Description

Current performance

• 11th Final — Marlbank OLR 2026
• Half-sister to the 5th Final Karoo Million OLR
• Half-sister to the 67th Ace AfrikaPro 2025

Sire: ZA BPFR 5024 2018 — “Wingman”

“Wingman” is a proven Bloemfontein Federation racer. As a 2018 baby he recorded:

• 1st Federation — 620 km
• 3rd Federation — 765 km
• 4th Federation — 690 km
• 18th Federation — 405 km
• 31st Federation — 540 km

He is also the sire of Bloemfontein Federation Winner 3869 from Leeu Gamka, 586 km. His offspring include pigeons that achieved further top Federation positions, including 5th, 8th and 4th Federation results.

Wingman raced the 1st, 3rd and 4th Federation positions alongside his half-sister Airheart, who won the SANPO Bronze Medal Overall.

Wingman's sire: ZA BPFD 7519 2016 “Griffin”

• Son of the Junior × Gaddin family.
• Griffin was sire to ZA BPFD 6759, which won the Bloemfontein Federation from Leeu Gamka, 585 km, by a four-minute break.
• A son of the Junior-Gaddin pair was also offered at auction with Wingman specifically identified as his offspring.

Important Junior / Gaddin family

The Junior × Gaddin combination is represented repeatedly in the pedigree.

• Junior — 4th and 6th Bloemfontein Federation.
• Gaddin — foundation hen from Kingslea Lofts.
• The Junior-Gaddin family produced numerous Federation winners and high-performing race birds.
• A daughter of the Junior-Gaddin pair sold for R4,001, while another daughter sold for R4,000; a full brother of SANPO Bronze winner Airheart sold for R2,500.

Dam: ZA BORD 3685 2021 — “Mia” family

The dam is ZA BORD 3685 2021, a blue-check hen from the Mia family.

Her 2022 racing record included:

• 1st Loft Ace
• Loft positions: 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 16th, 24th, 35th
• Club positions: 4th, 6th, 14th, 15th, 25th, 25th, 26th, 34th
• 6th Club Final

Her nestmate 3686 finished 2nd Club in the final.

3685 is also the dam of ZA BORD 552 2023, which finished 5th in the Karoo Million Final. This establishes the direct maternal connection to the 5th Karoo Million Final performer.

Mia / Van Loon–Vandenabeele line

The pedigree traces 3685 through ZA BORD 180491 2019 “Lize – Mia Daughter” to ZA BORD 4229 2017 “Mia.”

Mia:

• 1st Final — Diaz One Loft Race, 635 km
• Winning prize included a CAR
• Also recorded 2nd at 207 km.

The line also contains Cools Cock × Christine genetics. Cools Cock is identified as the grandsire of two CAR winners in the pedigree.

Other important direct relatives

ZA BDR 5516 2016 — “Grizzle Cock”

• Slimme/Putterie family.
• Won the BHU Federation by 12 minutes as a yearling, together with nestmate 5515.
• Sired an Ace Bird for Wesley Phillips in 2022, including birds that achieved 1st and 2nd QRPC Final results.

ZA BPF-D 7775 2013

• Bloemfontein Federation winner.
• Also recorded 5th, 29th and 30th Federation performances.
• Descends from the Charles Kerekes/Baklei side of the pedigree.

Key performance record

ZA 2813 BORD 2026 combines a Marlbank Final 11th-place performance with the proven Wingman / Junior-Gaddin Federation-winning line on the sire side and the Mia / Van Loon-Vandenabeele line on the dam side. Her dam 3685 is also the mother of the 5th Karoo Million Final performer ZA BORD 552.