Description

The pedigree identifies 7728 ZA 25 as a blue pigeon, with breeding linked to Du Preez & Deetiefs, Butch Eienkamerer and Norman Phillips. The strongest documented selling points in the supplied pedigree are the sire line’s Acebird Carnival One Loft Race performance and the dam line’s repeated Acebird results across several one-loft races and combines.

Sire line — 1576 CRU 21 “Barnie”

The sire as 1576 CRU 21, bred by Du Preez & Deetlefs. His documented achievements include:

• 4th Acebird, Carnival One Loft Race 2021.
• 4th Acebird, Carnival One Loft Race 2022.
• 4th in Race 3 over 460 km, at 1,315 m/min.
• 4th in Race 5 over 505 km, at 1,346 m/min.
• 28th in the 630 km final, at 1,047 m/min.

The pedigree also lists his offspring among the leading performers at Dinokeng, Diaz and Acebird events, including first-place results. These are recorded family achievements, not results for 7728 ZA 25.

His sire, 11598 ZA 16, is recorded as a combine winner and son of 23357 ZA 06 “Combine Cock”. The older cock is described as a Gauteng Combine winner with additional 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 23rd and 48th combine positions, and as the father or grandfather of 17 winners. A historical Du Preez & Deetlefs catalogue also documents these achievements and identifies the Chris × Bles breeding pair behind him.

The sire’s dam, 85014 ZA 18, is recorded as a three-time winner and Acebird Long Distance pigeon. The pedigree names her as the dam of 1576 CRU 21.

Dam line — 4474 ZA 20

The dam is 4474 ZA 20, bred by N Phillips. Her listed achievements include:

• 4th Acebird, Eastern League Combine.
• 5th Acebird, Border Homing Union.
• Grand-sire of winners through her family, as recorded in the pedigree.

Her dam, 4406 ZA 18, is described as a top breeding hen and the mother of several Acebird performers. The pedigree records related birds achieving 2nd Acebird at Diaz OLR 2022, 3rd Acebird Average Velocity, 4th Acebird at Dinokeng and placings in the Eastern League Combine and Border Union.

The dam’s sire line includes 4011 ZA 19 “Butch”, bred by Butch Eienkamerer, with the pedigree identifying 0563 ZA 16 “Riley” and 1395560 NL 13 “Fries Kaatje” in the background. This family is also associated with Acebird results at Diaz OLR, Dinokeng OLR and the Eastern League Combine.

An archived SAIPR auction listing described ZA OP 8355 2025 as bred from 1576 CRU 21 and 4474 ZA 20—the same parental pairing shown for 7728 ZA 25—and recorded a winning bid of R11,500.

Another auction archive records ZA 23 CRU 1369 at a winning bid of R20,500, describing its sire as 11598 ZA 16 and its dam as 85014 ZA 18.