Last weekend, the race schedule for Section 4 in the Netherlands featured Reims—a distance of 285 km for Team Van de Pasch from Grubbenvorst—and the pigeons were clearly up for the challenge. They secured the top 13 positions against a field of 1,311 pigeons.

Reims 1.311 birds : 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,16,18,19,20,21,25,26,27,28,30,31,36,37,38,… 69/98

Rethel 2.037 birds : 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,13,15,16,20,25,27,28,29,34,35,37,… 64/106

Chimay 3.017 birds : 4,5,7,10,11,13,14,16,30,31,32,34,37,48,50,54,56,58,61,62,66,67,… 

Here we introduce the first 6 arrivals:

NL 25-1413585 “No Limits Legend” – 6th National Ace Pigeon Sprint (NPO) 2026 is a granddaughter of No Limit.

NL 25-1413663 “Big Ben 663” – her sire is inbred to Big Ben, and her dam is a granddaughter of Jupiter.

NL 26-8216669 “Geeloger 669” – a grandson of Geeloger, who is currently developing into a super breeder at the Eijerkamp lofts.

NL 26-8216726 “No Limit 726” – a grandchild of “King Jupiter,” who is the sire of “No Limit.”

NL 26-8216686 “Big Ben 686” – a granddaughter of both “Big Ben” and “No Limit.”

NL 26-8216718 “Inteelt Big Ben 718” – has Big Ben appearing three times in her pedigree.