Warren Foster Bluewater Racing Stud. The White Emperor family

The 2012 round of young birds is now fully booked. Now taking orders for selected matched pairs for September 2012. £50 deposit secures your order

Little did I realise in the early 1980s what an impact the White Emperor name Northern Light racing pigeon

and family would make on the world's pigeon racing scene in general. Twenty years on, my birds are now winning in most parts of the world. Clubs, Federations, Combines and Nationals have been won with stock supplied by these lofts.

There have been a number of golden years in the White Emperor racing pigeon dynasty - I well recall the early 1991/93 racing and breeding period which has had a huge impact on this family of birds. Six individual breeding pens were constructed to house what I believed, at the time, were six of the best stock pairs I could ever wish to install.

These included Northern Light, 14 first prizes, 1st Combine, 530 miles, 3,600 birds (only bird home on the day in the Combine); Boeyeken Express, 1st Combine, 13,000 birds, Champion Topper, 1st Open, 3,000 birds (son of White Emperor); The Admiral, twice 1st Amal; Dark King, 1st Open, 4,000 birds; Blue Queen, 1st Combine; King Aldred, ace stock cock, sire of over 20 winners and three Combine winners. These in turn were paired back to direct children of White Emperor and my No 1 stock hen, the Broken Wing Hen (daughter of White Emperor).

Alas, all these stock birds are now scattered all over the world. Old Reference Busschaert pairings are worth their weight in gold and very rarely come up for sale. I have painstakingly re-purchased some of their children and even imported children from top prizewinning pigeons that I originally sold. I now believe I have one of the best collections of mainly pure White Emperor racing pigeons in the world today.

My holding facility is fully DEFRA approved: ref no RH29/04/004