Herbots Golden Wing winners 2022 in the race from Munich.

Hans Henrik Brøbech & Maria Steenberg 

Herbots Golden Wing winners 2022 in the race from Munich.

Let’s go back to the 28th of august in 2022 where the last National classic of the season was on the race calender in Denmark. The regular finish of the old bird season, known for being a hard task in any way. A special race with an extra ‘touch of glory’ with the prestigious Herbots Golden Wing trofee as crown on the season for the winners as an objective. For many the reason to once more bring their favorites to the start in the best way they can, a battle of the best. 

From all over the country the 326 specialy prepared favorites had to make their way back over a trecharous racecourse. From the Bavarian capitol  the feathered racers had to cover mountainridges, endles forrests and hillsides, untill passing of the landstrip between Northsea and Eastsee to be welcomed back on their homeground. 

After the liberation in the Munich area at 8.00 most fanciers where expecting the first arrivals in the south by the end of the day. It turned out to be very hard race indeed, so it took untill the early morning of the second day for the first arrivals. A race for only the best and strongest. 

The national winner from the lofts of Hans Henrik Brøbech and Maria Steenberg was welcomed at 8.34 in Sporup. Their 2yo checkered hen ‘Dagmar’ was the first of their 7 entrees to make it back from the south of Germany to the east of Jutland. Only 10 minutes later their top favorite also 2yo hen 20/163 arrived, which was nominated for the prestigious Herbots Golden Wing. She managed to win 4th national and with that she was the first nominated favorite to take main prize of the day with the Herbots Gold Wing Cup. 

Before winning this memorable cup, the Golden Wing winner, from Frans Labeeuw x Hebberecht lines, already shown a lot of class with winning top prizes from Rouen, Wurzburg, Giesen, Hof, Minden and Hannover in her only short racing carreer so far. The Golden Wing winner was raced on natural system. 

A double victory which was well celebrated, after a season that was not was the team was expecting. All the more reason for lots of hope for a better 2023 season. From the Herbots team in Denmark we hope you will succeed and wish you all the best.