Description

750 BPF 25 ZA — James Van Der Linde Pigeons

JJJ Van Der Linde • Hen •

750 BPF 25 ZA combines the JJJ Van Der Linde racing family with the Kittel bloodline. Her sire is 0372 BPF/D 18 ZA, “JJJ’s Super Diamond,” and her dam is 1006 ZA 22 FHC, from the Kittel line.

Sire — 0372 BPF/D 18 ZA “JJJ’s Super Diamond”

“JJJ’s Super Diamond” is a blue-bar pigeon from the JJJ Van Der Linde strain. His family includes the racing and breeding line associated with 3620 BPF/D 18 ZA, “JJJ Turf Queen.”

“JJJ Turf Queen” was awarded the SANPO Silver Medal for All Distance Hen in 2021 and is recorded as the only day bird in the Bloemfontein Federation. Her family includes 2248 BPF/D 18 and 2248 BPF/D 19, both recorded as two-time winners, with the latter also credited with breeding three winners in its first season for Ram Loft.

The broader JJJ Van Der Linde family also includes 5846 BPF/D 20, “JJJ Checkmate,” recorded as a two-time Bloemfontein Federation Combine winner in 2021 and a breeder of successful One Loft Race and federation pigeons. His offspring include:

• 1605 BPF/D 23 — 13th Ace Bird, Diaz OLR 2023.
• 2943 BPF/D 22 — 1st Ace Bird Overall, Bloemfontein Federation 2023.

These results add documented OLR and federation achievements to the wider JJJ racing family.

Dam — 1006 ZA 22 FHC, “Kittel” line

The dam is a red hen from the Kittel family. Her pedigree describes her as bred for stock from a son of Bratt, full brother to Kittel, paired to a daughter of a double Kittel cock and a daughter of Angelina, a sister of Kittel.

Her sire is 1418133 NLD 19, “Bentley,” a red pigeon from the Dirk Van Den Bulck strain. His recorded racing positions include:

• 5th Vervins against 1,052 pigeons.
• 5th Pithiviers against 1,890 pigeons.
• 30th NPO, 527 km, against 6,699 pigeons.
• 8th Gien against 1,725 pigeons.
• 12th NPO, 559 km, against 5,615 pigeons.

Bentley has also appeared as the sire in other South African auction pedigrees. A related pigeon, ZA 24 ABL 1429, was listed with Bentley as sire and recorded a winning bid of R25,000 in April 2024.

The dam's wider Kittel family includes 4231441 BELG 17, “Vettel Double Kittel,” described as an inbred Kittel pigeon, and 1259358 NLD 16, “Inferno,” from the Kittel line. The pedigree identifies these as part of the breeding background behind the dam