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| This site is dedicated to the sport & hobby of racing and breeding Racing Homing Pigeons! 45+ YEARS of breeding and racing these wonderful birds. This website has been on-going since 2004, updated often, last update 11/13/18 Visit all 8 pages and enjoy (Birds are available NOW, check "Birds for Sale" page) Our email address is goldstarlofts@gmail.com |
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| Goldstar Racing Loft was actually founded in 1973 but the strain is more than 3/4 century old. The birds, a strain I have named and developed over the last 40+ years in my loft had been bred in part by the late Gene Goldschmidt of St. Louis Mo. The combination of his decades of breeding and several key birds I blended into them over the years has created a family of birds I call the "Goldstars". The Goldstars are a quality breed of birds which excel at the distance and or on hard weather races as well as any distance race from any direction. Everyone who obtains them wins with them and observes how smart these birds are in racing home or just in the loft. Not only smart they are some of the most beautiful birds you will ever handle. Read on and check out all the pages on the site. Any comments or suggestions are welcome. |
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| At the right is our Goldstar racing loft. Pictures taken June 2014. The loft in total is 22' x 8' plus an 8 x 10 breeder loft in the back (you can not see it). The young bird section is on the left (6'x 8') and old bird is in the middle 8'x 10' with a small hall way-storage on the right (5 x 8). One big advantage to this loft is having only one landing board & trap instead of two. I no longer have to re-train the YBs to the OB trap. There is a box inside where I can direct them to either loft. I have learned over the years that having only one drop hole for the birds is the best way to go when racing OB's around here. Large south aviaries are great for air, sun and health. This loft is more than 28" off the ground. High and dry is better for sure. Better high to avoid critters of all sorts from getting in the loft. Roof is slanted to the front instead of back so I can see the birds. Other buildings are far enough away that they will land on the loft (mostly). The aviaries are all 1 x 1 welded wire which is perfect for pigeons. I have over 60+ YB perches but my normal team will only be 40 birds to start MAX. The roof is white metal with insulation R board under it so as not to transfer heat or cold into the loft. Even when it is very hot out it stays nice inside due to loft height and air movement. Items in BOLD really help the birds performance and I highly recommend them. |
| "Superior Long Distance Racing Pigeons" (having 14 wins at 600-mile races - but read on for more about these birds) |
| Loft news and update: Around the Goldstar Loft. =====> Still on the mend from various health issues. I have been training young birds on occasion and they are behaving exceptionally well. I do have extra birds again since we don't lose many. See the "Birds for Sale" page for a listing. It will take me a while to do this so check back, I should have a total of about 8 birds listed. Old birds 2018 did not go well due to my health issues etc. I did win two 200-mile races before health issues hit me. Young birds 2017: Started with 28 EBS banded race birds, flew 8 races, limit is 15 birds, flew scheduled races 150, 150, 200, 200, 250, 250, 300 and a 120 trainer (combine cancelled a 200 but we opt to let ours go at 120) that is 1,620 miles in races and we sent 107 bird entries. This totals to over 22,000 miles logged on the team. We ended with 23 birds as we ONLY lost 5 birds in races the entire season. Note: we did lose 4 training or to hawks. We also trained out 4 late hatches which we still have. There are fellows here who raised nearly a 100 youngsters and lost almost all of them, some before the season started. The point is, with a little knowledge and quality birds you won't lose pigeons and will have fun clocking on race day. Remember, "Quality NOT quantity" is the key along with superior health. The old bird racing season 2017. I only lost 2 birds until the last week and lost 3 yearling's on the 450 and one older bird on the 600. There were 24 race team birds, as you can see I keep ONLY the best. I only have 10 pair of breeders now as well. Quality is what it is about, not quantity. We fly 627-miles on the 600 (Shamrock, Texas to Bunker Hill, IL. (Before we moved it was 623-mi.) In 2012 we sent 13 birds, ALL birds home. In 2013 sent 8 birds 600-mi ALL birds home, 2014 sent 12 birds ALL birds home! 33 entries (birds) to 627-miles in over a three year span and NO birds were lost! (In 2015 we did lose one bird on the 600 and that was a bird that was to go to the 500 and got put in the 600, my fault). Plus we won many club,combine and concourse diplomas on those 600's. Don't forget, in 2013 we won Combine SHORT average speed so these birds can do it all. Even if you don't fly a 600 they will have the stamina to home on bad weather 500-mile races. I always hear about bird loses from combine members but don't understand it because I don't lose birds. These birds do well on short races as well and do well in young bird 300 and 400 mile races.. NOTE: We are NOT a "feather merchant" (people in this sport who just to sell birds). In fact we only have in inventory (total birds owned) around 60 pigeons. This is far less than most lofts anywhere. We do not lose many pigeons and cull hard and only keep the best. One more thing I did not and do not train the old birds much at all. In fact I only trained about once every two weeks on average in Old bird season until the 3rd week, then no training at all. I did give the birds 2 hours of open loft each day (no more). With good birds and good management you don't need to train! It is allot more fun when you don't have to waste time and gas training the birds and when you don't lose birds.. If you want to have FUN watching your birds score at the top of the sheet (especially on long hard races) you might try some of these Goldstars. |
| The AU certificate to the left is what I am most proud of. Just to set it straight, it was awarded after submitting my long distance race record for that 5 year period. What brought this on was what the Goldstars did in 2003, which is to win 5 long distance races in the concourse, all with day birds (of the 7 long races we had that year). This is 10th place ALL-TIME Long Distance Champ in the USA in the 21-30 Loft category. (and will remain so until someone knocks me down a notch). It has held up for over 15 years so far. The only reason it is not higher up (more points) is due to the shipping limits we have here due to trailer size. Of course the birds that won those races became breeders and the loft is full of their relatives. |
| Here is what you will find on this website. (there are 8 pages) 1. Pictures of lofts inside and out plus pictures of our racing pigeons. 2. Race records of our birds in club, Combine, and Concourse competition. 3. Hints and tips on health care of the birds, breeding, training and racing techniques. 4. History of the Goldstar birds and how they came about. 5. Testimonials of others who have had success with the Goldstar birds. 6. Pigeons and other items available for sale. 7. Information on how to contact me plus links to the AU and the IF. Many have told me that this is one of the most informative pigeon sites on the Internet - Thank you all for your positive comments about the site and the birds! |
| Champion "Golden Star" DC cock AU 2006 STAR 1679 Above. 623-miles on the day only one loft 25-miles shorter in front of him. Has multiple diplomas won from other races in only two years. A typical bred Goldstar bird. |
| The below 4 birds are all 623-mile DAY birds, #0243 1st Concourse race A, #2011 1st Concourse Race B and the ONLY day bird in race B entire concourse (most all lofts are a shorter distance, some even 50-miles less and got no birds home on the day) |
| The above hen is #0058 "Gold Baby", was 4th Concourse on the day 623-miles. The year before she was 7th 623-mi. Also was 1st at the 400 among many other diplomas. On the right is her son cock #0243 who was 1st Concourse 623-miles on the day. He is also the son of the bird called "Paul" who was 5th Concourse 623-mi that year. |
| The above hen is #2011 "Miss Goldstar" who was 1st Concourse 623-miles on the day and the ONLY day bird in race B in the entire concourse with almost all lofts being shorter in distance. Note: She is also the mother of the bird to the right, the "Golden Star cock" |
| Note: the father to the bird to the left (0058) is 2871 "Golden Boy" & also is the father to the "Golden Star" cock far right. 2871 was raised to be a stock bird and never flew a day in his life and produced 2 day-birds at 623-miles. |
| Note: We live in the mid-west and the long races are in June when it can be in the 90's with extreme humidity so day birds are very rare here. The above birds bloodline make up the entire Goldstar strain along with a few more winners and key birds and are all over the pedigrees of any birds we sell as Goldstars. (the parents and brothers and sisters of these birds). Notice how winners make winners! The genes need to be there and they are there in all the Goldstar birds! |
| To the left is #4203 DC Hen, 1st Concourse 623-miles on a very tough race with head winds. She won the race with a speed of 844.968 arriving at 12:54 the 2nd day to beat the entire Concourse. She was 5th the year before in the same race. Her mother was #2010 sister to the above #2011 Miss Goldstar. Her father was #0016 from the old line Flyway-Goldschmidt blood. |
| To the left here is the famous "Broken Arrow" cock #5369 who was 1st Concourse 623-miles on a tough 600 with a winning speed of 911.420 YPM. This cock with a broken keel was one super race bird and qualifies as an AU Registered Champion he won so many diplomas. His son won a 128-mi race at over 1900 YPM. He comes from all "Old Line" Chicago Bastin and the "Flyway-Goldschmidt cross". |
| The bird to the left is #1719 one extremely well built beautiful bird who was 1st club, combine and concourse at 623-miles. Also on a previous race, a 200, that was the worst 200 we ever had in old bird racing she was 1st Concourse and one of the few returning in race time. Retired and bred good race birds as her blood remains in the Goldstar line. |
| The bird to the right is #2855 who was 1st club and combine at 623-miles plus he was also 1st at a 200 and at 250-miles. His sister #2854 was and great breeder for me as well, His older brother #2804 was consistent racing and bred great race birds. His blood remains throughout the Goldstar lines. |
| The above birds plus the other 600-mile winners were usually retired to the breeding loft so this is how the Goldstars were created and made better and better. It took years to do but now it is fun, not losing birds (seldom) and watching them return from far away places that I wouldn't even want to drive to or from. Amazing what they can do! (on any distance races 100 to 600-miles) |
