A quality medium-sized Hen pigeon with a compact body and a lively, vigorous feel in the hand. A pleasing individual backed by a pedigree combining the ASKE family with performance-proven De Rauw-Sablon ancestry.
SIRE: TONYLOFT 437-13
Bred from YU PIGEON 126-06 “ASKE KING” × TONYLOFT 68-11 “TONY 68.”
ASKE KING was bred from ELDORADO × ASKE. The pedigree repeats ASKE KING through both parents of TONY 68, making 437 a concentrated representative of this family.
TONY 68 was the 2011 Mercedes Classic Champion Bird and 1st Average Speed winner, earning $27,000. Her daughter, TONY 18, won the 2013 Joseph Hoffmann Memorial 350-mile one-loft race. A daughter of ASKE KING also won the 2009 Texas Gusher 300-mile race.
DAM: IF21-STY435
5th place in the 2021 Empire 371-mile race against 434 birds from 32 lofts.
Bred from TONY16-4246 × TONY16-4489, she combines the Lucky 848, Super New Freddy and Super Blue Prince families.
Her sire, TONY16-4246, is credited with breeding the 2018 WTCM 370-mile winner, earning $28,000, and another son that placed 6th in the 2019 WTCM 370-mile race. Her dam, TONY16-4489, is credited with a daughter placing 7th in the 2019 WTCM 370-mile race.
PATERNAL HALF-SISTER: IF17-1087
Shares the same sire, TONY437-13.
2018 results:
100 miles – 18th
120 miles – 8th
300 miles – 41st
300 miles – 16th
Her son, IF18-E31955, is recorded on his pedigree as “2rd” in the 2018 Big Apple 371-mile race, apparently intended to mean 2nd place; confirmation from the original race result is pending.
711 offers an appealing combination of compact handling qualities, vitality, concentrated ASKE ancestry and a De Rauw-Sablon dam with her own 371-mile performance.