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Braakuis
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The
name of Marcel Braakhuis is destined to
be a part of European pigeon racing marathon
history for all time.For he formed a strain
of steel and no wonder they were given
the name the Black Murderers.And like
all great marathon strains of the last
and present century they
contained the genes of two of the greatest
distance strains ever- namely Jan Aarden
and Louis Stichelbaut- what a combination!
The
edifice of the Black Murderers were based
upon De Ijzeren, an Aarden cockbird rung
72 NL 313744 off the famous 131 of de
Weert and the Oude Zwarte a Stichelbaut
hen rung 73 NL 978644.Two of the greatest
foundation couples witnessed by the fancy.A
pair which produced De Barcelona 723 (80
NL 128723) who won 12 National and International
prizes at 700 miles plus including 7 flights
from Barcelona.In turn 723 was a great
producer as washis brother the famous
Marcel (81 NL 424634).In fact Marcel fathered
countless good progeny across the globe.
The
great 34, rung 76 NL 857134, who was 2nd
National,3rd International Barcelona ;
22nd National, 179th International Barcelona
; 69th National, 76th International Barcelona
; 111th National, 322nd International
Barcelona plus 16th National Bergerac,
18th National Bergerac and 102nd National
Dax.
The
71, rung 76 NL 696771, who scored 4th
National Dax, 17th National Dax,17th National
Pau,
3rd National St.Vincent amongst other
good positions.
Other
noted pigeons were 74 and 56.The 74 rung
79 NL 2085274 was 1st National Dax,19th
National St.Vincent, 28th National Dax
and 118th National Bergerac.The 56 scored
6th National Troye, 26th National St.
Vincent as well as 29th National Dax.
Both birds scored other good positions
in their National careers.But a few of
many.
Marcel
Braakhuis was from Heer near Maastricht
and by all accounts was a master when
it came to
the sport of marathon racing. Today the
Brakhuis bloodlines are in the leading
lofts in Europe and elsewhere.In fact
the bird named Rick which won the International
Narbonne race in 2005 carried Brakhuis
genes.Its owner a great friend of Marcel
Braakhuis, Winand van Engelshoven, was
also 3rd National Marseille in 2005 with
a pigeon carrying the same bloodlines.And
to name but a couple of other major fanciers
Raymund Hermes of Westerwald,Germany and
the Klip- Verhagen loft of Rotterdam in
Holland owe much to Braakhuis bloodlines.
by: Liam O Comain
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