Description

Marlbank OLR 2026 performance:

• 21st – Springfontein, 443/444 km, 1,328 pigeons, 1,383 m/min
• 32nd – Winburg, 215 km, 906 pigeons, only 16 seconds behind the winner, 1,344 m/min
• These performances show that 242 was competitive both over the shorter 215 km course and at the longer Springfontein hotspot.

Sire: ZA 20 PWDU 9849 “Turbo Kittel”

• 1st National Ace Pigeon Allround, World 2021
• 6 SANPO Gold Medals in 2021 according to the documented family records
• 5 race wins as a yearling
• 1st PWDU against 1,304 pigeons
• 1st Gauteng Combine against approximately 7,000 pigeons at Dewetsdorp, 462 km
• 1st PWDU against 891 pigeons
• 2nd PWDU against 1,352 pigeons
• 5th PWDU against 1,323 pigeons
• 8th PWDU against 1,250 pigeons
• 9th PWDU against 1,313 pigeons
• 10th against 1,272 pigeons
• 15th PWDU against 1,295 pigeons.

His dam, ZA ABL 167, was sold for R338,000 and is recorded as the dam of 13 winners. Another close family member, ZA ABL 168, was sold for R242,000 and bred seven winners. ZA ABL 518 was sold for R279,000 and is recorded as the dam of two SANPO Medal winners.

Another “Turbo Kittel” full brother, ZA 20 PWDU 9059, was a 5-time winner and was sold for R247,000.

Dam: ZA 23 CRU 808

• 1,444 m/min performance
• 2nd PWDU performance from Springfontein, against 543 pigeons
• 5th in the R5,000 Ring Race from Cradock, 765 km
• Won R42,500 in the Cradock Ring Race
• Recorded a strong performance when dropped together with a loft mate that won the PWDU race.

Close family and breeding value:

ZA 24 OERF 5456: This pigeon is described as a sibling of 242 in the supplied pedigree and was a 21st Ace Pigeon at Marlbank OLR 2025. Its sire was “Son Turbo Kittel”, a direct son of “Turbo Kittel”, while its dam was the same ZA 23 CRU 808 family. ZA 24 OERF 5456 was subsequently offered through auction and sold for R20,500.

Documented sales connected to this family include:

• ZA ABL 167 – R338,000
• ZA ABL 168 – R242,000
• ZA ABL 518 – R279,000
• ZA ABL 882 – R162,000
• ZA 20 PWDU 9059, close “Turbo Kittel” family – R247,000
• ZA 24 OERF 5456, sibling/family connection and 21st Ace Marlbank 2025 – R20,500.