What a sport, what a passion, and what an unparalleled spectacle we were treated to last weekend on the marathon flight from Bordeaux La Sauve! While most of the Netherlands was still fast asleep, a sporting fairy tale unfolded in De Bilt that makes the heart of every pigeon fancier beat faster. Comb. Steenbeek &…
Gentlemen, fanciers, marathon fanatics… set your clocks. The moment we have all been dreaming about all winter is finally here. The absolute king of the morning release, the international classic from Pau, is just around the corner. On Monday, June 15, the baskets will close, and on Friday, June 19, we will release the warriors…
Forget everything you thought you knew about the repetitive, cookie-cutter One Loft Races of the past. The spotlight is shifting East, and for good reason, Derby Moldova 2026 is stepping up as the most transparent, high-stakes, and elite competition on the international calendar. We are talking about a massive €55,555 guaranteed prize pool waiting for…
What a clash of titans and what a spectacular climax! The marathon race from Bordeaux La Sauve turned out to be an absolute demonstration of pure class for Fondclub De Glazen Stad. Against 784 of the very best marathon pigeons in the region, the competition was not just beaten, they were completely outflown by one…
What a magnificent sport we have. There is truly nothing more beautiful than those early morning hours, the healthy tension racing through your body, and the goosebumps on your arms when the first winged athletes drop from the sky like falcons. In the South Limburg town of Vijlen, Piet Lindelauf proves week after week that…
The racing season is at full throttle, and what is happening in the skies above Born is nothing short of a Masterclass in modern pigeon racing. If you thought Huub Hermans peaked after his legendary 2025 season as the First General Champion of Afdeling Limburg, you better think again! The 2026 train is rolling forward…
Welcome, bosses of the airspace and passionate racing fans! If you want to see how absolute peak form, ruthless selection, and pure soul for the sport merge into an unstoppable victory train, you need to turn your eyes directly to the fields of Den Bosch. Right in the absolute epicenter of the Dutch pigeon racing…
Some lofts play for the minor prizes, but the real masters of the game compete simply to rewrite the history books. Last weekend brought old-fashioned goosebumps to Puttershoek. The champions behind the E. Reedijk-Jongekrijg partnership showed the competition every corner of the sky. Racing from this year onwards officially under Elly’s name as E. Reedijk-Jongekrijg,…
Pigeon fanciers! Fasten your seatbelts, because we are traveling to the absolute epicenter of Flemish Brabant pigeon magic: Machelen. As editor-in-chief of PigeonBoss.com, I have witnessed plenty of spectacle, but what the Van Win family puts on display here week after week borders on the extraterrestrial. This is no longer just dry sports reporting or…
Marathon pigeon racing is a beautiful sport, but what unfolded last weekend in the Frisian village of Bant borders on the supernatural. Anyone who thought last year’s spectacular national victories were the absolute peak for Jan Grootoonk was brutally proven wrong. During the recent flight from Perigueux, the absolute grandmaster of marathon racing pulled off…
