Saturday 17th of February the auction of the top 50 winners of the Million Dollar Race final took place. The winner was sold to Mike Ganus at 1.150.000 South African Rand, about 95.000 USD. The most expensive South African rung pigeon ever sold.
Photo from the auction room after selling “Mix”, 1. place in final. Photo by Jurie Erwee
Over the last years, Mike Ganus made it a tradition to buy the winners of the SAMDPR Final Race. That does make sense, knowing the 2016 SAMDPR winner of Mike Ganus himself was a descendant of the 2013 SAMDPR final race winner. By buying the 2018 SAMDPR winning hen, Mike Ganus owns the most impressive collection of SAMDPR winners in the world:
2016 winner Laura Is a Big Winner Today
2015 winner Sanjay 1
2014 winner Halover
2013 winner Untamed Desert