The Auction will feature the Staf Van Reet pigeons, “Worlds Greatest Sprinting Strain” ,Maurice Casaert pigeons, Belgium’s #1. Middle Distance source Loft, plus children from our champion Engels, Imbrecht/Fabry,Super Crack Crusson and Kannibaal superstars!
Staf Van Reet The Staf Van Reet pigeons are dominating at 100 to 350 miles. The Van Reet pigeons have a strong homing instinct with shear determination. They break to the front and stay ahead until every ounce of energy is expelled. The Van Reet pigeons will never quit. They leave it all on the race course. The Van Reets win big races straight bred or crossed and will go out through 600 miles as old birds. Fast maturing and aggressive, the Van Reets cause terror around their nest box and more terror on the race course. This family has the passion to win and the heart of a beast. The Van Reet family has taken America by storm. McLaughlin Lofts is the worlds number one stud of old line Van Reet pigeons. Children from our top breeders in the auction. Our Van Reets have won numerous National Awards in the United States.
Maurice Casaert The Maurice Casaert pigeons are Belgium’s most desired middle distance family. All the top Belgian lofts bring in the Casaert birds to use as a cross. The Casaert pigeons win up to 11 hours on the wing and cannot be lost ever. They are tough and fast and have been successful in every loft so far that has been lucky enough to try them. Casaert races against thousands of birds with a 20 bird old bird team and a 60 bird young bird team. He has bred and raced the top young bird of all Belgium three times in the last 12 years. Casaert has been in the top five Middle Distance Loft of Belgium the nearly every year, winning 1st. in 1998. In July of 2000 Casaert won 1st. National against 7154 birds entering one pigeon at 400 miles. In his last few old bird seasons, Casaert won 1st. 5000 birds and 1st through 4th. 2200 birds and multiple top national positions. Casaert won another 1st National in 2004.
Some of the best lofts in the world are winning with Casaert pigeons: Silvere Toye, Koopman, Gaby Vandenebele to name a few.
Many major winners reported weekly from our Casaert pigeons including the AU Convention and the Premier Race Series, 2001 and 2003 and major one loft futurities. McLaughlin Lofts now houses the top Casaert stud in the world. Casaerts just win!
Super Crack Crusson The legend of the great ‘Super Crack 421’ just keeps growing as his direct descendents keep winning both 1st. National and 1st. International races throughout Europe. ‘Super Crack’ which he is fondly known, won 11 first prizes, from 150 to 650 miles. He bred eight 1st. National winners and is the grandsire to countless more. The descendents of 'Super Crack' are now responsible for over eighteen (18) 1st. International winners and over one hundred eighteen (118) 1st. National winners. Yes that’s one hundred and eighteen! Most Belgium lofts have never even come close to winning a National race. As the Super Cracks rack up major wins, the legacy grows. They are a long distance pigeon that finishes on the day against headwinds and heat. They race to win and are home when all others have quit.
Flor Engels and Sons Flor Engels and Sons, Jos and Jules, the best loft in Belgium in 2001! With descendents of the legendary producer "231" they won what could be won in many seasons, but the 2001 season did beat it all! In all the Provincial races and National the Engels loft was dominating! No less than 12 wins in 2001 in Provincial and Interprovincial races! In the big Nationals no less than 97 scores in first 12 National in 14 years! In 2001 FIRST NATIONAL GUERET 10.203 BIRDS, 2ND NATIONAL ARGENTON, 2ND NATIONAL LA SOUTERAINE, 5TH NATIONAL BOURGES 16.813 birds, The very inbred Engels birds are sensational producers, wherever they go! . THE VERY BEST OF FLOR, JOS AND JULES ARE TO BE FOUND IN McLaughlin Lofts! Including a direct son from maybe the top breeder in Belgium the last 100 years “231”
Imbrecht/Fabry
McLaughlin Lofts quickly became one of the premiere lofts in the United States. This father and sons team won their first All-American award in 1980 after a record-breaking sweep of the most prestigious Boston Concourse futurities. This feat has never and probably will never be duplicated. The main reason for all the remarkable early success was due to the acquisition of the now legendary Fabry cock, MVPC 74 554. Through his children and grandchildren the big wins came more and more frequently. This cock was known as the top producer ever in the Boston Concourse. Not only has “554” impacted McLaughlins' record but the race record or nearly every loft around America to try this special bloodline. As of 2003 the legend “554”, had 15 generations of winners around the globe.
McLaughlin Lofts realized that great pigeons are the secret to success and the quest to find the best began. Many trips to Belgium and England followed to find pigeons that would complement the existing family of “554 Fabrys'". Gold was struck again in 1983. Belgium 83 2262065, “Old Imbrecht Cock”, the name he received later in his life, was purchased from Imbrecht, bred from Imbrecht’s #1 pair at the time. The “Old Imbrecht Cock” was the sire to major winners from the start. His offspring won as young birds at the 300 miles and continued to win 100 to 600 miles as old birds. The most famous sons of the “Old Imbrecht Cock” are “Decathlon” a triple winner, winning as a young bird and old bird out to 600 miles finishing 1st Boston Concourse and 2nd New England Open 600 miles against 4066 birds. “Decathlon” has many children winning and his grandchildren are unbeatable! One son bred 7 winners and another son bred 1st Boston Concourse 600 miles. The daughters are even more remarkable. The other famous son of the “Old Imbrecht Cock” is “1613”. This son has bred numerous winners for generations. He was a one in a million breeder with the same prepotency as his father and half brother. In 2003, a grandson from 1613 won equal 1st Boston Concourse 600 miles for McLaughlin Lofts.
