Description

Breeder: Jaco Fourie | “Where Champions Are Bred”

The supplied pedigree identifies 3553 ZA GPU 25 as a chequer pigeon, bred in 2025, from the Best Kittel / Desmet / Lock strain combination. Its sire is 6881 GPU 23 ZA, from the Best Kittel / Desmet line, and its dam is 5849 BPF ZA 20 “JJJ Storm,” from the Sablon / Tom Lock line.

The pedigree documents performance results for the sire and dam, as well as ace-bird, hotspot and One Loft Race achievements among the dam’s family. These are family records; the supplied pedigree does not list individual race results for 3553 ZA GPU 25 itself.

Sire line — 6881 GPU 23 ZA

The sire is described as a chequer pigeon from the Best Kittel / Desmet strain.

The pedigree records these achievements:

• 3rd Best Young Bird Club
• 3rd Best Young Bird GPU Short Distance, 2024
• 8th Best Young Bird GPU All Distances
• 5th — Verkeerdevlei, 840 pigeons
• 10th — Bloemfontein, 856 pigeons
• 23rd — Reddersburg, 891 pigeons
• 50th — Springfontein, 852 pigeons

The pedigree also identifies 6881 GPU 23 ZA as the sire of GPU 25 3557, described as a two-time equal-drop Hotspot winner, with a listed result of 17th at Bloemfontein Hotspot 4. These are records attributed to the sire and another offspring, not to 3553 ZA GPU 25.

Dam line — 5849 BPF ZA 20 “JJJ Storm”

The dam is identified as “JJJ Storm,” a blue-bar hen from the Sablon / Tom Lock bloodlines. Her recorded performances include:

• 1st Ace Bird up to the final at Dinokeng OLR 2021.
• Equal-drop winner on three occasions.
• 11th — Hotspot 1.
• 20th — Hotspot 2.
• 41st — Hotspot 3.
• 15th — Hotspot 4.

The pedigree also identifies her as a full sister to the 2022 final race winner. These achievements are recorded in the supplied pedigree and are also reproduced in a public auction archive.

Maternal grandparents

1472 BPF 19 “JJJ Mr Apple”

• Strain recorded as R80K Hawk / Tom Lock.
• Described as bred for stock.
• Recorded as the sire of JJJ Storm, which produced the listed Ace Bird and hotspot performances.

Further family connections

The pedigree traces the maternal family through the following named pigeons:

• “Mr World” — 4658 ZA 17: recorded in the Tom Lock / R80K Hawk line.
• “Oogappel” — 09368 THU 08 ZA: identified as a daughter of the R80,000 Super Pair.
• “Rocky” — 1110 SVPV 16: described in the pedigree as a foundation cock whose descendants bred successfully.
• “Jimmy’s Boy” — 2004 ZA 16 and “Hettie’s Gold” — 4863 ZA 14: listed in the extended Sablon-related ancestry.