New Kim
New Kim – Family of Winners
Feb
1.9 million US Dollars,
That was the price tag for what became the most money ever paid for a racing pigeon, topping the previous record of 1.4 million. The pigeon was named ‘New Kim’. I am sure many of you knew of this sale but how many know about the family of birds that produced this special one? There are many philosophies of how to build a family of pigeons. In this writing I want to show a family built on one specific pigeon. Gaston van de Wouwer is not a name I was familiar with until I noticed the Pigeon “New Kim” and began to look into the background.
Some notable pigeon fanciers such as Frank Mclaughlin, USA, Syndicate Loft, USA, and Dr. Deweerd, Netherlands have written at length about Gaston van de Wouwer and if you have time you will find a lot of information online. But here I have concentrated listed below o some strong candidates of that family that tend to show a reliance on a particular pigeon: of ‘Kaasboer’.
New Kim
‘New Kim’, BE18-6063796, won the title of 1st Nat. Ace Pigeon longer middle distance YBs KBDB in 2018, based on the following results at national level:
2. Nat. Chateauroux 17,281 p.
12. Nat. Argenton 16,496 p.
21. Nat. Chateauroux 12,855 p.
New Kim was heavily inbred to ‘Kim’, 1st Nat. Gueret 14,245 p., since the two grandmothers of New Kim are sisters of Kim. And Kim is in turn a granddaughter of Kaasboer, which means New Kim many of the Kaasboer bloodlines as well.
Maria
‘Maria’, BE16-6023127 was on top of her game in the same season as New Kim: she was the driving force in the old birds’ loft in Berlaar, claiming several top results and eventually a title of 4th Nat. Ace Pigeon longer middle distance KBDB 2018. And Maria is another exponent of deliberate inbreeding, this time involving a grandson Kaasboer x granddaughter Kaasboer.
1. Nat. Chateauroux 2,858 p.
4. Nat. La Souterraine 16,613 p.
42. Nat. Chateauroux 14,955 p.
51. Nat. Chateauroux 18,799 p.
117. Nat. Argenton 11,823 p.
120. Nat. Bourges 5,831 p.
163. Nat. Gueret 5,331 p.
Palme Kim
‘Palme Kim’, BE20-6188059 was one of those other young birds that did really well. Palme Kim won for instance a 1. Nat. Zone Chateauroux of 5,465 pigeons, which also led to a 5th National of 15,322 pigeons. She also won a 96th Nat. Zone Bourges of 9,844 p., as well as a 301st Nat. Bourges of 28,551 p.
As her name suggests, Palme Kim is related to ‘New Kim’, 1st Nat. ace pigeon longer middle distance YBs KBDB 2018. She is a half sister of New Kim, since both pigeons come from the same dam: ‘Mother New Kim’, BE14-6072399.
Maria’, BE16-6023127 was on top of her game in the same season as New Kim: she was the driving force in the old birds’ loft in Berlaar, claiming several top results and eventually a title of 4th Nat. Ace Pigeon longer middle distance KBDB 2018.
1. Nat. Chateauroux 2,858 p.
4. Nat. La Souterraine 16,613 p.
42. Nat. Chateauroux 14,955 p.
51. Nat. Chateauroux 18,799 p.
117. Nat. Argenton 11,823 p.
120. Nat. Bourges 5,831 p.
163. Nat. Gueret 5,331 p.
Diamond Kim
‘Diamond Kim’, BE20-6188032 is a daughter of none other than Maria. Diamond Kim was almost unstoppable in the national races, which led to a title of 6th best young bird of Belgium in the PIPA Ranking with 4 national races. And she was also 21st Nat. Ace Pigeon longer middle distance KBDB 2020, which was not a surprise, given her two national top 35 spots, twice against more than 20,000 pigeons.
Here are the most impressive victories from the descendants of ‘Kaasboer’:
Olympiad pigeon allround Germany 2009 (Uwe Berg)
Olympiad pigeon Nitra 2013 (Walter Vollmer)
Olympiad pigeon cat. C 2017 (Niels Broeckx)
1. Nat. pigeon Longer Middle Distance KBDB 2011 (Casaert-Sénéchal)
1. Nat. pigeon Longer Middle Distance olds KBDB 2013 (Casaert-Sénéchal)
1. Nat. Asduif Longer Middle Distance YBs KBDB 2018 (Hok Van De Wouwer)
1. Best Belgian young bird across 3 national races PIPA Ranking 2020 (Erwin Schepmans)
1. Best Belgian yearling long distance PIPA Ranking 3 races 2019 (Team BDS)
1. Nat. Montlucon & fastest of 40,104 pigeons (M. & G. Vercammen)
1. Nat. Bourges & fastest of 39,577 pigeons 2010 (Gaston Van De Wouwer)
1. Nat. Bourges YBs 33,461 pigeons (Vos-Jennes)
1. Nat. Argenton 30,690 pigeons (Cleirbait-Desbuquois)
1. & 2. Nat. La Souterraine 21,782 pigeons 2010 (Schepmans-Hayen)
1. Nat. Argenton 19,592 young birds 2016 (Tom & Jan Iwens)
1. Nat. Gueret 14,245 pigeons (Gaston Van De Wouwer)
1. Nat. Nevers 11,579 pigeons (L. & G. Dockx)
1. Nat. Montlucon 10,742 pigeons & fastest of 20,214 pigeons (Van Eynde-Goovaerts)
1. Nat. Limoges II 9,756 yearlings 2020 (F. & J. Vandenheede)
1. Nat. Agen 9,740 pigeons 2017 (Team BDS)
1. Nat. Chateauroux 4,641 old birds 2018 (Bart & Nance Van Oeckel)
1. Nat. Narbonne 3,580 yearlings 2019 (Team BDS)
1. Nat. Chateauroux 2,855 pigeons 2018 (Hok Van De Wouwer)
1. Nat. Chateauroux 2,850 old birds 2019 (Bart Verbeek)
1. Nat. Chateauroux olds 1,727 pigeons 2017 (Yves Vandepoel)
Hebei Movie-TV Race China 2013 OLR China (Th. & Marcus Lecke)
Car winner SA Million Dollar Pigeon race 2011 (Interpalomas Lofts)
Car winner SA Million Dollar Pigeon race 2013 (Interpalomas Lofts)
1. Asduif Portugal Derby 2012 (Gerhard Most)
1. Prov. Ace Pigeon longer middle distance YBs KBDB 2019 (Norbert Ally)
1. s-Nat. Vierzon & fastest of 15,359 pigeons (Gaston Van De Wouwer)
1. Nat. Zone / 2. Nat. Bourges 33,524 pigeons (Vermeerbergen-Wilms)
1. Nat. Zone / 3. Nat. Argenton 11,001 pigeons (Gaston Van De Wouwer)
1. Nat. Zone Poitiers 2,538 pigeons 2013 (Gaston Van De Wouwer)
1. s-Nat. Vierzon (Van Eynde-Goovaerts)
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