The sire of the national winner is ‘Son 801 Aelbrecht’ (BE09-4263054), a direct Marc De Cock and co-winner of the title of 2nd Nat. Champion long distance KBDB ’11. This pigeon won an 18th Nat. Orange, a 37th Zone Cahors, a 42nd Nat. Libourne, etc. He is a nephew of Leen (1st Intnat. Narbonne) and Niq (1st Ace Pigeon long distance). He comes from Blauwe Zoon Perpignan BE07-4138801 x Daughter Nightflyer BE06-4140108 (from Nightflyer 722/02 x Rebecca 481/02, grandmother of Leen, 1st Intnat. Narbonne).
Team Bart Bassez-Thijs-Peters (Meeswijk, BE) – 1st Nat. Z. Argenton 1,004 p. 2016
Team Bart Bassez won a 1st Nat. Z. Argenton last season with a direct Marc De Cock. The dam of this pigeon is a sister of the aforementioned ‘Son 801 Aelbrecht’ (BE09-4263054).
Etienne Stassen (Dilsen-Stokkem, BE) – 1st Prov. Ace Pigeon Limburg 2016
Etienne won the title of provincial ace pigeon shorter middle distane yearlings in Limburg, with a pigeon bred by Vermeerbergen-Wilms (Mol, BE). The sire of this ace pigeon is BE11-4312815, a direct pigeon of De Cock. He is a son of the legendary Eagle Eye x Mysterie Lady, 3rd Olympiad Pigeon long distance Poznan and a 50% Heremans-Ceusters hen. This ace pigeon title was won thanks the following prizes:
Sezanne 296km 17/2,956 Sezanne 296km 4/410 Gien 434km 36/3,421 Sezanne 296km 8/435
Interestingly, the direct De Cock pigeons that have been winning prizes for Thoné and Stassen have either been sold or bought in a PIPA auction. And Marc obtained his ‘Eagle Eye’ in a PIPA auction as well, it was in fact the most expensive pigeon of the Erik Limbourg auction.
Eagle Eye dynasty in other lofts
The outstanding Eagle Eye descendants have been doing great in other lofts as well. It would be impossible to include every top result from other fanciers; the following is just a brief overview:
Jos Thoné (As, BE), the all round world champion, achieved brilliant results with his Eagle Eye descendants. For instance, his BE10-5031817 Red Eagle (click here for the pedigree; he is a son of Eagle Eye and Vaal Bourgeske BE08-4255066) became the sire of the following prize winners:
- BE12-5030053 Tullan (pedigree) won a 1st Provincial (and 3rd National) Tulle in 2013 and an 11th Provincial Brive in 2013.
- BE13-5020406 (click here for his palmares)
- BE13-5020405 (click here for his palmares)
- BE13-5020250 (click here for his palmares)
Gert Noels was really successful with a grandchild of BE11-4312816 (see earlier). This pigeon won a 9th Provincial Jarnac and a 90th Provincial Brive.
Famille 3D won the following prizes with a number of (great)grandchildren from BE11-4312812 Daughter Eagle Eye:
- 5th Zone B1 La Souterraine against 2,333 pigeons with BE15-1046205 (see pedigree)
- 1st Zone B Montauban against 1,996 pigeons (and an 11th National against 3,990 pigeons), a 5th Toury against 1,724 pigeons and a 7th Toury against 1,196 pigeons with BE13-9085305 (click here for the pedigree).
- 4th C&E Chalon against 5,376 pigeons with BE13-9100602 (click here for the pedigree)
- 3rd National Limoges against 6.275 pigeons with BE14-1000459 (see pedigree)
Eddy and Maarten Leutenez have a top quality bird in their loft with BE12-4215080 Cavendisch, which is a grandson of Eagle Eye.
Descendants of Superbreeder 801 are also successful in other lofts
Jos Thone (As, BE) has another top class pigeon in his collection with BE11-5010592 Kirin. She was bred from a son of Superbreeder 801, the BE09-4339384. (click here for the pedigree of Kirin)
Kirin is the dam of two other top class pigeons of Jos Thoné, the 509 and the 510. In addition, she is also the grandmother of the double zonal winner C1!
Another granddaughter of Superbreeder 801 won a 4th Zone Limoges against 391 pigeons and a 250th National Brive against 9,049 pigeons.
Gert Noels has won a 15th Provincial Cahors (736 pigeons) and a 9th Provincial Montelimar (578 pigeons) with another grandson of Superbreeder 801.