Description

Breeder: Dean Jooste · Bloodlines: SANPO medal winners and Gaby Vandenabeele

The supplied two-page pedigree identifies ZA SRSPV 274 25 as bred from 12568 ZA 16, a Dean Jooste cock, and 37475 ZA 17, a Vandenabeele hen. The sire’s side includes pigeons with recorded SANPO medals and combine-winning performances, while the dam’s side traces to the Gaby Vandenabeele family, including Bliksem and Super Gaby.

Sire-side achievements — 12568 ZA 16

The pedigree describes 12568 ZA 16 as a blue-bar, white-flight cock bred for stock from two SANPO medal winners. Its ancestry includes the following pigeons and achievements.

• 23761 ZA 10 — “Yster”: Recorded as a double SANPO Gold Medal winner and double combine winner. The pedigree lists 1st Combine at Verkeerdevlei and 1st Combine at Bloemfontein in the 2012 season, with additional combine positions at Ventersburg and Dewetsdorp.
• 24338 ZA 08: The dam of 12568 ZA 16 is recorded with multiple combine positions, including 1st Combine at Dewetsdorp, 4th at Ventersburg, 5th at Winburg, 5th at Ladybrand and 6th at Colesberg. The pedigree also credits her with two SANPO Silver Medals and one Bronze Medal.
• 1838 SAD 00 — “Oscar Cock”: Listed as the sire of 24338 ZA 08. The pedigree describes him as an Oscar De Vriendt pigeon and records SANPO medal achievements in 2009 and 2010, including two Silver Medals and one Bronze Medal. It also identifies him as Best Pigeon in the PTA Combine in 2010.
• 5608 SRF 05 — “Groenoog Hen”: Listed in the dam’s ancestry as a Houben hen from the Cosmos pair of Willie Steenkamp. The pedigree associates this family with PTA Combine performances and a SANPO Gold Medal for short distance in 2008.

Dam-side achievements — 37475 ZA 17

The second page identifies 37475 ZA 17 as a blue-bar Vandenabeele hen. Her pedigree connects the family to the famous Bliksem line and to Super Gaby.

• 3008820 BELG 12 — “Super Gaby”: Listed as the sire of 37475 ZA 17. The pedigree identifies him as a full brother to Gino Clicque’s Super Gaby, a breeder of a national winner, and records the related pigeon’s sale for €97,200 on 5 March 2017. An independent pedigree published by Alwyn Bester Lofts confirms these details for the same pigeon.

• 3008211 BELG 06 — “Bliksem Daughter”: Listed as the dam of 37475 ZA 17. The pedigree identifies her as a daughter of Gaby Vandenabeele’s Bliksem and credits her with producing a 1st Ace Pigeon in the Port Elizabeth Federation Long Distance category.

• Bliksem family: Independent reporting on Gaby Vandenabeele’s breeding lines documents descendants that won major provincial and national races.

Additional independently researched records

• ZA 23761/10 — “Yster”: Out of Africa Lofts’ published record identifies Yster as 2012 National Ace SANPO in both short distance and overall categories. It also lists a treble union-winning season and two combine wins, including 1st at 383 km against 2,144 pigeons and 1st at 444 km against 2,252 pigeons.

• Yster’s wider family: Farmer’s Weekly also identifies ZA 23761-10 as the 2012 short-distance and all-distances SANPO Gold Medal winner, and notes its outstanding coefficient records.