Today we bring an unprecedented salute to the purest form of our magnificent pigeon racing sport. Brace yourselves, because we are traveling to Machelen for a masterful display of pigeon fancying. We are talking about a family that simply blows the weekly competition away and dominates the sports papers with no less than four different figureheads. Meet the absolute trendsetters of the moment, the unstoppable Van Win Pigeons!
A successful empire always begins with a crystal clear vision. Pioneer Ludwig Van Win laid the impressive foundation with top pigeons from legends like Gaby Vandenabeele and Erik Limbourg. Add the illustrious foundation sire Radja from Roger Mertens to that mix and you have a breeding loft full of explosive dynamite! Ludwig himself shines internationally in the major One Loft Races with his wonder pigeon Raya.
That pure winning mentality clearly flows through the veins of the entire family. Son Milan is a phenomenon and already grabbed the title of first Ace Pigeon Middle Distance Youth in Flemish Brabant. Dylan is developing into a master breeder of special colors and Gregory drives the weekly opposition to utter despair with his peerless racing team. What a luxury to appear at the start with four cannons! This is exactly why pigeon racing is the absolute most beautiful family sport in the world. It connects generations and provides brilliant healthy rivalry at the Sunday breakfast table.
The Battle For Toury And Vierzon
Let us dive into the insane results of May sixteenth. The weather gods treated the peloton to a grueling but fiercely honest race with a steel blue spring sky and a treacherous wind. Exactly the conditions in which true champions rise.
We start with the absolute sniper of the family, Gregory Van Win. This man baskets a minuscule elite corps and mercilessly paralyzes the rest! Against 1156 old and yearling pigeons in Pajo Oost he clocks four absolute early birds and takes among others the twenty ninth, forty eighth, seventy seventh and hundred and twenty eighth prize. In the immensely large battlefield of Pajot Brabant Toury he laughingly claims the fortieth prize against 1358 yearling pigeons. Hitting so unmercifully hard with a handful of pigeons, that is extraterrestrial class and shows the absolute top quality of the Van Win Pigeons.
Then we have the superpower Milan Van Win. He attacks on multiple fronts simultaneously and shows his muscles with a large racing team! For the heavy blockbuster from Vierzon he positioned thirty yearlings and immediately blasted to a brilliant twenty ninth place against 762 competitors. On Toury Zennevallei he flew mercilessly to the eleventh, sixty sixth and sixty seventh spot against 882 giants with the old birds. With the yearling birds he tapped in as thirty third and thirty fourth. And to top off this phenomenal weekend, today he claimed the absolute first prize from Noyon against 75 old and yearling pigeons! Milan simply rolls out the red carpet and marches all over the opposition!
Do not forget the driving force of Loft L and N Dylan Van Win either. They appeared at the start in the Zennevallei with thirty tightly trained yearling pigeons and grabbed a beautiful fifty third place in a cutthroat field of 547 yearling pigeons. This team keeps the pressure on the boiler and ensures that the Van Win Pigeons maintain supremacy on every flight line.
The Questions From The Boss
This is pure bravado, this is spectacle, this is top tier pigeon racing! The competition will be going to the basketing club with knocking knees in the coming weeks. Enjoy this phenomenal supremacy to the fullest men!
Because we at The Pigeon Boss always want to know the ins and outs, as a critical follower I am still left with a few questions. The top of the results is clear, but pigeon racing is also about performing across the board. How many of Milan’s thirty yearlings on Vierzon ultimately flew a prize in the tail end of the results? And is Dylan currently purely the master breeder in the background, or does he now also have his own team of widowers ready to take over the show? Let me know in the comments, because the story of this strong family is far from over!
Jan de Wijs
The Pigeon Boss
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