In Racing Pigeons, respect is not given for one good hit. Respect is earned when your name keeps coming back in championships, season after season, with different pigeons and different generations. Benny Steveninck is exactly that kind of fancier.
This is not a loft built on noise.This is a loft built on structure, patience and one bloodline that changed everything. BE.03-4329022 “Chipo”
From Hamme to the national elite
From Hamme in East Flanders, Benny Steveninck built his colony the hard way. For years he combined top level pigeon sport with a demanding job as a train driver. Long days, irregular hours, no excuses. That period shaped his mindset and his loft.
Everything had to be organised. Everything had to work even when time was short. That discipline is still visible today. Now fully focused on his pigeons, the system runs sharper than ever.
This is not a loft chasing trends. This is a loft executing a long term plan.
The Steveninck Way
At Benny Steveninck, selection is ruthless and simple. A pigeon must perform. Then it must prove itself again in breeding. If one of those two fails, the story ends.
The base is strong family breeding, not overcrowded with names, but concentrated around one dominant line. Reinforcements are added only when they truly strengthen the core. No experiments for the sake of experiments. No fashionable pedigrees without proof.
That is how you stay competitive for decades.
Chipo, The foundation of everything
Every great Racing Pigeons loft has a cornerstone breeder. For Benny Steveninck, that pigeon is Chipo BE.03-4329022.
As a young bird, Chipo already announced himself with the title 1st Provincial Ace Pigeon Middle Distance Young Birds. But his real value began when he moved to the breeding loft. There he became something rare.
A pigeon that stamps a colony for generations.
Chipo did not produce one star. He produced a dynasty.
The Chipo dynasty
From Chipo came pigeons that defined seasons and championships.
Sun, crowned 1st National Ace Pigeon Great Middle Distance Young Birds KBDB 2013, a title that only goes to pigeons that perform from start to finish. No hiding. No luck.
Fantasia, winner of 1st National Tours Young Birds 2014, fastest against thousands of pigeons. A national victory that still stands as one of the clearest proofs of quality in the loft.
Pepchi, a grandson of Chipo, national top performer and now a proven breeder himself, continuing the influence of the line.
These pigeons are not exceptions. They are confirmations of the same genetic backbone.
Championships that define the loft
Benny Steveninck’s reputation is anchored in real championships, spread over years and generations.
Nationally confirmed titles include
1st National Ace Pigeon Great Middle Distance Young Birds KBDB 2013 with Sun
1st National Tours Young Birds 2014 with Fantasia
2nd General National Champion KBDB 2022
Those titles alone place a loft among the elite. But the story does not stop there.
2025. Still at the front
Season 2025 confirmed that this loft is not living on past glory. Benny Steveninck once again stood at the top in the championships, especially on heavy middle distance.
In 2025, the loft achieved
- Provincial Champion Heavy
- Middle Distance Old Birds
- Provincial Champion Heavy
- Middle Distance Yearlings
- Overall Provincial
- Champion Heavy Middle Distance combined
Different age categories. Same result. Chipo blood once again at the core.
This is how continuity looks.
Why this loft keeps winning
- Because there are no emotional decisions.
- Because selection is harder than sentiment.
- Because one exceptional bloodline is protected, tested and refined year after year.
- Chipo is the heart.
- The system is the brain.
The championships are the proof.
For anyone serious about Racing Pigeons, Benny Steveninck is not a name from yesterday. This is a loft that delivered in the past, confirmed itself at national level, and continues to set the standard today.
Class does not disappear | Class is inherited
Jan de Wijs
The Pigeon Boss
