GB26V52697 BLUE PIED HEN (26P05) - Mark Gilbert Long Distance X Lone Survivor OLR

Mark Gilbert’s Tarbes line over a hen who led the UK Premier Ace table — National distance crossed onto One Loft form

TIER 1  ·  PAIRING DOSSIER   The full analysis of what this pairing produces

THE PAIRING

National distance on one side, One Loft form on the other, and both documented rather than inherited. The cock is a son of Gilbert 243, a Mark Gilbert Tarbes performer who went on to sire a National winner. The hen raced the full UK Premier programme in 2025 and was the leading Ace Pigeon going into the Final — a hard-as-nails hen from the Lone Survivor family.

It is also a colour cross worth noting: a red cock over a blue pied hen, from two families that have never been put together in this loft before.

The Cock — GB22N09077 "Pioneer Red Gilbert"

Red Cock · McFadden / Gilbert · Bred by Mark Gilbert

A child of Gilbert 243 × Lady McFadden, and a half-sibling to the 2022 1st Open National St Vincent / Tarbes winner for Mark Gilbert.

Gilbert 243 (GB12-J00243) — chequer pied, raced by Mark Gilbert. Winner of 2nd Section E from 680 birds and 3rd Open NFC Tarbes from 2,580 birds in 2015, and 23rd Open NFC Tarbes in 2018. He is the sire of the 2022 1st Open National St Vincent / Tarbes. His own sire is a son of Perpignan 06 — 1st National Perpignan 2006 from 1,452 birds and 2nd International from 14,812 — and his dam a daughter of Southfield Supreme, 1st Entente Belge Dax International from 17,416 birds.

Lady McFadden (GB16-N53887) — mealy, D&D McFadden, from the best of that loft’s winning distance bloodlines.

In short: two of the deepest National distance families in the UK — Gilbert and McFadden — in a single cock.

The Hen — GB25X23607 "Pioneer Emilia"

Blue Pied Hen · Lone Survivor line · Bred by Darren Ede

Raced the full UK Premier programme in 2025 and was the leading Ace Pigeon before the Final. A hard hen from the lines of Lone Survivor.

Gent Dragon 67 (GB23V37767) — her sire, a son of the super racing hen Rhaenyra and a half-brother to Lone Survivor (1st UK Ace Pigeon, 5th International Ace Pigeon, 3rd Knockout Winner, 45th Open in the 2020 SAMDPR Final). Rhaenyra herself won 1st Section and 1st Open CSCFC St Philbert, 1st Section and 5th Open BBC National St Philbert, and 1st Section and 10th Open NFC St Philbert against 4,069 birds. Behind her sits The Gent, son of New Harry.

Thug Rose (GB22V25415) — her dam, whose own parents are both grandchildren of Goed Grijs. She is the mother of 1st Club from 372 birds and 61st Solent Federation Stratford from 2,066 — and of Pioneer Emilia. Her sire Fox is a grandson of Ace 820, Goed Grijs and Crack 19, three Leideman superstars; her dam Aodo is a granddaughter of Arturo, Tilla and Goed Grijs.

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SUMMARY

Gilbert and McFadden National distance over a hen who led the UK Premier Ace table in 2025. Tarbes, Perpignan and Dax International behind the cock; Lone Survivor, Rhaenyra and the Leideman superstars behind the hen. A discipline cross with documented form on both sides.