Description

MARLBANK OLR 2026 — 2ND ACE PIGEON

Its official race record was:

• 7th — Hotspot 7, Hanover, 580 km — 1,373.245 m/min
• 19th — Hotspot 6, Noupoort, 566 km — 1,312.375 m/min
• 54th — Hotspot 5, Colesberg, 515 km — 1,635.290 m/mi

Overall Ace average: 1,313.887 m/min.

PRIZE MONEY

ZA-25-BOSCH-7’s 2nd Overall Ace Pigeon position represents R140,000 in Ace Pigeon prize money.

THE SIRE — ZA 21 NFS 122

A 4× Federation winner, which is independently supported by a previous Schalk Jonker auction listing.

This sire is:

• Father of multiple winners
• Father of the 2nd Ace Pigeon Marlbank OLR 2026
• Descended from proven Federation-winning and OLR-performing stock.

THE DAM — ZA 22 TRIO 37

• 1st Ace Pigeon NFS 2023
• Best bird in NFS/KSFC
• 1,087 points in one season
• Mother of the 2nd Ace Pigeon Marlbank OLR 2026
• Mother of a 2× winner in 2026 in her first season in the stock loft.

ZA 22 TRIO 37 became the best bird ever on points in the KSFC Club and the best bird in the NFS Federation in 2023.

THE GOLDEN FAMILY BEHIND THE DAM

The family produced:

• 9 × best bird in the club
• Best bird in the Freestate
• Best bird in the Federation in multiple seasons
• SANPO 2nd Ace Middle Distance
• SANPO 2nd Ace Short Distance
• 1st Ace Pigeon up to the final of the ALLFLIGHT OLR
• 1st Ace Pigeon Short Distance, Genetic OLR
• 6th Ace Pigeon, Genetic OLR.

In AfrikaPro 2023 the family produced a Blue Jacket winner and several Ace Bird performances. In AfrikaPro 2024 it produced the Blue Jacket, 5th Ace Bird, 11th Ace Bird and 18th Ace Bird, while related pigeons occupied 7th, 9th, 22nd and 25th in the Final.

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS

ZA VPU 2016 “4463”, is a father of 16 winners and he is also credited with producing a 7th Blue Jacket AfrikaPro performer.

Further behind this line are pigeons recorded as having:

• Won a difficult 670 km race
• Produced Federation winners
• Produced Matjiesfontein winners
• Produced SAMDPR/OLR-performing descendants
• Produced multiple winners through both sons and daughters.

MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS

ZA NFS 2019 “9806” is father to a 5th Blue Jacket AfrikaPro performer and it also records a ZA KSFC 2022 hen as mother to top performers, including an Ace Pigeon and AfrikaPro performers.