Armenteros Brothers from Salamanca (Spain) winner of the Derby International Marismas del Guadalquivir with 50% Eijerkamp pigeon
The Armentero brothers winning the final race (501 km) in Derby International Marismas del Guadalquivir OLR in Spain with a 50% Eijerkamp pigeon. The winning hen is granddaughter of their top breeder "Earl", a pure Heremans-Ceusters, which they bought direct at the Eijerkamp lofts in 2014.
The Derby International Marismas del Guadalquivir is held in Andalusia, in the city of La Puebla del Rio near Sevilla, and 724 pigeons joined in this Derby. All pigeons were trained in order to be entered in the final race from Zamora, which is a city laying in the North of Spain near to the Portuguese border. So, all pigeons needed to fly all the way through Spain, with mostly the wind on the nose, resulting in tough races with most of the time also races with low speed.
ESP22-5536, winner 1st Final Derby International Marismas del Guadalquivir 2022
The 249 remaining pigeons in the final race, held on October 10th, were released in Riego del Camino at 8.30 hrs. and the first drop op pigeons arrived at the lofts at 15.28 hrs. The final winner was the blue hen "Maya" of the Armentero Brothers clocked at 15.29.01 with a speed of 1,195 m.p.m. A great victory for the brothers Jorge and Angel, who also winning 10th position in this final race. Both pigeons related close to their top breeder "Earl" as the winner is granddaughter to "Earl" and the 10th Final winner is a direct daughter to "Earl".
The best results for the ESP22-5536 in this derby are
- 1st Final Riego del Camino (501 Km) 249 pigeons 1,195 m.p.m.
- 7th Semi-final Bejar (347 km) 301 pigeons 1,016 m.p.m.
- 66th Hot Spot 3 Caceras (246 km) 383 pigeons 942 m.p.m.
- 44th Hot Spot 2 Aljucen (211 km) 455 pigeons 1,113 m.p.m.
- 319th Hot Spot 1 Almendralejo (162 km) 619 pigeons 627 m.p.m.
The winner is blessed with some superblood in here veins. The father ES17-111909 is proven breeding son of "Earl", NL14-1603549NL14-1603549 (Heremans-Ceusters) when paired to "Sherry", NL16-1254874NL16-1254874 (Janssen X Van Loon), both direct Eijerkamp pigeons. Mother to the winner is a 100% Gaby Vandenabeele via Philippe Frederick from Belgium. The ES17-111909 already is father to 7th Ace pigeon Derby Costa del Sol OLR 2021 and now to the 1st Final Derby Marismes del Quadelquivir in 2022 and the ES17-909 is bred from topbreeder "Earl", NL14-1603549NL14-1603549, who is pure Heremans-Ceusters and bred from "Sterling" x "Justine", a direct daughter of Mysterious"Mysterious" the super daughter of "Olympiade 003". Mysterious"Mysterious" is mother to many toppigeons like Kim"Kim", Euro Junior"Euro Junior", Hellas"Hellas", "Gallibier", "Mystery Girl" etc.
The top breeder "Earl", NL14-1603549NL14-1603549, is nowadays (grand)father to
- 1st Final Derby International Marismas del Guadalquivir 2022
- 1st prize winner against 1,404 pigeons
- 1st prize winner against 1,301 pigeons
- 1st prize winner against 725 pigeons
- 10th Final and 3rd Ace pigeon Derby International Marismas del Guadalquivir 2022
The "Sherry", NL16-1254874NL16-1254874, was acquired in the webshop of Eijerkamp and she has the golden Janssen and Van Loon lines in her genes as she is inbred to the golden pair Chicago"Chicago" X Miss Saigon"Miss Saigon" as father is s son of Kain"Kain" when paired to an inbred Abel"Abel" hen from Abel"Abel" when paired to his own daughter. The "Sherry" also bred with other cocks already very good pigeons as she is mother to 18th Final Dervt Rias Baixes in 2018.
ES22-5521, 3rd Ace pigeon Derby International Marismas del Guadalquivir 2022
This blue hen became 3rd Ace in the Derby winning 10th Final and she is direct daughter of the super Heremans breeder "Earl", NL1401603549 in which he now been paired to the winner of the Derby Costa del Sol in 2020. This winner is blessed with the bloodlines of De Rauw Sablon
