Description

Breeding: Aces Racing Pigeons / Spartan Pigeons

The supplied two-page pedigree identifies DV-25-01811-1744 as bred from 17613 OVRF 21, “Runner K,” and 0130 NOVP 22, “Inbred Best Kittel.” The mating combines documented South African One Loft Race performance with Best Kittel, Van Den Bulck, Kaasboer and Okutanrune bloodlines.

Sire-side performance — Runner K

17613 OVRF 21 — “Runner K”

Runner K has a documented performance record in the 2022 SAPIR Challenge. The published auction pedigree records the following results:

• 3rd place — SAPIR Challenge Final, 575 km, recorded as an equal winner.
• R30,000 in prize money for the Challenge result.
• 125th — Hotspot 1, 275 km.
• 69th — Hotspot 2, 374 km.
• 255th — Hotspot 3, 438 km.
• 12th — Hotspot 4, 501 km.

Sire’s ancestry

• 109 NOVP 20 — “Black Runner”: The pedigree identifies him as the sire of Runner K and describes him as a stock cock bred from two highly regarded pigeons.
• 3374 DAN 18 — “Okutanrune”: Listed in Black Runner’s ancestry. The pedigree records Okutanrune as the equal 2nd-prize finisher in the 2019 Million Dollar Pigeon Race (MDPR) final.
• 275 DV 06306 08 — “Blackforest”: A Schellens/Vandenabeele hen described in the pedigree as an important foundation pigeon for Spartan Pigeons. The pedigree credits this family with a sixth-generation hen that became a three-time federation winner in 2022.
• 142 NOVP 20 — “Super 142K”: Runner K’s dam. The pedigree records her as a stock hen and the mother of a 10th-place Hotspot 3 pigeon at Allflight Winter 2021.

Dam-side bloodlines — Inbred Best Kittel

0130 NOVP 22 — dam of DV-25-01811-1744

The second page identifies 0130 NOVP 22 as a DNA-certified hen, hatched on 8 February 2022, described as an inbred Best Kittel and a double grandchild of Best Kittel. The pedigree records that she was bought by Jacob Cilliers of Ermelo.

• 4234468 BELG 18 — “Melt’s Best Kittel”: Listed as the sire of 0130 NOVP 22. He is described as a DNA-certified direct son of Best Kittel, selected through PIPA.
• Best Kittel (1029362 BELG 15): Recorded as 1st National Ace KBDB Sprint in 2017 and 4th National Ace KBDB Sprint in 2016. The published pedigree also records that his son Junior became 2nd National Ace KBDB Sprint in 2018, while two full brothers finished 10th and 19th National Ace Sprint that year.
• 4234474 BELG 18 — “Aryna Sabalenka”: Listed as the dam of 0130 NOVP 22 and described as a direct daughter of Best Kittel. Her pedigree states that she is the mother of a CPL Hotspot 3 winner and that her full brother became National Ace Belgium Sprint in 2020.
• Van Den Bulck 917 and Sister Olympic Rosita: The dam’s ancestry includes these lines. The pedigree connects them to Olympic Rosita and to the wider family of Kittel, recorded as 1st National Ace KBDB Sprint in 2013.

Additional verified family achievements

The wider pedigree contains two particularly notable performance lines:

• Okutanrune — 3374 DAN 18: A published pedigree records him as equal 2nd in the 2019 Million Dollar Pigeon Race final, with nine Top 100 positions in the 2020 race season. The pedigree also records a purchase price of R720,000 for Okutanrune. This price relates to the ancestor, not DV-25-01811-1744.

• Best Kittel: His recorded National Ace results and the subsequent National Ace achievements of his offspring are documented in a separate Aces Racing Pigeons pedigree.