Top Frans Zwols with original Goemaere Barcelona blood
PIONEER VEGA BOY × PIONEER LUCY
A full brother to a UK Premier finalist paired to original Goemaere Barcelona blood
THE PAIRING
Zwols One Loft form crossed onto pure Barcelona marathon breeding — about as wide a cross as the loft makes. The cock is a full brother to Pioneer Zwols Vega, who was 6th in the Final of the UK Premier One Loft Race 2025. The hen is original J&G Goemaere Barcelona blood, a granddaughter of LUC.
There is no overlap of any kind between the two families, and they are bred for opposite ends of the sport: one for a one loft final, the other for the hardest international marathon on the calendar.
The Cock — GB25N51674 "Pioneer Vega Boy"
Blue · Stock Cock · Zwols · Bred by Zwols Pigeons
A full brother to Pioneer Zwols Vega, 6th in the Final of the UK Premier One Loft Race 2025. Pure Frans Zwols.
Gold Star (GB17B19460) — his sire, a super breeder for Frans Zwols, sire and grandsire of Club and Federation winners plus 3rd, 9th and 11th Open NFC and 1st, 2nd, 7th and 12th Open BICC, and RPRA Award winners. Behind him, Sky Runner, winner of 43 prizes up to 10,000+ birds including four firsts up to 3,641, and Tip Top 076, dam or grandam of at least 30 firsts in clubs and federations plus 1st Open BICC and 1st Amal from 5,500 birds — in 2019 seven of the first 33 in the BICC carried her blood.
GB21N92320 — his dam, bred by Formula 1 Lofts for stock, direct from Euro 1 paired to a daughter of Amor and inbred Micky Boy 716. Euro 1 is the sire of Prince of Rekkem, with 7 × 1st National behind him.
In short: a Zwols stock cock whose full brother has already proved the family in a UK one loft final.
The Hen — B24-1057097 "Pioneer Lucy"
Blue Hen · Goemaere · Bred by J&G Goemaere
Original Goemaere Barcelona bloodlines, and a granddaughter of LUC.
LUC (B14-1061465) — Van Coppenolle, blue-white. 1st Belgian Master Barcelona, 2nd Europacup Barcelona, 6th Aile d’Or Barcelona 2020 and 35th in 2017. His Barcelona record reads 201st from 7,872 in 2017, 359th from 7,451 in 2018, 1,755th from 7,301 in 2019 and 21st from 6,178 in 2020 — four Barcelonas, and 18th in the PIPA ranking for 2020.
Her dam’s line adds a son of 6th International Barcelona through Denys Emiel, with Valerke breeding behind that — producer of the 6th International Barcelona 2013.
In short: this is not Barcelona blood by reputation. It is four consecutive Barcelona results and a PIPA ranking, one generation up.
GRANDPARENTS OF EVERY YOUNGSTER FROM THIS ROUND
SIDE | PIGEON | WHY IT MATTERS |
Sire’s Sire | Gold Star (GB17B19460) | Zwols super breeder; NFC and BICC Open winners below him |
Sire’s Dam | GB21N92320 | Direct from Euro 1 × daughter of Amor, inbred Micky Boy 716 |
Dam’s Sire | Son of Luc (B20-1098321) | Original Goemaere; son of the Barcelona cock LUC |
Dam’s Dam | B20-303165 | Denys Emiel; from a son of 6th International Barcelona |
FOUNDATION ANCESTORS
PIGEON | FAMILY | CONTRIBUTION |
Pioneer Zwols Vega | Zwols | 6th Final UK Premier OLR 2025 — full brother to the cock |
Gold Star | Zwols | 3rd, 9th, 11th Open NFC; 1st, 2nd, 7th, 12th Open BICC |
Sky Runner | Zwols | 43 prizes up to 10,000+ birds; 4 × 1st up to 3,641 |
Tip Top 076 | Zwols | Dam/g.dam of 30+ firsts; 1st Open BICC; 1st Amal 5,500b |
Euro 1 | Zwols | Sire of Prince of Rekkem; 7 × 1st National |
LUC | Van Coppenolle | 1st Belgian Master Barcelona; 2nd Europacup; 21st/6,178 in 2020 |
6th International Barcelona | Goemaere / Valerke | Behind the hen’s dam |
BREEDING CHARACTER
The widest outcross in the loft. One side is a sprint-to-middle One Loft family with a finalist in the last twelve months; the other is a pure international marathon family with four Barcelonas behind a single cock. Youngsters carry no inbreeding at all, and the mating is best understood as an experiment in combining speed with the endurance that Barcelona demands.
