Description

Sire-side bloodlines

The sire is 14707 ZA 17 TRPF, identified as an “O’Kelly” strain pigeon with pencil colour. Its recorded ancestry includes:

• 12428 12 GPU — “Ultimate Gold”, a Tom Lock-Bronz Hen, described in the pedigree as the son of “OO Africa #1 Hen” and sire to PTA Combine winner 2015, 1st Club Richmond Championship PTA, and a 760 km event winner.
• 8128 07 OERF — “Juan 4”, recorded as a Hermien Tem Lock pigeon and described as a superior stock cock, with the best-bred bird from the pair.
• 19150 02 SA THU — “Super Cock”, listed as an ancestor of Juan 4.
• 1648 03 THU — “Double Winner”, also listed in the Juan 4 family.
• 17642 13 GPU — “De Rau Sablon”, described as a proven breeder of six winners and grandsire of five winners for five sons.
• 16836 12 GPU — “Sarah’s Carelly”, identified as a child hen of “Lucky Freddy” and grandmother to a SAPIR Hotspot 3 winner.

Dam-side bloodlines and medal-winning family

The dam is 1580 ZA 22 GRPF, recorded as a blue-check pigeon bred by Jacques Labuschagne. Her pedigree identifies the following notable family records.

• 22131 ZA 18 TRPF — “Ferdie Lubbe” line: listed as sire to GRPF 5721-21-1, which the pedigree credits with an FCI SANPO Gold Medal All Round Birds award in 2023 and a SANPO Silver Medal Middle Distance award.
• 9204 ZA 19 TRPF — Geert Munnik line: recorded as a two-time federation winner and as the dam of GRPF 5721-21-1. The pedigree also records her as a mother in the same SANPO medal-winning family.
• 277 ZA 16 MOUN — “Master Mind”: recorded as a Gauteng Combine winner from Gariep and as sold to Gys Louw for R50,000.
• 269 ZA 16 MOUN — “Lead the Way”: recorded as the dam of four winners and as sold to Gys Louw for R50,000.
• 22764 13 TRPF — Geert Munnik line: described in the pedigree as a super stock cock and sire to three Gauteng Combine winners.

Additional family and auction records

External pedigree records provide supporting information for part of the Tom Lock and Mountain Lofts ancestry:

• Master Mind — ZA 16 MOUN 277: an independently published Mountain Lofts pedigree confirms that Master Mind won a Gauteng Combine race from Gariep and was sold for R50,000. The same source records him as a breeder of later winners.

• Tom Lock / Out of Africa family: Out of Africa Lofts documents multiple SANPO Gold Medal winners and car winners from its Tom Lock breeding family.