John Crehan’s pigeons get a taste for winning!

John Crehan continues to bring good news about his Hooymans-pigeons. His pigeons produced great results in the race of Tewkesbury. They took the 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th place of the record against 1240 pigeons. With that, they fly no less than 7 times the name of their owner in the top 10!

At 8:30h all 1240 pigeons got released, after which they start their flight under light south, south east wind. At 11:28:06 John’s first pigeon, 657-15, whereby she became second in the record. John’s remaining toppers arrived closely after each other: after one second the numbers 3 (668-15), 4 (627-15) en 5 (576-15) came in together. Number 6 (573-15), 7 (569-15) and 8 (603-15) where a bit later, but at 11:28:16 they were back at the home plate as well.

The record of Tewkesbury August 8, 2015:

Earlier the second prizewinner, pigeon 657-15, took already the 23^rd place against 1138 pigons in Tewkesbury. This pigeon is a child of the pairing “Son the 800” x “Sister Harry”, which gave birth to multiple good racers. Below the pedigree is shown.

The third prizewinner, pigeon 668-15, is a child of “Beauty Kannibaal” and “Miss Mystery”, the last one is a daughter of “Harry” and “Mystique”. Below the pedigree is represented.

Number 4, pigeon 627-15, is a child of “New Herman” and “Misty”, a sister of “Miss Mystery”. So the third and fourth prizewinner are cousins. Below you can see the pedigree of 627-15.