THE BREEDING BEHIND NIC HARVEY'S 4 BARCELONA BIRDS OF 2012
Musgrove Insights. Blue cock GB10T20072. Winner of 2nd Section C 27th Open BBC Barcelona International 710 miles 2012 (only 9 in section in race time).
Sire's details:
Pencil Blue cock bred by Mick Parish. Flew Bergerac as a yearling 466 miles, nestmate to 7th BBC Bordeaux. Flown Palamos 681 miles and BICC Barcelona 708 miles.
His sire was kept for stock and is the sire of 3rd section 7th open BBC Bordeaux; 23rd BICC Bergerac; 2nd section 5th open & 26th section 98th open Palamos. He in turn is from John’s Boy – 1st section 1st open BBC Palamos x a Dave Delea/M. Walker hen who won 109th section 396th open NFC Pau & 13th open BICC Barcelona and who is g.dam of John’s Boy, also g.dam of Beauty – 2nd section 5th open BBC Bordeaux & g.dam of Classic Pied – 1st section 3rd open L&SECC Bergerac. The sire of the Delea/Walker hen is a red cock who is the sire of 1st open NFC Pau and this red cock’s dam is direct from 2 x 1st open BICC Barcelona winners. The sire of John’s Boy won 233rd open NFC San Sebastian 583 miles being the first yearling on the result.
His dam is a blue hen bred by Eric Cannon and one of the last birds to score for Eric being the winner of 66th open NFC Vire. She is dam of 3rd section 7th open BBC Bordeaux. Her sire is a g.son of Culmer Gold and Culmer Producer and her dam is a daughter of Culmer Blue Lady – 4th section 20th open NFC Pau.
Dam's pedigree:
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Musgrove Gibbo. Cheq cock GB10T20096. Winner of 3rd Section C 31st Open.
Sire's details:
Blue cock bred by Mick Parish.
His sire flew Bergerac 465 miles on the day as a yearling, then hit by hawk and kept for stock. He is a son of John’s Boy – 1st section 1st open BBC Palamos x an Eric Cannon blue hen who is a daughter of the top stock cock Culmer Producer and who herself is dam of 2nd section 5th open & 26th section 98th open Palamos and g.dam of Beauty – 2nd section 5th open BBC Bordeaux. Culmer Producer (Cannon/Gilbertson) was the sire of NFC Merit Award winner Channel Queen.
His dam was kept for stock and has bred birds to score at the distance. She is from John’s Boy – 1st section 1st open BBC Palamos x a Dave Delea/M. Walker hen who won 109th section 396th open NFC Pau & 13th open BICC Barcelona and who is g.dam of John’s Boy, also g.dam of Beauty – 2nd section 5th open BBC Bordeaux & g.dam of Classic Pied – 1st section 3rd open L&SECC Bergerac. The sire of the Delea/Walker hen is a red cock who is the sire of 1st open NFC Pau and this red cock’s dam is direct from 2 x 1st open BICC Barcelona winners. The sire of John’s Boy won 233rd open NFC San Sebastian 583 miles being the first yearling on the result.
Dam's pedigree:
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Musgrove Obsession. Cheq cock GB10T20074. Winner of 4th Section C 35th open.
Sire's details:
GB08. A son of Paul Addicott's 3 x Palamos hen bred by Ray Barrington (Jan Aarden/Van Der Wegan) x a blue cock who flew Palamos for Paul Addicott, bred from three generations of Palamos birds.
Dam's pedigree:
Bred by Steve Wain from Derbyshire.
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Musgrove Addiction. Cheq hen GB10T20071. Winner of 9th Section C 46th Open.
Sire's details:
G.son of Jim Emerton's Barcelona Dream & Dark Enchantment and Jim Donaldson's Circus Boy. Click on this link for further background on the Emerton family: http://www.elimarpigeons.com/TheEvo.htm
Dam's pedigree:
Bred by Steve Wain from Derbyshire.
Click on this link for the Elimar Interview with Nic Harvey: http://www.elimarpigeons.com/NHar.htm
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