Dave Dudley is from Pueblo, Colorado and has a relatively small loft setup in his back yard like many breeders. One of his sayings is that “it costs just as much to feed a bad bird as it does a good one, so why not keep only good ones.”

Dave has been fortunate in attaining great birds from some top breeders around the country including Barry Venn, Vic Miller and Bobby Gonzalez. Of course there are a few other birds that have entered the colony but these have been his base families along with the Gaby Vandenabeeles that he and his friend Saki Becarevic imported from Europe. From these lines Dudley has had great success in the futurities around the country.

From this small loft have come many wins and high places. Dudley has placed very high in the Spirit of Colorado race being on the first drop a few times and placing high many times at every distance of the three leg average speed. His 1999 overall average speed winner of the Spirit of Colorado Race series was the dam of one of his greatest wins, 1st place in the GHC Classic in 2002.

The Vegas Classic One Loft Race has been very good to Dudley as he has been in the winners circle all the time and has won two times in the 5 years he has entered the race and place very high in the other years. His 2002 Vegas Classic Winner is the sire to the top bird for his group in the South Africa Million Dollar Race for he and his four partners in the 2004 race in which they won all the pools.

His Van Loon/Grondelaers line has done well in many races winning the GNEO race in 2005, and the Vegas Classic in the same year. In 2007 he had the 4th place GNEO acution bird.

The Vandenabeele line of birds has done well for him in the GHC Club flown by his partner and friend, Saki Becarevic. In fact, the foundation bird of Saki’s Loft is cock owned by Dudley and was kept at Saki’s loft for six years. This cock, “Superbreeder 597” is the sire, grandsire and greatgrandsire to many of Saki’s great breeders and flyers. Dudley has bred the GHC Auction winner from this line and many high placing birds including AU 2004 Pueblo 4415 Hall of Fame Bird. Dudley was asked,”Why did you leave this great breeder in Florida”? His reply was, “Saki is a master breeder and flyer. He was able to prove how good this cock really is in top competition.” “Superbreeder 597” now resides in Colorado and is breeding great ones for Dave. “597” can be seen on line at Sakisloft.com.

Dave likes to breed the best to best and stays away from too much inbreeding although he has seen some good results come from it he believes good birds produce good birds.

AU 2004 Pueblo 4415
31st AU Convention
National UPR Ace
All Distance Runner Up
101-130 Lofts

AU 2002 Pueblo 730
1st AU GHC Classic Winner
$32,000