Description

The pedigree combines Twilight, Turbo Tom, Marieke, Tom Lock and Twilight Powell bloodlines. Its sire is 10049 ZA 16 “Golden Boy”, while its dam is 0407 OPU 18, a Tom Lock blue-bar pigeon. The family includes documented race winners and breeders of Union-winning and top young-bird performers.

Sire — 10049 ZA 16 “Golden Boy”

Strain: Twilight / Marieke Colour: Blue Bar

The pedigree records the following achievements for Golden Boy:

• Won three races.
• Its nestmate won one race.
• Its offspring 0411/18 was the best young bird in the Union.
• Golden Boy's first four youngsters at stock included two that went to Philip Prins.

45277 ZA 12 — Twilight / Marieke

• Blue Check.
• Identified as a super breeder and one of the foundation cocks in the loft.
• Its brother was “Moneymaker.”
• Sired by 8441 ZA 07 “Turbo Magic” and out of 3020345 BELG 10 “Marieke Hen.”

8441 ZA 07 — “Turbo Magic”

• A major foundation pigeon in the Twilight / Turbo Tom family.
• Appears repeatedly in the wider pedigree through the Twilight/Marieke and Dynamite lines.
• Also appears in another published Twilight/Tom Lock pedigree containing the same Turbo Magic and Dynamite family.

3020345 BELG 10 — “Marieke Hen”

• Marieke strain.
• Blue Bar.
• The pedigree identifies her line as linebred to the famous “Bliksem” of Gaby Vandenabeele.

03306 SA 11 — Twilight / Tom Lock

• Identified in the pedigree as a blue-bar pigeon.
• Its family includes 053 PWF 04 “Super Tom”, from the Tom Lock strain, and 058 SA 05 PWF “Twilight Pearl.”
• Twilight Pearl won a Federation race as a six-month-old youngster; both parents were described as double Union winners.

Dam — 0407 OPU 18 SA

Strain: Tom Lock Colour: Blue Bar

The dam was bred from the mating of 00341 ZA 15 “Dynamite” and 15609 SA 12 “Little Tom’s Daughter.” Both are connected to the Twilight/Turbo Tom and Tom Lock foundation families.

00341 ZA 15 — “Dynamite”

Strain: Twilight / Turbo Tom

• Selected for the stock loft from the Twilight/Turbo Tom family.
• Grandson on both sides to the foundation cocks Turbo Magic and Twilight Dynamite.
• In its first year at stock, it bred OPU 2650/16, a double Union winner.
• In its second year at stock, it bred 2983/17.

15609 SA 12 — “Little Tom’s Daughter”

Strain: Tom Lock Colour: Blue Bar

• Identified as a foundation hen in the loft.
• Bred the best young bird in the Union over a four-year period.
• Her offspring included OPU 2650/16, a double Union winner.
• Her offspring included OPU 2989/17, described as the best young bird and best short-distance bird in the Union.
• OPU 281/19 was a two-time winner and best young bird in the Union.

Other notable ancestors

03346 ZA 11 — Twilight / Marieke

• Described as a top racer from a successful mating.
• One of three pigeons to complete the 720 km Middelburg race ahead of the rest of the Combine.
• Its ancestry includes Turbo Magic and Marieke Hen.

10151 ZA 13 — “Gold Lady”

Strain: Twilight Powell

• Bred from the Twilight Powell family.
• Described as highly inbred to the foundation pair 68476 × 4638.
• Appears in the wider Twilight/Tom Lock breeding background.

053 SA 05 — “Little Tom”

• Tom Lock strain.
• Blue Bar.
• Included in the breeding line behind the dam's family.

Related performance records

A separate published pedigree for 1441 OPU 22 ZA “Black Magic” contains several of the same Twilight/Tom Lock ancestors and breeding lines. That pigeon recorded:

• 19th in Race 4.
• R500 prize money for that race.
• 5th Yearling Ace Pigeon, with R5,000 prize money.

96 C&R 25 ZA is a 2025 blue-bar pigeon bred from the Twilight/Tom Lock family. Its sire, 10049 ZA 16 “Golden Boy,” is recorded as a three-race winner and a breeder of the best young bird in the Union. The sire line includes 45277 ZA 12, a foundation cock from the Twilight/Marieke family, and 8441 ZA 07 “Turbo Magic.” The dam, 0407 OPU 18, was bred from 00341 ZA 15 “Dynamite” and 15609 SA 12 “Little Tom’s Daughter.” This branch produced OPU 2650/16, a double Union winner, and OPU 2989/17, described as the best young bird and best short-distance bird in the Union. The wider pedigree also includes Twilight Pearl, Gold Lady and the Marieke line associated with Gaby Vandenabeele’s Bliksem.