.LOT 2 SILVER STAR & DIEPLAAGTE Name: ‘SILVER NUGGET’ Colour: Grizzle Ring Number: ZA 2021 CYRL 4338 Strain: Tournier-Vandenabeele Sex: Hen Description: Nestmate of one of our Carnival Summer 2022 entries. Niece of ‘SILVER FLASH’ 1st Carnival Summer 2020 Final >1.5 hours 2 day birds, 1st Ace Bird x200m/m for Team Dieplaagte-Silver Star. Another niece ‘2113’ was 5th Ace 8th Final 2x =1st HS 2021 that achieved the highest exit auction price of series. This line typically performs in hot weather with head winds. The same grizzle Tournier origins as found in super pair ‘Leonardo & Tinkelbel’ (Dijkstra) appear several times in this pedigree via ‘Museeuw’ (2X only day bird Antwerp Union, Jimmy Brands), ‘Silver Shadow’ (Van Loon) and ‘Schone Witte Beer’ (De Zutter). Other prominent breeders in the pedigree are ‘Kleinen’ (Vandenabeele’s foundation cock), ‘Blaauwe van Oppen’ (Winner hard Barcelona 1987), ‘Didi’ (National Ace, De Vos), the Gevaert-Van Schoorisse family developed over 40 years (a top 5 loft Belgium winning 50 races annually as rated by PIPA) and the Vandenabeele ‘Diamond Pair’ of Thorsten Daum (DV) responsible for several OLR winners. The breeder rates ‘SILVER NUGGET’ as an ideal mating for LOT 1 – both are compact breeders with pedigree attributes ideal for line breeding to further strengthen this OLR strain. Starting Price: ZAR 15,000

Winning Bid: R15,000