The palmares of the De Smeyter-Restiaen family is almost endless. It would take us way too long to take you through each and every championship title or remarkable result, so we limit ourselves to their most prestigious results. And that includes an impressive 5 (!) international victories in Melden, often in very difficult conditions. Joost, Grand Cru, Cas, Floorke and Celcius are the pigeons that were responsible for these important victories, they are without doubt among the team's absolute stars.
Internationale overwinningen
"The first ever youngster of Floorke that was ringed was a late youngster of 2018, and her sire was Cas (sold in the November 2018 PIPA auction). She is now a very promising breeding hen for Geert De Schepper", says Joost. She is in fact the dam of:
The first youngster of Floorke to enter a race was a late summer youngster of 2019, and she claimed a 25th national Narbonne yearlings in her first proper marathon race. Good blood never lies.
Outstanding in Pau...
The team claimed many great results again in 2020, adding several more titles to their palmares: a 4th, 15th and 16th national ace pigeon extreme long distance and 1st national ace pigeon Perpignan across 4 & 5 seasons. The pigeon family was particularly impressive in the international classic from Pau, with a 3rd-8th-15th-20th-21st-30th-34th-45th-63rd-86th-100th etc. against 2919 pigeons and as many as 11 (!) pigeons in the national top 100. They also claimed the prestigious title of Primus Interpares Barcelona with racing bird Calor (BE14-4263816), which was also the best pigeon over four years in Barcelona.
As always, the team received several references across the 2020 season as well, which Joost is very pleased about. The following is an overview of the top results that were won with pigeons related to De Smeyter. Cas, their international winner in Pau 2015 is grandfather of a 1st Nat. Marseille (France), a 5th Int. Marseille, a 6th Int. Perpignan 2020 and of the winner of an OLR in Japan on 12th of March 2020 for Mr. Watanabe Kazutoshi.
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