Chris De Backer - Beveren-Leie: 1st Provincial Bourges yearling - fastest of 2,196b. (West Flanders)

Top loft Chris Debacker from Beveren-Leie is again working on a super season. Already several weeks, they achieved great results and at the beginning of June, "Izebel" (B23-3074711) won the 1st Interprov. Chateaudun against 2,749 yearling birds.But it did not stop there. Take the weekend of July 20 as an example. During that weekend, they won at least 50% of the prizes on Brive, La Souterraine and Chateaudun:

Brive (650km)
National 3,949 olds: 40-181 (2/4)
National 3,491 yearlings: 23-193-684 (3/6)

La Souterraine (534km)
Provincial 992 olds: 6-16-34-58-127-210 (6/9)
Provincial 1,589 yearlings: 14-25-26-32-44-121-258-270-386 (9/14)

Chateaudun (343km)
Provincial 4,714 youngbirds: 26-39-59-64-66-105-11-125-161-177-184-208-231-233-303-329-352-354-370-431-436-441-458-460-464-466 and so on (46/62)

When one achieves such results, you know there is "more" in the air and indeed last weekend "Iseppe" (B23-3064110) won the 1st prize provincial Bourges against 1,366 yearling birds. With an average speed of 1258.61 m/m, he was also the fastest of all 2,196 West Flemish Bourges racers. It also secured the 1st prize National Zone (A2).

"Iseppe" has not got it from strangers because his father "Guiseppe" himself won 1st national ace KBDB ½ Fond and is one of the current pedigrees in Beveren-Leie.

We are already looking forward to the next top performance of this loft! 

Stefan Mertens