The pigeon family of De Saer from Ruiselede has been doing great this season and they have once more showed their potential. The national race from Souillac was just one of many top performances in Ruiselede this season.
New Tours, a three-year-old cock, wins a 13th national against 8,331 old birds as first nominated; their second nominated takes a 44th national. Four De Saer pigeons from a total of nine have finished in the top 85. New Tours managed to win five top 100 places in 12 national races, including three places in the top 20.
Rudi De Saer
Rudi has approximately 60 widowers (23 old birds and 37 yearlings) in his loft and he takes part in all national races. He breeds 130 young birds from two rounds every season and they are all darkened. The cocks from the first round are trained over a maximum distance of 300km. The youngsters are trained regularly and only the strongest of them are given a place in the racing loft, where they have to prove their worth as yearlings. The hens have to complete the national races. The youngsters from the second round have a more relaxed schedule; they are now basketed from Arras (100km). Rudi’s pigeon family consists of 95% of pigeons from Gaby Vandenabeele. The De Saer family has been purchasing pigeons from the grandmaster from Dentergem for years on end. The De Saer loft houses direct descendants from all of Gaby’s best chmapions. Rudi had just purchased another round of Vandenabeele pigeons when his father Antoine told him it was time to start breeding with them instead of purchasing new rounds every season. This has obviously been a great move: the De Saer family has become very successful with the help of these bloodlines. He has a few pigeons from Gino Clique (Wevelgem) and VanVancauwenberghe-Ally & Gyselbrecht-Madeirra (Ruiselede) as well.
New Tours 802/10 - 1/2 irmão dos nossos 855/11 e 856/11
New Tours is without doubt one of the big stars in this loft. He is a three-year-old cock and he is a pure Vandenabeele bird. His sire, Zoon Groten, was second provincial Ace Pigeon Long Distance 2006, he is the sire of a first national Souillac 2012 and winner of top results from Chateauroux, Limoges and Brive. His dam is a 100% Vandenabeele breeding hen. She is the dam of Antonio (winner of a first nat. Souillac 2012), Tours, Bleken, Close, New Tours. New Tours stems from the two famous Vandenabeele pigeons De Wittebuik and De Kleinen via both his sire and his dam. He won a 13th national prize from Souillac as first nominated and he achieved five top 100 prizes in 12 national races (including three places in the top 20): one prize per ten, two prizes per 12, one prize per 30, two prizes per 40 and a prize per 50. This is quite an exceptional pigeon so we take a look at his best results:
Arras 1st/ 264 p.
Tours prov (450km) 1st / 515 p.
Limoges prov (600km) 1st / 790p. Tours prov. 3,526 p. 11th
Bourges prov (450km) 15th / 3,125 p.
Bourges prov 19th / 1,341 p.
Bourges nat 122nd / 4,873 p.
Chateauroux prov (490km) 120th / 4,072 p.
Argenton prov (515km) 15th / 3,125 p.
Argenton nat 87th / 19,782 p.
Limoges prov 3rd / 2,890 p.
Limoges nat 6th / 14,679 p.
Limoges prov 11th / 2,441 p.
Limoges nat 18th / 13,781 p.
Limoges prov 99th / 2,196 p.
Brive prov (670km) 32nd / 2,083 p.
Brive nat 81st / 11,130 p.
Souillac prov (700km) 6th / 1,069 p.
Souillac nat 13th / 5,272 p.
Cahors prov (740km) 73rd / 1,167 p.
Cahors prov 59th / 1,149 p.
Cahors nat 214th / 8,348 p.
This results in five top 100 places over twelve national races, including 3 x top 20, 1 x 1/10, 2 x 1/15, 1 x 1/30, 2 x 1/40, 1 x 1/50.
The results of 2013
We give you the number of prizes per ten achieved by the De Saer pigeon loft, just to illustrate that they have been doing very well.
Limoges club 226 p.: 3. 5, 15, 16, 27 (10/15)
prov: 2,196 p.: 18, 25, 99 (10/15)
Chateauroux club 439 yearlings: 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 23, 25, 39, 40 (16/19)
prov: 3469 yearlings: 17, 24, 48, 62, 88 (16/19)
Poitiers club 203 old birds: 2, 10, 15 (8/14)
Montluçon club 259 old birds: 11, 38 (2/2)
prov: 2,360 old birds: 61, 234 (2/2)
Cahors club 75 old birds: 1, 10 (2/2)
prov: 1,167 old birds: 5, 73 (2/2)
Gueret club 295 yearlings: 1, 3, 9, 27, 30 (11/14)
prov: 2,201 yearlings: 5, 13, 37 (10/14)
Gueret club 296 old birds: 5, 6 (5/6)
prov: 1,932 old birds: 18, 21 (5/6)
Argenton club 314 old birds: 1, 6, 18, 30, (9/9)
prov: 2,501 old birds: 13, 39 (8/9)
Argenton club 510 yearlings: 13, 39 (8/9)
prov: 3,024 yearlings: 39, 48, 58 (11/18)
La Souterraine club 161 yearlings: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 12 (12/18)
prov: 1,598 yearlings: 7, 26, 42, 101, 118 (12/18)
Brive 171 old birds: 1, 2, 9, 18 (9/9)
prov: 1,513 old birds: 3, 62 (5/9)
Brive club 224 yearlings: 1, 3, 7, 14, 17, 22, 23, 19, 32, 33 (11/14)
prov: 1,235 yearlings: 10, 11, 56, (10/14)
Souillac club 118 old birds: 1, 4, 6, 7, 8 (6/9)
prov: 1,069 old birds: 6, 17, 25, 37, 45, (7/9)
Souillac club 58 yearlings: 1, 3, 7 (10/14)
prov: 708 yearlings: 6, 13, 75, 90, 96 (10/14)
National and zonal top 100 places in 2013
Bourges zone 6th / 3,117 p.
Limoges zone : 37th and 56th/ 5,738 p, nat: 70th/ 14,271 p.
Poitiers old birds: zone 30th / 3,134 p, nat : 56th/ 13,813 p.
Poitiers yearlings zone : 32nd / 2,995 p, nat : 63rd / 13,135 p.
Montluçon zone : 74th / 2,646 p.
Cahors zone : 32nd / 2,801 p.
Gueret old birds zone : 20th and 24th / 2,057 p.
Gueret yearlings zone : 3rd, 9th and 31st / 2,222 p.
Argenton old birds zone : 5th and 28th / 2,650 p.
Argenton yearlings zone : 23rd, 31st and 40th / 3,403 p.
La Souterraine zone: 5th, 21st, 36th and 96th / 1,642 p, nat: 10th and 67th/ 11,236 p.
Brive oude zone: 3rd/3,279 p., nat: 3rd/ 8,331 p.
Brive jaarse zone: 17th, 21st / 2,906 p., nat: 22nd and 27th 3,842 p.
Souillac old birds zone: 11th, 38th, 52nd, 71st, 89th / 2,435 p, nat: 13th,44th, 62nd and 85th / 5,282 p.
Souillac yearlings zone: 7th, 22nd/1,588 p, nat: 7th and 28th / 3,640 p.
