Paul and Sven Saeytijdt from East-Flanders Brakel made the transition from middle-distance racing to long-distance and heavy long-distance racing in the 1990s. This father-son combination has become a well-established presence, confidently excelling on the most challenging flights, as they confirm year after year. In this auction, lines such as Noël Peiren and Hendrik Mortier, along with descendants and close blood relations of the legendary 'Almost Agen': 2nd international Agen 2020!
History
In 1978, Paul started with his father-in-law Marcel Limpens, who was then keeping slaughter pigeons. Through some acquaintances, they also acquired racing pigeons, and the starting shot was fired with young pigeons. Due to Paul’s work and the weekend commitments of his wife, there was little time for the pigeons, and in 1982 they started at the current address with pigeons from Marcel. That year, Paul quickly scored a 1st prize at Noyon in Brakel against about 800 pigeons. A few years later, they began participating in national races with the young pigeons. Meanwhile, Sven was already devoted to the lofts; a bench was even made for him so he could access the upper boxes.
In 1992, Paul began as a self-employed contractor, and unfortunately, there was again little time for the pigeons... From this moment, Sven also started caring for the pigeons after school. At the end of 1992, the colony was reduced as only young pigeons would be played. This went quite well, with regularly early pigeons in national races. The following year, they resumed participation with old pigeons and also took the step towards long-distance racing.
In 1995, disaster struck, and they lost three-quarters of their young pigeons due to a heavy snowfall. At that moment, Sven was being taught by Luc Van Coppenolle, who noticed the next day that something was wrong. To comfort him, he would give Sven 25 young rings from racing males, paired with breeding females. This marked the beginning of a lasting friendship that continues to this day and also represented the definitive step towards heavier work! It resulted in great successes, including the 'Rode Perpignan', which produced several good descendants and continues to be a common thread in the current colony.
Lineage Development
This line, formed by the 'Rode Perpignan', was later crossed with pigeons from Gebr. Van Schoorisse, Carteus, Druwez, and Gebr. Van de Walle, which elevated the colony to an even higher level with:
2nd national Pau 2010 (2nd international females)
3rd national Barcelona 2012 (2nd international females) Silver Wing 2012
4th international Perpignan 2012
and 2nd international Agen yearlings 2020 with 'Almost Agen'
Recently, pigeons were also acquired from Team Vollebrecht-Solleveld and Peet-Saarloos Arie & Bert from the Netherlands, just like Hendrik Mortier from 'Wimko' and the line 'Kleine' and 'Frulle', which already resulted in 72nd national Agen yearlings in 2021.
System and Medical
The pigeons live in a garden loft of 10m x 10m, where all space is utilized for about 30 breeding boxes, 3 young pigeon lofts, and 5 racing lofts for old and yearlings. These are also equipped with a 10m x 1m aviary.
The colony currently consists of about 100 pairs of racing pigeons, 45 pairs of which are 2 years and older. They are all played on nest, which means they can fly two international flights. The young pigeons are darkened, allowed to nest, and participate in some national flights. All racing pigeons are artificially lit from June 20th until the end of the season from 4:30 AM to 11 PM. Training is done both for old and young pigeons about 5 times up to 30 km; thereafter, they are entered for Noyon with provincial release.
The pairing of the pigeons is done based on their intended flight, which essentially means that pigeons are paired almost every week.
After the racing season, they are treated with Parastop and re-paired at the beginning of September, then rear young, which normally does not occur during the racing season.
Regarding nutrition, Paul and Sven work with 'Dark Plus' from Versele-Laga and Beyers depending on the season. These are blended, and additional Bordeaux maize from Vanrobaeys and seed or wildseed are added.
The usual supplements are from BonyFarma and any medication from Belgica de Weerd or Boskamp. The medical checks and vaccinations are handled by veterinarian Selos.
The Dominance of the Libourne-Pau Pair
Asgrijze Libourne 4245072/2008 (including 4th national and international Perpignan)
x Blue Pauduivin 4245011/2008 (including 2nd national and international Pau)
Children & Grandchildren:
*LibournePau 971 4235971/10 (sold at auction 2018, Carpentier Kristof)
Libourneke 4226049/2014: including 1st zone-11th national Libourne 2015
gr-grandmother 37-47-54-80 National
Bordeaux female 4236019/2012: including 65/5283 national Bordeaux
mother 30-51 national
gr-grandmother 2nd Nat-2nd Int Agen
Colletje 4080104/2015: including 96th Nat Chateauroux-77 Int Provincial Vierzon
TinTin raced @ Carpentier: 5th national-9th Int Nat 1st Prov Pau-Bordeaux
grandfather 4066022/20:29th Nat Ace Heavy Long Distance
*LibournePau 972 45235971/10 (nest brother 971 above)
Blacks 034 4236034/2012: including 51-59-62-68-79-101 National
Blues Brive 4191463/2013: including 73rd nat Brive
Blue Narbonne 4226064/2014: including 83 Nat Narbonne
Black Witslag 4236113/2012: including 117th Nat Chateauroux
mother Blacks 802/19 29-79 National
Black 006 4011006/2017: including 2-3-3-3-4-5-7--10 club Zw Half Fond
mother 10/21: including 98 nat Agen 2022
mother Blacks 22/22: including 112th nat Chateauroux 2022
gr-grandmother 841/21 raced Devoet Frederik: including 16-22 National
*LibournePau 4191311/2013
mother 11th National-20th Int National Narbonne 2017
*LibournePau 146 4226146/2014
Souterraine: 94th nat LaSoutteraine 2021
Crayonné: 113th Nat Montelimar
Gesch Poot 4080016/2015; 23rd Aurillac IP
father: Ace Pigeon 4028761/2019
*LibournePau Breeder male at Van Coppenolle Luc
father 11th Nat Ace Heavy Long Distance
*LibournePau 181 4226181/2014
4043483/2018 raced @ Team Vollebregt Netherlands: 47th Nat Pau-Bordeaux 2022
Breeding female at Collet-Dubois: mother 1st prize flyer
4105183/2021 raced @ Bodelier Hans Netherlands:
***The provincial victory was achieved with a female pigeon from Paul & Sven Saeytijdt, but the 2nd and 3rd arriving pigeons also come from there.
The winner comes from a son of the absolute superstar breeding pair of Saeytijdt, namely 'Asgrijze Libourne' B08-4245072 (including 4th national and international Perpignan) x 'Pauduivin' B08-4245011 (including 2nd national and international Pau) and (grand)parents of many (inter)national top birds.
The mother is 'Blauwe Solleveld' directly Peet & Paloma Solleveld and is, among other things, a granddaughter of 6th national Narbonne and 3rd National Ace KBDB 2013. She descends from 'Jonge Cahors' Piet de Vogel x 'Mientje' Luc van Coppenolle.
Of the 16 prize-winning pigeons nationally, the 1st - 2nd - 3rd - 6th - 7th - 8th - 11th - 13th - 14th and 16th pigeons are from Paul & Sven Saeytijdt,…
To further emphasize that we can rightly speak of a super breeding pair with the 'Asgrijze Libourne' B08-4245072 x 'Pauduivin' B08-4245011, I would like to mention that this year at Pau (Bordeaux) in Belgium, the 5th national against 3,734 pigeons, 9th international 15,430 pigeons, and 1st Provincial East-Flanders was won by 'Tintin' of Kristof Carpentier. This crack had already won beautiful prizes at national Agen and is a descendant of a full brother of the father of the winner of Agen yearlings with me. And the father of 'Tintin' was born in 2010 and the father of my pigeon was born in 2016. A truly super pair!***
(Source: Marathonduivenjournaal, September 24, 2022)
Results
With "Almost Agen," they won at the Saeytijdt household in 2020 the 1st provincial Agen against 1,456 yearlings, good for a 2nd place nationally and the 2nd internationally against no less than 11,823 yearlings!
At that same Agen, they also claimed the first prize among the old ones with "Geschelpte 7777," good for the 52nd nationally against 5,140 opponents. This class act was not new to this, as he had previously won the 14th national zone at Tulle and as a yearling the 31st interprovincial Jarnac.
At Pau, they excelled that year once again with a beautiful 42nd internationally against 3568 females, and with "New Barcelona," they narrowly missed the provincial podium with a 4th position against 1,239 pigeons, good for the 22nd nationally Barcelona against 6,178 pigeons!
Blauwke Pau 18/4043326 has since also become 5th Ace Pigeon Pau 2020-2021-2022!
Narbonne Mortier 4066067/2020
- 2nd Provincial Ace Pigeon Heavy Long Distance East Flanders 2023
- 4th PIPA Ranking International Flights females 2 flights 2023
- 6th Olympiad pigeon Marathon Belgium 2022-2023
- 21st National Ace Pigeon KBDB Heavy Long Distance Old 2023
- 24th International Ace Pigeon Heavy Long Distance 2023
- With the following results:
- 11th/5000 National-18th/7919 International DV-19th/12491 International Narbonne 2023
- 145th/5851 National-93rd/6879 International DV-297th/15317 International Agen 2023
She flew the following results:
- 2021: 35th/2667 Interprovincial La Ferté
- 2022: 146th/427 club-6659th/21087 provincial Orléans
1st/39 club-11th/364 prov-30th/966 zone-69th/3387 nat Montelimar
17th/227 club-107th;1319 prov-434th/5749 nat-496th/7778 Inat dv-1045th/13783 Inat Narbonne
- 2023: 3rd/196 club-14th/637 FCD-35th/1484 prov-77th/2732 zone-145th/5851-93rd/6879 Inat dv - 297th/15317 Inat Agen
2nd/128 club-3rd/491 FCD-4th/1193 prov-5th/2483-11th/5000 nat-18th/7919 Inat dv-19th/12491 Inat Narbonne
She is a Half-sister of Emma’s Witteke 4206981/2020
1st/140 club-2nd/458 FCD-10th/1334 prov-13th/2729 zone-25th/5722-722nd/4529 Inat dv - 184th/16033 Inat Perpignan 2023
Results 2023 Heavy Long Distance
24/06/23 Pau. 888,451 km
- Club 91 old: 6th,9th,10th (8)
- FCD 336 old: 15th,40th,47th,109th
- Provincial 822 old: 39th,88th,103rd
- Zone 1242 old: 48th,118th,135th
- National 3080 old: 110th,290th,332nd
- International 12582 old: 692nd,1405th,1532nd
- International 3559 females: 166th,384th (4)
30/06/23 Agen old 797,577 km
- Club 196 old: 2nd,3rd,6th,10th,12th,14th,20th,30th,32nd,50th (20)
- FCD 637 old: 9th,14th,19th,35th,42nd,45th,72nd,113th,116th,171st
- Provincial 1484 old: 26th,35th,50th,100th,115th,121st,203rd,311th,314th,436th
- Zone 2732 old: 62nd,77th,99th,190th,215th,217th,395th,539th,546th
- National 5851 old: 103rd,145th,188th,409th,464th,476th,862nd,1168th,1179th
- International 15317 old: 225th,297th,422nd,895th,1006th,1038th,1909th;2590th,2610th,3597th
- International 6879 females: 93rd,128th,137th,266th,297th,305th,315th,570th, 817th,849th,1200th,1349th,1375th,1489th,1534th (25)
30/06/23 Agen yearlings 797,577 km
- Club 95 yearlings: 5th,6th,11th,12th,15th,21st,22nd,25th,26th,27th,30th,31st (26)
- FCD 609 yearlings: 14th,15th,41st,52nd,75th,93rd,94th,140th,143rd,153rd,173rd,188th
- Provincial 1519 yearlings: 34th,37th,82nd,106th,171st,211th,212th,327th,333rd,356th,397th,446th
- Zone 3096 yearlings: 97th,107th,200th,245th,382nd,466th,468th,639th,648th,684th,756th
- National 6667 yearlings: 157th,172nd,368th,467th,783rd,957th,959th,1381st,1402nd,1495th
- International 14639 yearlings: 295th,319th,717th,905th,1509th,1825th,1828th,2638th,2676th,2842nd,3288th
- International 6879 females: 93rd,128th,137th,266th,297th,305th,315th,570th,817th,849th,1200th,1349th,1375th,1489th,1534th (25)
07/07/23 Barcelona 1035,744 km
- Club 173 old: 8th,18th,32nd,39th,51st,55th (10)
- FCD 612 old: 18th,53rd,109th,133rd
- Provincial 1391 old: 108th,211th,373rd,413th.
- Zone 3416 old: 115th,313th,646th,726th.
- National 6533 old: 292nd,717th,1403rd,1563rd.
- International 16569 old: 890th,1931st,3676th,4055th.
16/07/23 St-Vincent 881,299 km
- Club 79 old: 10th,23rd (8)
- FCD 303 old: 30th,65th,99th
- Zone 1168 old: 86th,234th
- International 9516 old: 824th,2149th
21/07/23 Marseille 848,988 km
- Club 50 old: 12th,14th,16th (7)
- FCD 172 old: 33rd,36th,40th,46th,52nd,57th
30/07/23 Narbonne old 854,792 km
- Club 128 old: 2nd,3rd,10th,18th,19th,26th,37th (12)
- FCD 491 old: 3rd,4th,28th,48th,55th,90th,136th
- Provincial 1193 old: 4th,5th,65th,101st,137th,246th,332nd
- Zone 2483 old: 5th,12th,129th,201st,262nd,447th,619th
- National 5000 old: 11th,18th,247th,381st,514th,849th,1182nd
- International 12491 old: 19th,35th,441st,729th,1279th,2270th,3023rd
- International 7919 females: 18th,29th,229th,534th,603rd,857th,940th,1403rd,1452nd,1643rd,1773rd (24)
30/07/23 Narbonne yearlings 854,792 km
- Club 91 yearlings: 1st,3rd,4th,5th,6th,7th,11th,12th,15th,16th,18th,19th,20th,21st,26th
- FCD 523 yearlings: 15th,29th,33rd,35th,41st,51st,70th,72nd,81st,84th,100th,104th,114th,115th,155th (34)
- Provincial 1324 yearlings: 38th,69th,84th,89th,105th,130th,169th,171st,188th,194th,230th,241st,259th,263rd,357th
- Zone 3135 yearlings: 82nd,147th,196th,213th,242nd,301st,389th,393rd,440th,456th,526th,545th,587th,591st
- National 6100 yearlings: 158th,310th,396th,421st,466th,578th,715th,720th,810th,836th,967th,1003rd,1061st,1070th
- International 12196 yearlings: 230th,549th,884th,943rd,1048th,1273rd,1574th,1583rd,1733rd,1792nd,2039th,2101st,2207th,2228th
- International 7919 females: 18th,29th,229th,534th,603rd,857th,940th,1403rd,1452nd,1643rd,1773rd (24)
07/08/23 Perpignan 914,393 km
- Club 140 old: 1st,2nd,4th,7th,8th,9th,10th,13th,15th,21st,32nd,34th,36th,43rd (22)
- FCD 458 old: 2nd,3rd,7th,13th,17th,18th,23rd,31st,35th,49th,78th,86th,88th,109th
- Provincial 1334 old: 10th,11th,29th,42nd,67th,68th,84th,105th,119th,151st,244th,274th,281st,350th
- Zone 2729 old: 13th,16th,45th,63rd,107th,109th,127th,162nd,187th,236th,394th,433rd
- National 5722 old: 25th,32nd,99th,142nd,230th,232nd,271st,354th,420th,529th,
- International 16033 old: 184th,208th,435th,590th,843rd,847th,955th,1164th,1346th,1628th,2397th,2584th,2678th,3525th
- International 4529 females: 72nd,81st,158th,217th,305th,413th,470th,835th,859th,1055th (14)
Best results other flights 2023
- 09/09/23 Chateauroux 265 young: 6th,7th,8th,11th,14th,16th,17th,20th,22nd,26th,... and 35/80 per 3.
- 02/09/23 Toury 241 young: 4th,7th,12th,13th,14th,16th,17th,18th,19th,... and 64/101 per pair.
- Midden-Waas 903 young: 7th,26th,40th,41st,43rd,49th,54th,55th,57th,75th,76th,76th,78th,85th,87th,88th,... and 38/101 per quartet.
- 27/08/23 Noyon 385 young: 65th (1st in).
- 26/08/23 Argenton 612 young: 39th,44th,45th,109th,113th,137th,157th,173rd,202nd and 9/20 per 3.
- 26/08/23 Toury 165 young: 7th,9th,10th,11th,... and 38/77 per pair.
- 20/08/23 Montoire 329 young: 30th,39th,89th,97th and 4/7 per trio.
- 19/08/23 Toury 191 young: 14th,31st,32nd,... and 11/18 per pair.
- 13/08/23 Noyon 423 young: 6th,57th,96th and 3/9 per trio.
- 13/08/23 Bourges 306 young: 3rd,18th,41st,51st,91st,94th and 6/16 per trio.
- 12/08/23 Toury 178 young: 8th,14th,28th,32nd,... and 15/24 per pair.
- 07/08/23 Tulle Club 78 old: 22nd (1 in).