Description

ZA 2025 GPU 2716 — 7th Hotspot 2 

Sire-side family — 02853 ZA 16

Published Du Preez & Deetlefs records state that 02853 was:

• Bred for stock
• Already bred 3 winners
• Sire of 24704, recorded as Best Bird Short Distance Club
• Sire of 04770, a Combine Winner
• Sire of 02887, a Gauteng Combine Winner
• A son of 06-23357 “Combine Cock”
• A pigeon whose brothers and sister also included winners.

A later Du Preez & Deetlefs auction listing repeats the same breeding record for 02853 and gives the winning bids of several of his offspring.

Related performer — 04777 ZA 16

04777 ZA 16 is a documented winner from the 02853 × Queen of Plenty family.

Its pedigree records:

• Sire: 02853 ZA 16
• Dam: 24486 ZA 12 “Queen of Plenty”
• 02853: bred 3 winners
• 04770: Combine Winner
• 02887: Gauteng Combine Winner
• Queen of Plenty: 3× Top 58 Combine, bred 4 winners and a super breeding hen.

04777 ZA 16 sold for R3,500 in a Du Preez & Deetlefs auction.

Related performer — 04770 ZA 16

04770 ZA 16 is a documented 2× winner and super-bred cock.

• 2× winner
• Bred winners
• Brother to 04777 — winner
• Son of 02853 ZA 16
• From the same Queen of Plenty dam line.

04770 ZA 16 sold for R6,500.

Related performer — 02887 ZA 16

02887 ZA 16 is specifically documented as a Gauteng Combine Winner.

The Du Preez & Deetlefs catalogue identifies 02887 as a son of 02853 ZA 16.

This is a direct paternal-family performance associated with the 02853 branch represented in the supplied pedigree.

Related performer — 24704

24704 is another documented offspring of 02853 ZA 16.

Records identify 24704 as:

• Best Bird Short Distance Club 2018
• 8th Best Bird Yearlings Combine 2018.

Thus the 02853 family contains documented club, Combine and Gauteng Combine winners, as well as multiple winners.

Dam of the 02853-family branch — 24486 ZA 12 “Queen of Plenty”

24486 ZA 12 “Queen of Plenty” is a significant breeding hen in this family.

• 3× Top 58 Combine
• Bred 4 winners
• Described as a super breeding hen
• One child is a Combine Winner
• Two other children are 2× winners
• Full sister of 12-19403, described as a super breeding hen.

Her pedigree traces into the Turbo Tom / Twilight / Jason family.

The published pedigree identifies 15599 SA 99 as her sire and records that this line produced:

• 3 Combine winners
• 2×2 Union winners
• 9 winners
• Multiple important breeders.

Queen of Plenty's family

The Queen of Plenty family has continued to appear in later Du Preez & Deetlefs breeding records.

A later pedigree for 424 J&B 22 “King Turbo” lists Queen of Plenty as its dam-side ancestor and again records her as:

• 3× Top 58 Combine
• Bred 4 winners
• Super breeding hen
• One child a Combine Winner
• Two children 2× winners
• Full sister to 12-19403.

The same pedigree connects the family with Turbo Tom, Queen of All, Chris, Bles, and other documented Combine and Union-winning bloodlines.

The original Du Preez & Deetlefs catalogue gives additional information about 02853 ZA 16:

• Son 02887 — Gauteng Combine Winner
• Son 04770 — Combine Winner
• Daughter 24704 — Best Bird Short Distance Club 2018
• 02853 itself had already bred 3 winners
• His sire was 06-23357 “Combine Cock”
• His dam was 11-06455, whose progeny produced 6 winners.

The same catalogue records 0231174, from the 06455 maternal line, as 19th Ace Pigeon Million Dollar Pigeon Race 2009 and a breeder of five winners.