Piet
de Vogel
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I
first made reference to Piet de Vogel in an article
on the Jan Aarden dynasty, for his family of pigeons
has been referred to as a superior Aarden based
marathon loft. It is considered one of the best
Dutch based families for breeding and overnight
racing at the present time. Situated in Oude- Tonge,
which is the centre of the Netherlands long distance
region, the reputation of the pigeons of de Vogel
has increased in recent years arising from the fact
that he has the best of stock and he is an astute
manager. From
the start our subject was determined to create
a family of pigeons capable of overcoming all
obstacles in the overnight or two day type of
pigeon racing, therefore he knew that in order
to realize his ambition the best of foundation
stock was required. Opting for the Aarden distance
pigeon he purchased the best of the Cools and
Lazeroms bloodlines. In due course he decided
to cross Brinkman, Cees de Jong, Carteus and Brugemann
Brothers bloodlines into his initial stock. As
a result de Vogel has one of the best families
of distance racing pigeons in the world today
and it is still being formed by a master craftsman.
The
family has won many 1st prizes in the very strong
regional competitions and as expected it has received
excellent results at national level competing
against pigeons from the best lofts in perhaps
the number one distance racing country in the
world. As a competitor he believes that winning
many prizes is fun but the fun is better if they
are 1st prizes. Therein lies the reason for the
crossing in of other bloodlines, for de Vogel
wanted his pigeons to fly faster so that he would
obtain the top honours. So far scores of prizes
have been won racing against thousands of the
best bloodlines that one could expect including
at least three times in the first ten of national
racing and on a number of occasions being very
close to winning in a number of contests.
Results such as 3rd, 22nd, 25th, 33rd, and 52nd
St.Vincent; 3rd and 57th Mont de Marsan; 7th,
40th, 43rd, 48th, and 66th Bergerac; 23rd, 38th,
39th, 52nd, 60th, and 68th Dax.
Two
of his top pigeons is Ullrich who won 3rd National
St.Vincent and 7th National Bergerac in the same
season. Then there is Monty Boy who had about
twelve good prizes including a 3rd National. In
2001 Monty Boy occupied 6th position in the best
long distance category of Dutch national racing.
Piet has also been 1st National Barcelona of the
World Pigeon Center as well as scoring 28th National
Barcelona as well as being in 30th ranking position
in the Western European Super Marathon.
As
a family experiencing on going development the
latent potential will in due course seek expression
and there is no doubt in the opinion of some European
pigeonologists that the de Vogel strain will leave
its mark in long and marathon pigeon racing.
by: Liam O Comain
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