Macaloney new Dream Pair, Double Vision x Blue Cavair. I feel very fortunate to receive a proven breeder from Paul, let alone one from his best pair.

Dam: Queen of Scots, daughter of Black Caviar and Denman, two of Macaloney’s best ever racers. She was hand picked in the nest for Kastle Loft and is is physically perfect in every metric. She has bred:
3rd @125m vs 561b (GNEO 694)
3rd Champion Young Bird LRPC
3rd @125m vs 561b
3rd 230m 89b
7th 230m 89b
5th 300m 52b
6th 300m 52b


Pair 5: Den-X x Bonnie Blue

Performance Macaloney

Bonnie Blue is an imported daughter of two of Paul Macaloney’s best racers and breeders, Troy and Madonna Blue. Her half brother, Stirling Kastle, is so dominant that I wanted another child of Troy. I got her late last year but managed to squeeze out a round from her to race with Shokri Enbawe in New York. One of her babies outright won his band race winning $3000. I chose to mate her in 2023 with a son of another super star racer, Denman. Bonnie Blue has proven to make babies good for 300+ miles.

Sire: Den-X. He is brand new to our loft and this will be his first full year of breeding. He is an import from Paul Macaloney and is a son of the superb racing cock Denman, which makes him a half-brother to Queen of Scots.

Dam: Bonnie Blue 2020 GB P 34460. Half-sister to Stirling Kastle. She is a daughter of Troy x Madonna Blue.

She bred:

1st place Wild Aces Band Race winning $3000 for Shokri Enbawe.

2nd 300m 167b (LKY 200) flown by Larry Brock


Pair 6: Kastle 2121 x Sainz 204

Crossing the Picasso line with Stirling Kastle expecting 300-350 mile performances.

Sire: Kastle 2121. He is a son of Stirling Kastle x Baker’s Revenge who won 1st place Combine 300 miles as a young bird in 2021.

Dam: Sainz 204 18 AU Sainz 204 – She is 2x Picasso from two of Yoannys Sainz best breeders. She has bred:
National Ace Young Bird 2019 (GSWC 858)
25th Concourse Champion Young Bird 2019 (GSWC 858)
First place (tie) LRPC Champion Young Bird 2019 (LKY 18)
4th LRPC Champion Young Bird 2021 (2169)
1st 160m LRPC
1st 150m LRPC
Eq 1 (4th) 160m LRPC
Eq 1 (5ht) 140m LRPC
Eq 1 (5th) vs 105b @ 175m (GNEO 500)
Eq1 (21st) vs 404b @85m Plymouth Peak 2020
Eq1 (12th) vs 387b @100m Plymouth Peak 2020
Eq1 (9th) vs 322b @175m Plymouth Peak 2020
20th place Avg Speed $ winner 2020 Plymouth Peak OLR
2nd place 200m combine vs 68b,
2nd place 150m LRPC
2nd place auction bird 300 miles winning $700 (28th combine)
3rd 125m 121b (GNEO 500)
3rd 150m Bama-Buckey OLR
4th 150m LRPC
4th place 150m LRPC
5th 100m Bama-Buckeye OLR
6th Combine vs 426b @ 125m (GNEO 500)
7th 150m Bama-Buckeye OLR
12th 100m Bama-Buckeye OLR
22nd 250m vs 383b Sooner Challenge 2020

She is grandmother to:
National Ace Young Bird 2021 (2175)
National Ace Young Bird 2021 (2111)
2nd champion bird LRPC 2021 (2111)
5th champion bird LRPC 2021 (2176)
6th champion bird LRPC 2020 (2072)
1st 160m LRPC
1st 200m LRPC
1st 230m LRPC
1st 160m LRPC
1st 100m 319b IHC
Eq1 (2nd) 270m LRPC
Eq1 (2nd) 160m LRPC
Eq1 (3rd) 160m LRPC
Eq1 (4th) 160m LRPC
Eq1 (4th) 160m LRPC
Eq1 (5th) 140m LRPC
Eq1 (5th) 300m Combine
Eq1 (7th) 160m LRPC
Eq1 (7th) 230m LRPC
Eq1 (11th) 140m LRPC
Eq1 (14th) 100m LRPC
Eq1 (15th) 100m 205b
3rd 125m 571b (River PR Combine)
6th 250m 461b IHC
7th 200m 220b
22nd 300m 393b HOF race $ winner

Pair 7: JFL 1521 x Kastle 2153

A new cock, bred by Kevin Jones, mated to a great granddaughter of Stirling Kastle.

Sire: JFL 1521 is a sister to KJ’s Girl, one of Kevin Jones’ best breeding hens. This is out of his best cock, Piranha while mated to Princes Cruise (a daughter of Cruise missile).

Dam: Kastle 2153, who was my second best performing young bird in 2021. She is a straight Gaby and raced every single race (8) in the series. She was only late once time and was 7th club champion bird. She bred Kastle Embo who was 27th place in the money in the Sooner Challenge final 416m race.

Pair 8: Kastle 1757 x Baker’s Revenge

The best of Golden Gaby and Shadow on top and bottom for hard one loft races. I will get some good recessive opals out of this pair and possibly some AB CTCT babies.

Sire: 17 AU Kastle 1757. Cherry cock, line bred to Golden Gaby, Shadow and Black National

Bred 20th place, 2nd drop, 3 minutes to win in the final 351 mile Apple Cup race with over 900 birds originally entered.
Full sibling won 5th place 250m vs 285b.
Grandfather to 2nd place 250m Breeders Fall Classic vs. 345b.,
3rd place Western Colorado Youth OLR 150m vs. 131b.
10th place 100m vs. 410b.,
37th place 200m 351b BFC
25th and 32nd place final 380m High Desert Yearling Classic vs 246 birds and only 37 day birds.

Dam: Baker’s Revenge 18 Kastle 1862. No doubt one of my best breeding hens

Raced in the Breeders Fall Classic. A super consistent flyer she won:
2nd (eq 1) vs. 296b 250 miles,
4th (eq 1) vs. 303b 200 miles,
16th (eq) 1) vs. 332b 100 miles,
29th vs 322b 150 miles,
She is breeder of:
4th, 6th and 10th Champion bird LRPC (through 2021)
1st 300m combine
1st 100m
Eq 1 (4th) 300m combine
Eq1 (4th) 160m
Eq1 (5th) 160m
Eq1 (3rd) 150m,
3rd 100m
5th place 150 miles,
7th 210m
8th 250 miles vs. 359b Sooner Challenge.
11th Combine 200 miles,
14th club, 16th Combine 300m,
16th 100m 383b Sooner Challenge,
53rd 325m vs. 269b final Sooner Challenge
Grandsire to:
1st, 7th, 9th, 9th, 10th Champion Bird LRPC (through 2021)
1st Club 270 miles
1st 230m 149b (Covington)
1st Champion Bird in the Bama-Buckeye Challenge One Loft Race
1st at 250m Bama Buckeye OLR
Eq1 (2nd) 180m Bama Buckeye OLR
Eq1 (2nd) 355m Bama Buckeye OLR
Eq1 (2nd) Club/Combine 300 miles
Eq1 (2nd) Club 230 miles
Eq1 (2nd) Club 150 miles
Eq1 (2nd) Club 160 miles
Eq1 (2nd) Club 160 miles
Eq1 (2nd) 180m 136b (Covington)
Eq1 (3rd) Club/Combine 300 miles
Eq1 (3rd) Club 150 miles
Eq1 (3rd)Club 160 miles
5th 275m 151b
5th Club/15th Combine/38th Fed vs 810b 435m
6th Club/14th Combine vs 362b 230m
8th 200m 189b
13th 200m 462b
17th Combine vs 426b @ 125m
20th Combine vs 569b @ 125m (first drop)
20th combine 125m 569b
25th and 32nd final 380m High Desert Yearling Classic vs 246 birds and only 37 day birds.
52nd 330m GHC Classic vs 1382b


Pair 9: Kastle Embo x Kastle Stingray

Super racers, super consistent, tough, fast and 350-416 mile young birds. Let’s hope like breeds like! These two are mostly Macaloney with a little Picasso, Konbird and Evans Gaby thrown in the mix.

Sire: Kastle Embo, 22 AU Kastle 2266. 27th place money winner in the final 416 mile race vs 113 birds at the Sooner Challenge, 35 minutes to win. Lost for one month, showing up the week before the final. Grandmother and great grandmother also performed well at the Sooner.

Dam: Kastle Stingray. 21 AU Kastle 2197. Talk about consistent! You can’t get any better than her performance in the Bama-Buckeye One Loft Race hosted by Mike Reeser in Ohio. This was a small OLR with 158 birds originally entered and a 3-race series. She had a near perfect performance, 1st drop in all three races, the only pigeon to do so. She is a granddaughter of Stirling Kastle & Baker’s Revenge.

Champion Bird 2021 Bama-Buckeye One Loft Challenge

1st place 250 miles

(Eq1) 2nd place 180 miles,

(Eq1) 2nd place 350 miles


Pair 10: Inigo x Kastle 2150

Picasso crossed onto performance Macaloney

Sire: Inigo Protege 116 (AA). He is Inbred multiple Picasso and father to winners.

Dam: Kastle 2150, Granddaughter of Stirling Kastle & Baker’s Revenge.
In her young bird season, she won:
National Ace Young Bird 2021
1st Champion Bird LRPC
Eq1 (9th) 160m
Eq1 (2nd) 300m Combine
Eq1 (2nd) 140m
Eq1 (3rd) 160m
Eq1 (3rd) 270m
She has bred:
1st place 300m 52b (4th Combine 135b)
2nd place 150m 75b (Qualls)

Pair 11: Kastle 1925 x Kastle 2280

This pair is another cross of the Stirling Kastle x Claymore lines and will be line bred to Black Caviar.

Sire: Kastle 1925. He is a son of Stirling Kastle & Baker’s Revenge and is AB CCCT. Kastle 1925 raced in every young bird race and is among my most consistent flyers. He flew 8 races and was on the first drop 5 times, 2nd drop 2 times. He flew 1670 miles.
Eq1 (3rd) @150,
5th place 150 miles,
11th Combine 200 miles,
14th club, 16th Combine 300 miles,
10th place Champion Young Bird LRPC 2019
He has bred:
Kastle 2197, Bama-Buckeye Champion Bird
2nd place (Eq1) 180 miles,
1st place 250 miles and
2nd place (Eq1) 350 miles
2nd place LRPC 230 miles
5th Club/15th Combine/38th Fed vs 810b 435m
6th Club/14th Combine vs 362b 230m
17th Combine vs 426b @ 125m
20th Combine vs 569b @ 125m (first drop)
9th place Club Champion Old Bird 2021.

Dam: Kastle 2280, 22 AU Kastle 2280. LDHA AA, CRY-1 AG/TT, Macaloney hen out of two of my best. She is a daughter of Claymore and granddaughter of Black Caviar. She raced every young bird race for Kastle Loft (7) winning:
3rd Champion Bird LRPC 2022
Eq1 (3rd) 230m
3rd 140m
5th 300m

Pair 12: Avocado x Home Girl

This is a Stirling Kastle x Claymore cross. I took a great performer from Stirling and mating him to an inbred sister of Claymore and their babies did not disappoint in 2021 or 2022. Hoping for more success with this pair in 2023.

Sire: Avocado, 20 AU Kastle 2022. A high-performing son of Stirling Kastle & Baker’s Revenge. He was 10th Champion Young Bird in 2020. Raced every single race, 8 races. He won

Eq1 (3rd) 100m,

Eq1 (5th) 160m.

He has bred:

4th Eq1 300 mile combine vs 179b

Eq1 160m

Eq1 230m

Dam: Home Girl, 20 AU JFL 293. She is a father daughter mating of Home Boy, bred by Kevin Jones, making her a sister to Claymore and Dirk two sons of Home Boy.

Pair 13: 858 x Kastle 2026

This is another cross of the Claymore and Stirling Kastle lines. Both parents have raced well and bred babies who race well out to 300-380 miles. I expect their children to do the same

(photos to come)

Sire: GSWC 858, a LDHA AA son of Claymore & Sainz 204. Flown as a young bird by Yendez Loft

National Ace Pigeon for 2019 YB
25th Concourse Champion YB 2019
10th Concourse @300m vs 587b,
25th Concourse @200m 721b,
35th Councourse @200m 674b
45th Concourse @100m 945b.
He has bred:
1st place 300 miles Wild Aces Kit Band Race winning $3000 for Shokri Enbawe.
National Ace Pigeon YB
2nd Club Champion Young Bird
2nd @270m
4th @160m
5th @300m combine
7th @160m
7th @230m
14th Combine Champion Young Bird

Dam: Kastle 2026. She is a daughter of Stirling Kastle x Baker’s Revenge and is loaded with performance genes CTCT, AG/TT

Pair 14: LKY 18 x Kastle 1941

This is a very underrated pair in my loft. Don’t let their “Pair number” fool you. They have consistently produced some of my top young birds. They are both great performers from my 2019 young bird race team and are a great example of performers breeding performers. When I took the first two best performing young birds of 2019 and put them together, their babies have consistently done the same. I have no reason to break them up. They are a mix of Macaloney, Evans Gaby and Konbird/Vanloon.

Sire: 2019 LKY 18. He is a son of Claymore x Sainz 204 and was First place (tie) LRPC Champion Young Bird 2019, racing in 7 races.
2nd place 200m combine vs 68b,
2nd place 150m LRPC,
4th place 150m LRPC,
2nd place auction bird 300 miles winning $700 (28th combine).

Dam: AU 19 Kastle 1941. She is a daughter of PSC 251 who is a grandson of Konbird. He is also an underrated cock in my loft who doesn’t get the attention he deserves.

As a racer, she placed:

1st Combine 200m vs 68b,
3rd @ 100 miles LRPC,
3rd Champion Bird LRPC 2019

Together, LKY 18 and Kastle 1941 has produced:

1st champion bird LRPC
2nd champion bird LRPC
6th champion bird LRPC
1st 200m (headwinds)
1st 230m
eq 1 (2nd) 300m
eq 1 (2nd) 160m
eq 1 (4th) 300m
eq 1 (14th) 100m
2nd Club vs 121b @ 125m
4th 230m
5th Combine vs 426b @ 125m
7th 200m 220b
eq 1 (15th) 100m 205b
22nd 300m 393b HOF race money winner

Pair 15: 1611 x Kastle Longshot

I am mixing it up a bit with this pair and giving 1611 a new performance mate. This pair will produce recessive opal and should help advance my record with those on my team.

Sire: 16 AU Kastle 1611, a recessive opal son of Einstein x Kastle Black who has a long long list of winners to his name

Dam: Kastle Longshot. AA CTCT AG/TT. Money winner, 25th place in the final 380 mile race of the High Desert Yearling Classic against 246 birds and only 37 day birds. Very tough series with more than 500 birds originally entered. She is a grand daughter of Stirling Kastle.

She has bred 1st place 100m 163b (LKY 133).

Pair 16: Titanium x Kobayashi Maru

While I am breeding from a number of recessive opals, this pair will produce blues, blacks, and recessive opals. I plan to race as many as I can, including the recessive opal spread that will come from them and hope to bring the best back into the breeding program.

Dam: Kobayashi Maru, Kastle 2047. She raced in 2020 Sooner Challenge:
47th vs 478b @150m
49th vs 383b @ 250m
38th vs 161b @ 416m
She has bred:
3rd (Eq1) 300m 179b combine
5th 230m
5th 270m
7th Place Champion Bird LRPC 2021

Grandmother to Kastle Embo, 27th place 416 miles Sooner Challenge final race 2022.


The Recessive Opals

Winning lines of Eisenhower, Jester, Carrie, Golden Gaby and more.

mosaic recessive opal homing racing pigeons

I have a handful of recessive opal and cherry birds (also called mosaics to the Brits and racing pigeons folks). It is a recessive color and the gene has to be present in both parents in order for the children to show the color. Our recessive opals (see more photos here) will have the blood of Shadow, Eisenhower, Jester, Carrie, Lady Spirit, 90 Cock, Golden Gaby, Joint Venture, etc. These birds are winning in my club and one placed in the money in the 2016 Dixie Convention Race. Some of the recessive opal birds we are breeding from includes A cock (Kastle 1418) and another hen (Kastle 1616) will be from Kastle Einstein x Kastle Black. The second cock is a product of Golden Gaby x Lady Bliksem and the 90 Cock x Lady Spirit. Babies from Kastle 1418 have been racing very well earning diplomas in my club and winning some money in an auction race in North Carolina.

Check for availability and specific pricing. Babies will be starting at $300. Raced young birds will be more.


Terms

We will not be raising many extra late hatches unless someone has asked us to. If you see something you are interested in, I would highly recommend talking with me about it before I split up my breeders. It is entirely likely I will have some birds to sell from my racing teams at the end of the season, but of course the prices will be higher since they will have been tested. But there will be no guarantees as to which birds I will sell from my team.

This is a racing loft, not a breeding station, and the majority of birds are being raced here at Kastle Loft and around the country in futurity and One Loft Races. If you are interesting in purchasing a baby from one of these pairings, the only way to guarantee it is to place a non-refundable deposit. I keep a close eye on the health of my breeding pairs and limit the number of babies they feed in any given year. I will not be raising extra babies from every pair just to sell.

A $100 non-refundable deposit will hold a baby for you. With a deposit, I can also put you on a waiting list in case someone backs out. By holding a bird for you, I will not make it available for purchase to anyone else while I feed, medicate and care for it. Therefore, the deposit is non-refundable. The bird(s) must be paid for in full by November 1, or I will make the bird available again for purchase. If I am not happy with the quality of the birds, I will refund your money or we can apply it to another available bird. Total balance will need to be paid before I ship any birds. I do not have space to house birds into the next breeding season. I prefer to ship the bird as soon as possible to get them acclimated in their new home. All birds will be vaccinated with PMV and KM-1.

Mr. Kastle returns

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AU 13 Kastle 1396, dubbed “Mr. Kastle” by Donald Campbell, has returned to his birth loft where he will breed for the next few years. He was sent to Don as a baby to race in the IHC club in Cleveland where he built a very good record with a limited young bird and old bird season. Turns out, he’s proven to be a great breeder, too. That M&D Evans Shadow blood just keeps producing winners generation after generation. Mr. Kastle is 100% M&D Evans and a grandson of Eisenhower x Joint Venture with additional doses of superb genetics from Golden Gaby, Carrie, and Queen of Diamonds.

And now that I’ve had the chance to have father and son next to each other and I’m amazed at how similar they are. This is my goal: line breed from the producers and try to make clones that perform as the parents and grandparents did. Don has worked tirelessly and applied his talents to my birds and I can’t thank him enough for that and for letting me “borrow” Mr. Kastle for a while.

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1396 Racing Results:

As a Young Bird:
11th vs. 443b. 100 miles (3%)
8th vs. 545b. 100 miles (2%)
33rd vs. 357b 175 miles (9%)
30th vs. 275b 100 miles (11%)

As an Old Bird:
4th ACE bird ABC Combine & Ohio-Penn Fed
6th AU ACE bird Ohio Middle Distance
1st Section, 4th Combine, 70th Fed vs. 1372 b. 96L 300 miles (5%)
34th Combine vs. 407 b. 32L 200 miles (1%)
16th Combine vs. 542b 29L 150miles (3%)
1st Club, 5th Combine vs. 469b 34L 300 miles (1%)


Results for babies of 1396

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1st Combine, 200m., 705b.
29th 300m., 856b. GNEO Race

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2nd (eq. 1) 200m., 229b.
5th (eq. 1) 200m., 188b.
8th (eq. 1) 175m., 266b.
8th (eq. 1) 100m., 220b.
11th 200m., 178b.
79th 340m., 537b. (Ohio Classic Race)

AU 14 OCR 03
3rd (eq. 1) 100m., 269b.
6th 200m., 197b.
10th (eq.1) 100m., 90b.

Our pairings for 2015

Below you will find photos and descriptions of our M&D Evans pairings for 2015. I will only be raising one extra round from each of them to make available for sale. The rest are being raced here at Kastle Loft and around the country in futurity and One Loft Races. This is a racing loft, not a breeding station, so we do not have much to sell. Because of that, I highly recommend that you place a deposit on any bird that you may want. It is the only way to guarantee getting what you wish.

The prices below will be honored until October of 2015. A $100 deposit will hold a baby for you. With a deposit, I can also put you on a waiting list in case someone backs out. By holding a bird for you, I will not make it available for purchase to anyone else while I feed, medicate and care for it. Therefore, the deposit is non-refundable. If I am not happy with the quality of the birds, I will refund your money or we can apply it to another available bird. I fully expect that the 2015 hatches will be mature for the 2016 breeding season with the exception of Dark Storm young ones. Total balance will need to be paid before I ship any birds. All birds must be paid for by the end of 2015 or I will resell the bird. I do not have space to house birds into the next breeding season. If I can determine the gender of a bird or if gender is not requested, I would prefer to ship the bird as soon as possible to get them acclimated in their new home. Please be prepared to pay the balance due when the bird is approximately 6 weeks old. You will be notified well in advance of that date. All birds will be vaccinated with PMV and KM-1.


The Florida Pair

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New pairing for 2015. I call them my Florida Pair, as both of them have raced in the GHC and/or FSI.

Cock: AU 11 FSI 1166 “Makin’ It” – He is an AU Registered Champion having raced in the GHC for John Marles against very tough competition. He is line bred to the Perfect Cock, the product of an uncle x niece mating. A very high percentage of his siblings are equally good or better racers, as are his cousins, etc. Perhaps even more important, his siblings are breeding equally successful racers at high percentages. This tells me that this line is potent for racing and breeding, so my odds of reproducing the same are in my favor. To boot, he is a physically perfect specimen.

Hen: AU 12 GHC 1947 “Lucy in the Sky“- She is also a successful racer having also competed in very tough competition in the GHC and FSI for John Weeks. Four siblings in the same year scored and a sister was 14th Champion YB GHC club. She has proven herself to be statistically my best hen as a breeder so far. She has bred multiple outright club and combine winners and money winners for me and for others and multiple ACE birds while being mated to two different cocks. Her children are breeding winners against 200-700 birds. She shares the same blood as the cock mentioned above (1166).

They both have performance. Their siblings and successive generations have high performances. They are both line bred, although the hen a little more lightly than the cock. The hen is a proven breeder. They both are nearly identical in physical qualities. I have a hard time telling the two apart.

My expectations are, based on both performance and fairly tight genetics, is that they will breed clones of themselves. Check back with me in November and we shall find out! Children from this pair are $500 each. (SOLD: Randy Parker -h, SOLD: Jay Holder -c). Update: A third baby has become available.


The Kastle Black Pair

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This pair should produce some great racers, especially in the headwinds. Check out the results of First Drop Don, who was raced by Don Campbell of the IHC club in Cleveland. This bird was on the first drop of every race he was in, including a fifth race at 175 miles when Don had a clock malfunction and lost the race.

Also extremely noteworthy is the hen, Kastle Black, who is the ONLY daughter of Black National in North America. (A son of Black National will be joining Kastle Loft later this year – co-owned by Kastle Loft and Pressing On Loft – see below. These are the ONLY children of Black National in North America!). Black National was a fantastic and accomplished racer in headwinds for Les Morris in the UK before being bought by Mark Evans. Black National is already breeding winners. Their babies so far have been very consistent in their size and conformation. They are medium in size and very strong with nice chest size. Two children available from this pair and are $800 each. (SOLD: Rosario Loft, SOLD: Rino Truglio -c).


The Wicked Pair

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Of course let’s not forget this pair. They were easily the best producers of 2014, including “First Drop Don” you see above. Just check out those results from their babies above. Wicked Strong is a grandson of Shadow and has Shadow in his pedigree 3 times. The Need to Know hen is a stunning grand daughter of Pre-Olympic, Lady of the Rings, Davina and Lord of the Rings. The babies are generally medium to medium-large and are very strong. The will be blue bars, blue checks or dark checks. I had a couple of white flights pop up this year. Children from this pair are $500. (TWO SOLD: Randy Parker -h,h).


Pair 1

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I’m very excited about this pair of imports. Einstein has proven through two generations to produce winners, Ace birds on up through to the Federation level. His children are already producing winners and a 2nd AU ACE Ohio. He is one of the last babies to ever be sold from Myrtle Loft’s #1 breeder Eisenhower. I can count on one hand the number of children off Eisenhower in the U.S.

The hen of this pair, Kastle Gold is one of the very last children of Golden Gaby to be sold by Mark Evans. Golden Gaby has proven to be a fantastic breeder at the highest levels and down through many generations. Mark Evans has declared that he will no longer be selling children from Golden Gaby, so I feel very fortunate to get one of the last. Kastle Gold, whose dam is the world-class Davina, is ridiculously strong and fierce and for quite a while I thought she was a cock. Children from this pair will be full of strength and vigor.  A burly blue check cock from this pair is available at $800 (SOLD – Ralph Buran). 


Impeckable Pair

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Impeckable (11 AU GHC 12732), a proven breeding son of the Perfect Pair and bred by John Marles, has joined the 2015 breeding season at Kastle Loft. This cock is a son of the Perfect Cock and grandson of Shadow. He is mated to Exchange Rate (14 GB C 300138) who is a grand daughter of Shadow and also a grand daughter of Eisenhower. These babies will be line bred to Shadow. They are small to medium, very streamlined and look like little missiles. They have had perfect performances in young bird racing for me this year so far. Children from this pair are $500. (TWO ARE AVAILABLE)


Blue Billy Pair

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Blue Billy Shears, a proven breeder and a double great-grandsons of Champion Shadow. He is mated to Michelle My Belle, a darling little hen who is inbred to the famous Rolls Royce. They have proven to breed very determined birds which are frequently first to the loft. They will be blue bars on the small to medium size and very intelligent. Children from this pair are $300. (ONE IS SOLD, ONE IS AVAILABLE)


 

Mosaics

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I have one or two recessive opal birds (also called mosaics to the Brits and racing pigeons folks) that will be available. They will have the blood of Shadow, Eisenhower, Jester, Carrie, Lady Spirit, 90 Cock, Golden Gaby, Joint Venture, etc. Then hen of the pair is Dear Prudence (pictured). The cock will either be a son of Kastle Einstein (from Pair 1) or a cock that is a product of Golden Gaby x Lady Bliksem and the 90 Cock x Lady Spirit. Mosaic babies are $400. (ONE IS SOLD, ONE CHECK WF HEN IS AVAILABLE)


Dark Storm

Until this morning, 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’

Last but not least, this fantastic son of Black National, co-owned by Kastle Loft and Pressing On Loft, will arrive in the U.S. in time to breed a couple of late hatches in 2015. Please inquire as to availability, pricing and pairings. There are only two children of Black National in North America and we have them both! These babies will be hatched in late summer, so I cannot guarantee sexual maturity by Jan. 1. (SOLD: Wayne Jackson. SOLD: Rino Truglio. More are available as he will be mated to multiple hens.)

Introducing Kastle Black

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New to Kastle Loft for 2015 is Kastle Black. She is a direct daughter and the only direct child of Black National in the U.S.

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.

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Les Morris with Black National

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