Klaas Alfons & Helmut

02/05/2019 - The auctions that closed on Sunday 28th of April raised 373,075 euro in total with 186 pigeons, resulting in an average of over 2,000 euro per bird.

17/12/2018 - It has been a fantastic auction weekend. The 138 birds that were put up for auction were sold for more than 3,300 euro/bird on average!

10/12/2018 - What is it that makes the pigeons of Alfons and Helmut Klaas perform so incredibly well in one loft races? Could it be the origins of their pigeons? But then again, there are plenty more pigeons with excellent origins. Yet, there is something that sets the Klaas pigeons apart from other pigeon families, and we can think of only one thing: these pigeons have better orientation skills than others, and they can find their way back home a lot quicker as well.

31/08/2018 - Alfons and Helmut Klaas have a proven track record in international one loft racing. They win at least one race every year and this year is no different. With only six pigeons sent to the race, Alfons Klaas managed to win the final race of this year's Derby Carpat as well as the 1st and 4th ace bird.

25/04/2018 - Racing birds from Germany, and from H&A Klaas in particular, have been winning top prizes in one loft races for many years now. If they do not win an OLR race, then chances are that the winner is at least to some extent related to the bloodlines of the Klaas racing birds. The Klaas pigeons have won races across the globe again this season, winning most notably a 1st Ace Pigeon title in Zimbabwe.

04/02/2018 - The organisation of the Victoria Falls World Challenge Pigeon Race had a dream winner in American superman Mike Ganus … the 2016 winner of the Million Dollar Race now takes gold and bronze in a very successful second edition of the fastest growing One Loft Race!

09/02/2017 - The international race from London follows an entirely different course than the usual flying routes in Germany, and yet the race continues to grow in popularity. The pigeons come from the northwest and have to cover the North Sea.

05/02/2017 - I did not regret my visit to Helmut & Alfons Klaas. Rumours had it that the Klaassen family was no longer racing pigeons in Germany, and that they were only breeding pigeons for One Loft Races. We were also told that most of their pigeons were being basketed abroad.

31/10/2015 - Do Helmut & Alfons Klaas have a different type of pigeons, or do they simply have higher quality birds? Perhaps their pigeons are better suited to the particular environment of a One Loft Race, or perhaps they can adapt to it more quickly.

28/11/2014 - Helmut and Alfons Klaas have won nearly every important One Loft Race worldwide, either with pigeons they bred themselves or with descendants that were bred by other fanciers. No other pigeon family has been so successful in the major international competitions. We would like to know why that is.

02/09/2014 - Hot Spot 2 (Friday 22 August 2014) Springfontein is 444km from the lofts from which the pigeons are liberated with a strong south westerly wind blowing them home all the way at a speed of 1704mpm (more than a 100km/h).

08/03/2014 - Their pigeons have won some of the most important flights and they are always at the top of the results in major races. Remarkable results have been achieved with quite a small team of pigeons, each of which are true winners with great potential. This report is about the pigeon family of Helmut and Alfons Klaas from Rietberg (DE).

18/11/2013 - The pigeons of H and A Klaas have been performing outstandingly well in the One Loft Races: Sun City Million Dollar Race '07: 1st prize for H & A Klaas; Sun City Million Dollar Race '11: 1st prize for the Kitchenbrand Lofts with a pigeon bred by H & A Klaas!

23/03/2013 - Today Alfons & Helmut Klaas confirmed their status as one loft race champions by winning the 8th edition of the Derby Arona One Loft Race held on the Spanish island Tenerife. In a hard race, their pigeon was the only one to arrive up to now (19:30 CEST).

21/02/2013 - There’s no limit to the performances of the supreme Helmut & Alfons Klaas pigeon family in One Loft Racing worldwide, the breeder of two Million Dollar Race winners celebrated big successes just recently winning the Carnival One Loft Race 2013 and racing the 1st Grand Average acebird (also 3rd final race) in the Million Dollar Race 2013 together with Hans-Paul Esser, the secret behind an era of National and International successes.

26/10/2012 - Sun City Million Dollar Race 2007: first prize for Helmut and Alfons Klaas! Sun City Million Dollar Race 2011: first prize for the Kitchenbrand loft, with a pigeon that was bred by Helmut and Alfons Klaas! Need we say more?

28/09/2011 - One Loft Races are popular in the pigeon world. The prize money which you can win in such races is inctredible. You can win 1000 or more Dollar in One Loft Races in the USA, China or South Africa.