At our racing lofts in Belgium, we fly against the very best of the pigeon sport; in the Antwerp Union flying and beating some household names of the sport, with results such as:
Bear in mind these are all middle distance races we are flying, we only very rarely fly the sprint races in Belgium. We are only interested in classic middle distance races.
The lofts in Antwerp as seen from the rear, where we fly the youngbirds.
In Antwerp, the first-story loft where the old birds birds are flown.
Brian Bolton in front of the young bird loft in Antwerp.
The Directors at Premier Stud have been very successful at racing pigeons for many, many years and have a combined winning experience of nearly 100 years. In that time many, many races and awards have been won at the highest level.
All this flying to several different loft locations. Over the last five decades, with many different strains and families of pigeons, but all with just the one thing in common, always searching for the very best birds available from the very best lofts of the present day and winning races with them.
So that's the history lesson! And our qualifications so to speak. But what of our present day racing lofts? Well at the moment we have two racing lofts, one located on the Stud grounds here at Patrington Haven Leisure Park near Hull England. 2009 saw the re-launch of this racing loft with a great series of 3 Combine wins on consecutive weeks, as follows:
At the UK racing loft based here at the Stud, we restarted with youngbirds only in 2010, here are some results in the last 4 weeks:
Graham Sparkes at the racing lofts in Patrington Haven, England
2010 saw us start flying to our racing loft in Antwerp Belgium, in our own name for the first time with some sensational results. Indeed in our very first race in competition in the first race of the 2010 season, in the prestigious Antwerp Union from Melun 240 miles we won 1st 2nd 3rd & 4th, beating the total convoy of 4,302 old and yearling birds with 4 birds in front !!!!!!!! Which it is fair to say shocked the local competition, and some very well known flyers, many sent congratulations, the following are just two:
"Hello Guys, I think I must congratulate you boys for the super result you have made there in Belgium. A lot of Belgium people were surprised when they saw the final result. Its Unbelievable! And I hope you make more results like this. Good Luck."
Kees Bosua - Dordrecht NL"Hello Guys You are in every journal in Belgium! On PIPA and everyone is talking about what your pigeons did unbelievable! As you know we have won many races but there was never as much talk about a result as the one for your birds last Saturday! Ha Ha just nice, they never thought some one from another country could do this in Belgium !!!!! Good Luck."
Luc Houben - Antwerp B
