Description

Strain: Lock / Verstraete

Sire — ZA 20 GRPF 8231

The pedigree records these results for the sire:

Additional family details recorded on the pedigree:

• Uncle to the 2021 Eastern Cape OLR Ace Pigeon.
• Uncle to the 3rd and 10th Hotspot Ace Pigeons.
• Sire to the 1st Eastern Cape OLR result over 115 km in 2023.
• Sire to 3rd in Hotspot 4 at Eastern Cape OLR in 2023.

Paternal grandfather — ZA 16 CYRILS 2857

The pedigree records this pigeon as a sire of ZA 18 TRPF 3000, identified as “Best 3000”. It states that ZA 18 TRPF 3000 was Best Yearling and Best Bird at NWPC in 2019, and lists the following federation positions for that year:

• 3rd
• 10th
• 17th
• 21st
• 21st
• 29th
• 33rd
• 70th

An independent auction listing also identifies ZA 18 TRPF 3000 as “Best 3000” and records its NWPC 2019 achievements. The listing additionally records offspring results at SAIPR and AfrikaPro.

“Best 3000” — ZA 18 TRPF 3000

This pigeon as a son of ZA 16 CYRILS 2857 and records it as Best Yearling and Best Bird at NWPC in 2019.

A published listing for an offspring, ZA 24 VPU 2746, records the following about Best 3000:

• Best Yearling and Best Bird, NWPC 2019.
• Sire of 6th in the SAIPR Summer Final 2025.
• Sire of 14th in the AfrikaPro Final, 601 km, in 2024.
• Sire of 31st in the AfrikaPro Brown Jacket in 2024.
• Sire of 1st in SAIPR Summer Hotspot 1, 180 km, in 2024.
• Sire of 8th Hotspot 1, 12th Hotspot 2 and 12th Hotspot 3 at Allflight Summer 2020.

Dam — ZA 22 GRPF 403

The supplied pedigree identifies the dam as a Verstraete / Munnik / Rick / Rocket 88 family pigeon. It records the following race results:

Maternal grandfather — ZA 16 TRPF 21073

Results including:

• 1st Club and 1st Federation at Springfontein.
• 6th Club and 26th Federation at Aliwal North.
• 7th Club and 29th Federation at Winburg.
• 18th Club and 47th Federation at Bloemfontein.
• 7th Club at Bloemfontein.
• 27th Club at Smithfield.

Maternal family — ZA 09 TRPD 26405

Rocket 88 / Rijckaert / Jansen family and records 1st Club and 4th TRPF at Trompsburg for ZA 09 TRPD 26405. It also lists 1st Club and 10th TRPF at Bloemfontein.

International bloodlines recorded in the pedigree

Belgian and Dutch ancestors, including:

• BELG 15 4134247 — “Inbred Topstar 3x”, Verstraete.
• BELG 13 4055471 — Verstraete.
• BELG 12 4140247 — Verstraete.
• BELG 18 4109233 — Verstraete.
• BELG 11 4211180 — “Kastar”.
• BELG 11 4310206 — “Dght Blue Vincent”.
• BELG 10 4210043 — “Bello”.
• NL 10 2063336 — Munnik strain.

The supplied pedigree also labels one ancestor as a Brive winner as a yearling. It does not provide the full race result, placing, field size or prize money for that claim.