‘Piet’ achieved 4x top 10 NPO/Provincial results in Afdeling 8/GOU and won, among others:
1st Vierzon ’21 (574 km) – 1,062 pigeons (1170 m/min)
(8th National Sector 3 vs 8,309 pigeons)
1st Vierzon ’22 – 527 pigeons (1194 m/min)
(14th National Sector 3 vs 9,565 pigeons)
1st Issoudun (605 km) – 898 pigeons (1256 m/min)
(7th NPO Afdeling 8/GOU vs 3,864 pigeons)
7th Provincial Dizy le Gros – 14,634 pigeons
5th Châteauroux (628 km) – 508 pigeons (1013 m/min)
(22nd NPO Afdeling 8/GOU vs 3,304 pigeons)
3rd Nanteuil – 1,992 pigeons
In 2022, ‘Piet’ was crowned 11th Ace Pigeon Long Distance Noordelijke Unie (semi-national ranking for Sections 7–12).
“Piet” has more than earned his reputation in the breeding loft. As a grandfather, he is behind NL24-8145205 (raced by Frans Strikker), winner of 1st Provincial Marche (247 km) against an impressive 14,130 pigeons. As a sire, he also made his mark with NL24-8252916, who claimed 1st Soissons (313 km) against 8,511 pigeons. Another outstanding grandchild, NL24-8141014 (raced by Jelle Jellema), achieved 1st Hirson against 1,446 pigeons (5th Provincial against 8,635 pigeons).
‘Piet’ is a son of the top breeders NL13-1921960 ‘Icarus’ × NL12-1355707 ‘Hadenna’, making him a full brother to, among others, NL19-1466499 ‘Oreo’.
Genotype: CRY1 AGTT