Description

Marlbank OLR 2026

• A ZA-25-GPU-3682 from Amper Irish competed in Marlbank OLR Winter 2026.
• 18th Hotspot 6 – Noupoort, 566 km, 1,230 pigeons, 1314.3849 m/min.
• 11th Hotspot 7 – Hanover, 580 km, 984 pigeons, 1373.0091 m/min.

Pedigree Family

• Sire: 10382 GPU 22 — Turbo Tom / Tom Lock breeding.
• Dam: 10464 GPU 22 — Koopman / Tom Lock breeding.
• 10464 GPU bloodline traces through the 810/Gold Medal family.
• A documented ZA 16 OERF 10464 is recorded as bred from 9 SANPO Gold Medal lines, including ZA THU 15749/09, a 5× winner, 2× Division winner and 2× GRPA Combine winner.
• The pedigree contains Tom Lock, Koopman, Van Elsacker, Oswald and Turbo Tom lines.

Related Performance & Auction Facts

• A Tom Lock/Koopman-related pigeon ZA 18 OERF 3250 produced multiple winners; its first six babies were all winners, with four becoming double winners. One offspring became 2024 Carnival Winter Ace Pigeon and another finished 8th Final. Sold for R46,000.
• ZA 22 KPU 853 “Saphire Whip”, from related elite breeding, finished 3rd Hotspot 4 at SAPIR, winning R15,000, and 3rd Final, winning R140,000. Auction price: R22,500.
• ZA 22 WPU 12177, from Koopman-related breeding, finished 17th Main Race at Carnival Summer and won R5,000; auction price R1,000.

Documented Prize Money in Related Family

• R140,000 — SAPIR Final, related Saphire Whip.
• R15,000 — SAPIR Hotspot 4, related Saphire Whip.
• R5,000 — Carnival Summer Main Race, related pigeon.
• R46,000 — documented auction price for ZA 23 OERF 3893, related Tom Lock family.