With a one day delay the pigeons were released from Peronne (267km) on 10th of September at 11:30am. Just over 13,500 pigeons from South Holland raced back home driven by a strong tailwind, with speeds of over 110 km/h. Bas: “The first four pigeons arrived at the loft at 1:48pm but the searing wind kept them from landing. A group of another 29 pigeons got back just half a minute later, and after circling the loft a few times our clocking system registered 33 consecutive birds. It turned out they were the fastest of the whole lot!”
10-09-2017 Peronne 267 km, 2,149 p. 1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th-6th-7th-8th-9th-10th-11th-12th-13th-14th-15th-16th-17th-18th-19th-20th-21st-22nd-23rd-24th-25th- 26th-27th-28th-29th-30th-31st-32nd-3rd 66x top 100 and 165/316 (95x 1:10) And the 1st through to the 33rd fastest of 13,649 pigeons
The fastest in Peronne 13,649 p.
The first prize in Peronne was won by young bird NL17-1277385, a hen from breeding hen Tinkel Bell, which is on her way to becoming a highly renowned breeder. Tinker Bell also bred the 1st Asse-Zellik 3,636 p. on 19th of August (and winner of a 5th NPO La Souterraine 4,783 p. earlier on), and this clearly shows why Bas would never sell his best racing birds. This is Tinker Bell’s own palmares:
1st fastest prov. Meaux 32,917 p.
8th NPO Bourges 9,576 p.
9th snelste prov. Nanteuil 13,814 p.
2nd Substitute Olympiad Yearlings 2015
The sire of the winner from Peronne is Ferrari, a proven breeding cock from 1st Nat. Ace Pigeon Blue Champ x the legendary Olympic Solange (6x 1st Nat. Ace Pigeon and Olympiad Pigeon). Click here for the pedigree of the fastest from Peronne 13,649 p.