In de top 100-ranking for best Belgian pigeon on all international races ( 2 prizes), Obelix takes place nr 95, Pipo II nr 98.

  pipa-ranking best Belgian pigeon international races 2013
 
 
  

Six pigeons were basketted. No pigeon could be clocked the same day. With half of the prizes gone, bit of a disappointment. Next morning first arrival was for Late 100, which resulted for him in a 3 on 4 : Limoges, St.Vincent, Perpignan. Second and third were two Barcelona winners : Il Loco and Black Knight.
Arie (377/09) - last season still a 3 out of 3: Montélimar, Barcelona, Perpignan - was lost from this race.

OLD birds : Prize-winning Elio (102/10). Last son to Ella. Was second marked from 2 pigeons basketted.

YEARLINGS : After 10 minutes roofsitting from Libourne with a 31st prov as result the 829/12 this time missed a top 10 ranking after 36!!!! minutes roof. He now ended as 15th prov.  Let's keep it positive. From now on, we might call him De Zitter , but let's opt for De Dromer, direct son to Poetin. Already a prizewinner from Libourne, Pablo (866/12) was my second arriving yearling. He's a direct son to Gorbi X Sister260 (inbred Iruna, Jos Thoné via David Kindt). Six yearlings were basketted, four missed. De Dromer and Pablo will be the only two that will become first year olds next season.

Claesen A. + K. (Wellen) win a 7th prov Narbonne yearlings with a grandson Poetin.

From the four basketted pigeons - all first year olds - only a son of Lichte 13 - was a prize winner. It was the second week in a row that a first marked pigeon got lost. This time a direct Wijnands and son, that three weeks earlier still achieved a 30th prov from Agen.

Strong head wind and hot temperatures. Some fanciers considered this St Vincent as hard as Barcelona the week before.
Once more top rankings for Pipo II (13th prov) and Obelix (26th prov) - see earlier Pau 2013. Third pigeon was Late 100 ( 100/11), a September youngster from 2011 and direct son to Gorbi and Nora (= granddaughter Blauwe Brouwers, Wijnands Maastricht). He was good for a 35th prov against 532 birds. Next was De Rik (074/11), son to Rina ( = daughter Kleine Vale, Wijnands Maastricht). He raced a 50th prov.  Late 100 and De Rik were earlier this season my first two birds from Limoges, also contested with a serious head wind. Further on there were prize rankings for sons to Poetin, Kleine 100 and Socrates.
13 pigeons were basketted. Internationally against 10.907 birds : 434, 776, 889, 1150, 1682 and 1932.

Lost from this race was first marked Kama 369 (369/09).Over the seasons 2010, 2011 and 2012, he was my most steadfast pigeon and regularly my first arrival.

Kama 369 was a pure brother Obelix. (both sons to Blauwe Harrie and Ada, grandsons to Gorbi).

Because of the hard season and the loss of Tolstoi and Kama369 in two weeks, I decided that Pipo II, Obelix and De Rik will be stopped for the rest of the season and that they will not contest Perpignan, as was planned in winter. The same applies to my first pigeon from Barcelona, Spinoza.

Great result from a really hard and difficult Barcelona. While on Monday evening 75% of all pigeons were still missing, here the third out of four basketted birds was clocked on Saturday evening about 18.00.
First arrival was for Spinoza (389/09). He's a direct son to Gorbi. His arrival at 14.37 was good for a 55th prov (1854b). Second was Black Knight (161/10) at 14.57, a 71st prov. He's a grandson Gorbi. For both birds it was their first Barcelona participation. Finally, at 18.03 Il Loco (345/07) was clocked, still good for a 158th prov. Il Loco is a pure Cor de Heyde. He only once before participated in the Barcelona race, he was then a first year old and classified as well.
International result : 25.294b. : 673, 814, 2007  (3/4)
At this race Tolstoi (371/07), also a direct Gorbi son, got lost.  

Very hard race. Distance : 782.455km.
4 prizes from 7 basketted. Starting with a 31st prov (806 b.), a son to Poetin. Other pigeons clocked were sons to Kleine 100, Gorbi and Socrates.