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Fantastic weekend with old birds and youngsters (2/2)

It has been a tough racing season with constantly changing weather circumstances. Many birds are tired but our birds keep pushing! Last weekend our old bird team won again an exceptional result on the national Argenton (555km) race. It was a difficult race where the first arrivals had an average velocity of 1200-1250 m/min. We started with 1°, 2°, 4°, 7° and 10° National zone Argenton (555km) against 1,615 pigeons. On the national level we started with 5° and 15° National against 9,851 pigeons!

Our pigeons won the following results:

14/08/2021 Argenton (555km)
National zone 1,615 old birds: 1-2-4-7-10-15-21-27-31-33-37-44-50-54-56-59-60-62-67-93-…  41/59
National 9,851 old birds: 5-15-24-42-45-84-114-155-172-176-201-216-247-25-262-270-271-291-…  41/59

14/08/2021 Sermaises (362km)
Interfederation 1,684 youngsters: 1-3-4-5-7-9-10-12-13-14-16-20-22-23-28-31-32-33-35-40-41-42-43-44-46-47-50-57-58-59-62-71-72-73-74-78-79-81-…  97/148

In this article we will introduce you the first arrivals of the national Argenton (555km) race. Here is another recap from our results on this national flight:

14/08/2021 Argenton (555km)
National zone 1,615 old birds: 1-2-4-7-10-15-21-27-31-33-37-44-50-54-56-59-60-62-67-93-…  41/59
National 9,851 old birds: 5-15-24-42-45-84-114-155-172-176-201-216-247-25-262-270-271-291-…  41/59

Some remarkable facts about this race:
- 30/59 birds won a prize in the first 10%
- 20/59 birds won a prize in the first 100 National zone

Our first arrival was the beautiful checkered cock “Ali Baba”(BE20-6166106). He wins 1° National z. Argenton (555km) 1,615 pigeons 5° National Argenton (555km) 9,851 pigeons. "Ali Baba"(BE20-6166106) is a son to “Didi”(BE16-6032013), one of those super “Elektro”(BE08-6174630) children. His mother is “Pretty Bomba”(BE17-6025023), a proven racing hen and a daughter to superbreeding hen “La Bomba”(BE10-6052045).



"Ali Baba"(BE20-6166106) ended his racing season with a big victory!

“Ali Baba”(BE20-6166106) won a.o. :
1° National z. Argenton (555km) 1,615 p.
5° National Argenton (555km) 9,851 p.

2° Noyon (208km)  315 p.
7° Sermaises (362km) 1,929 p.
69° National z. Tulle (657km) 2,232 p.

Our second arrival was the checkered hen BE20-6166065. She wins 2° National z. Argenton (555km) 1,615 pigeons (after a loftmate) / 15° National Argenton (555km) 9,851 pigeons. BE20-6166065 is a very strong hen that can easily fly a top prize in tough weather circumstances. Earlier this year she already won 1° Sermaises (362km) against 1,929 birds, a race with headwinds from start till end. The father of BE20-6166065 is our top breeder “London”(BE16-6032120). The mother of BE20-6166065 is a daughter to “Iron Man”(BE17-6025089) x “Elektro Princess”(BE17-6025201).



The super hen BE20-6166065 won 15° Nat. Argenton (555km) against 9,851 pigeons

Our third arrival was the dark cock BE20-6166161. He wins 4° National z. Argenton (555km) 1,615 pigeons / 24° National Argenton (555km) 9,851 pigeons. As a youngster he won on a tough middle distance race 1° Sermaises (362km) 1,493 pigeons and this with a lead of 3 minutes on the number two in the race. His father is a son to “Black Dragon”(BE15-6026259) x “Zara”(BE15-6026038). His mother is a daughter to “Super Elektro”(BE15-6026571) and a full sister to “Ice Tea”(BE18-6020208).



The beautiful dark coloured cock BE20-6166161 won 24° Nat. Argenton (555km) 9,851 pigeons

Arrival number four was the blue cock BE20-6166046. He wins 7° National z. Argenton (555km) 1,615 pigeons / 42° National Argenton (555km) 9,851 pigeonsBE20-6166046 is a grandson to “Elektro”(BE08-6174630). His father is a young promising breeder. The winner of the Noyon (208km) race two weeks ago is bred from the same father as BE20-6166046.



BE20-6166046 is a grandson to "Elektro"(BE08-6174630) and won 42° Nat. Argenton (555km) 9,851 pigeons

Our fifth arrival was the checkered hen BE20-6166206.  She wins 10° National z. Argenton (555km) 1,615 pigeons / 45° National Argenton (555km) 9,851 pigeons.  Her father is a son to “Elektro Junior”(BE16-6032012) and a half-brother to “Iron Man”(BE17-6025089). Her mother is “La Ninja”(BE18-6020219), winner of 6° National Limoges (672km) against 10,319 pigeons. “La Ninja”(BE18-6020219) is a daughter to “La Bomba”(BE10-6052045).



The checkered hen BE20-6166206 won 45° Nat. Argenton (555km) 9,851 pigeons

Arrival number six was the checkered hen BE20-6166121. She wins 84° National Argenton (555km) 9,851 pigeons. BE20-6166121 is a daughter to “Super Elektro”(BE15-6026571) and a full sister to 1st Provincial Ace-pigeon Long Distance “Ice Tea”(BE18-6020208). BE20-6166121 is also a half-sister to “Fanta”(BE18-6020277), 2° fast. National Issoudun (504km) against 19,713 pigeons.



BE20-6166121 is a daughter to "Super Elektro"(BE15-6026571) and won 84° Nat. Argenton (555km) 9,851 pigeons

Arrival number seven was our first nominated pigeon BE20-6166100. She is a daughter to “Iron Man”(BE17-6025089) x “Cobra”(BE14-6175418), who is a full sister to “Mustang”(BE14-6175237). BE20-6166100 is a very beautiful but also a very talented bird. She is now to be found in the head of the race for five weeks in a row.



BE20-6166100 is an outstanding daughter to "Iron Man"(BE17-6025089)

17/07/2021: 4° Sermaises (362km) 1,226 p. / 10° fast. Sermaises 3,569 p.
23/07/2021: 1° Fay aux Loges (402km) 601 p. / 6° Provincial Fay aux Loges (402km) 1,709 p.
31/07/2021: 5° Nanteuil (259km) 822 p.
07/08/2021: 32° National z. Chateauroux (526km) 1,362 p. / 111° Nat. Chateauroux (526km) 7,674 p.
15/08/2021: 21° National z. Argenton (555km) 1,615 p. / 114° National Argenton (555km) 9,851 p.

What a great ending of the season for this top hen BE20-6166100! She will not be raced any more this season. We think she will be one of our key birds for the racing season 2022.

Arrival number eight was the blue hen BE20-6166128. Earlier this season she already won 80° National Argenton (552km) against 21,282 pigeons. Her father is “Pure Elektro”(BE16-6277244), an inbreeding son to “Elektro”(BE08-6174630). Her mother is “Dubai”(BE15-6026019), a former top racer and now a very good breeder.


"Pure Elektro"(BE16-6277244) is an inbreeding son to "Elektro"(BE08-6174630)

Arrival number nine was the checkered hen BE20-6166312. She was a late bred hen from 2020 and did not participate to many races as a youngster. We slowly let her gain experience as a yearling and on this race she showed a sign of her class. She has got the same father as our super hen “Olympic La Donna”(BE18-6020283). Her mother is BE19-6016237, a granddaughter to “Elektro”(BE08-6174630) and valuable racing hen.


The amazing "Olympic La Donna"(BE18-6020283)

"Olympic La Donna"(B18-6020283) won a.o. :

Best All-round Pigeon of Belgium in the season 2020
Olympic Pigeon All-round 2021

1° Melun (310km) 2,759 p. 
3° National Limoges (672km) 15,981 p. 
10° National Chateauroux (526km) 3,618 p. 
17° National z. Issoudun (504km) 3,129 p. 
4° Melun (310km) 4,423 p.
17° Provincial Issoudun (504km) 2,147 p. (other race)
4° Chevrainvilliers (354km) 848 p.
6° Argenton (555km) 335 p.
7° Melun (310km) 762 p.
11° Melun (310km) 1,210 p.
78° National z. La Souterraine (593km) 2,709 p.
15° Montlucon (555km) 371 p.

The last pigeon that we will present you is the checkered hen BE20-6166050. She won the week before 64° National Chateauroux (526km) against 7,674 pigeons.BE20-6166050 is full sister to BE20-6166100, our first nominated pigeon on this Argenton (555km) race. Their father is “Iron Man”(BE17-6025089). Their mother is “Cobra”(BE14-6175418), who is a full sister to “Mustang”(BE14-6175237). What a top breeder “Iron Man”(BE17-6025089) has become! It is really remarkable how easily his babies can fly in the head of the races. Tough or fast races, it is all equal for them, they just perform!


Famous "Iron Man"(BE17-6025089)