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| This site is dedicated to the sport & hobby of racing and breeding Racing Homing Pigeons! 47+ YEARS of breeding and racing these wonderful birds. This website has been on-going since 2004, updated often, last update 10/3/2020 Visit all 8 pages and enjoy A few "select" Breeders are available at this time (see Birds for Sale page) Our email address is goldstarlofts@gmail.com or call 618-585-3624 |
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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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| "Superior Long Distance Racing Pigeons" Now developed into excellent young-bird One-Loft Money Race birds! (having 14 wins at 600-mile races - but read on for more about these birds) |
| Loft news and update: Around the Goldstar Loft. ===> 2020 Young birds are doing fantastic. We've raced 4 races, two 176-miles (our shortest races) and two 221-mile races, which we WON both races. In fact sent 14 birds to each race and all 14 home each race. Several birds it was their first race. We never train over 45-mile and then once a week, maybe. Birds go back to back to back on all races. I have never had birds so healthy, even now they still route for an hour every morning. NO medications used at all since before training began and then only 5 days of 5 in 1. Of course we use probiotic, ACV, and very little vitamins. We raced 4 young bird races 2019, in the 176-220-220-mile, we were 2nd club in all 3, sent total of 52 birds and lost only 3. Many of my birds first race was 221-miles. No problem, virtually no loses. Then came the 250, its 284-miles for us. It was a smash race, out of 347-birds sent, only 30 birds clocked in two days in entire Combine. Of course, a hard race means tough birds and that means the GOLDSTARS win again. We took 1st and 2nd Combine, as well as 7th and 18th. See the "Birds for Sale" page for these same birds for sale. You will never find quality birds like these this inexpensive. Fly them or use for breeders, detailed pedigrees provided with every bird. Plus check out the Goldstar Rockets info on the Birds for sale page. Great young bird racers for One lofts Money races. Follow results of these birds on wincompanion.com see the Hoosier Classic Race loft name Goldstar and Angel Loft. One Loft racing, its the new thing in pigeon racing and here to stay. Its fun to watch each race or trainer on your phone. Any birds you see with a "STAR" band was bred by Goldtstar lofts no matter who is racing it. At this stage of the game (game of life), I am going to fly only a few old bird and a few young bird races while breeding for even better quality birds and compete more in One Loft Races. Pigeon racing in this area, with NEVER any course changing, has ruined the fun for many members so it will continue to shrink. I hope other area other country are more open minded toward the entire membership concerns. One direction racing is not the answer to fairness in the sport. Short lofts always short, long lofts always long, its easy fix, just fly from different directions. It would be so much fun and very interesting, however here the short enders keep control and won't allow it. Even the race schedule is designed for short races. Bye-Bye long races. So new plan, have fun flying One Loft races. Watch them on Wincompanion.com or go to the race yourself and have a good time. I just did and I am amazed by my own young birds ability, in a FAIR competition setting! 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! (and many diplomas were won!) One more thing I did not and do not train the old birds (or young birds) much at all. 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. Or the Goldstar Blue Rocket line for One Loft Money races. |
| 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 exceptional bred Goldstar bird. (father 2871) |
| 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 (Kansas) 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 + Countless other winners |
| 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 and Show winner 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. (show winner as well) |
| 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) |
| Yearling breeders for sale as well as a few older breeders or retired race birds. (extra hens as well) Also a couple 2020 late hatch birds out of my BEST. (see birds for sale page) Due to COVID19 and other Combine factors our Old Bird season has been cancelled for 2020. Therefore I am stuck with way too many excellent racing pigeons. See the Birds for Sale page on new LOWER prices for the best birds you can buy at these extremely low prices. You will not be sorry, you will love these birds and they will perform for you. The New game in Pigeon racing is One Loft racing! Goldstar Pigeons for One Loft Racing, see the "Birds for Sale" Page Finding quality birds by testing them for years by performance on the long races has resulted in a strain of birds that fly super well on longer harder young bird races. In other words, QUALITY racing pigeons. For more information on One Loft RACES around the U.S. See the website www.wincompanion.com We are in Partnership as Goldstar and Angel Loft. We are in the HC Race, the Breeders Fall Classic, the Plymouth Peak, the Texas Holliday Derby, and soon the Arizona Classic Derby. Any STAR banded bird we bred!!!!!!!!! |
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