Winner of a chain Olympiad pigeons, National Ace pigeons etc... Yet we thought it would be interesting to briefly introduce you to the combination: They race from the Drapa house under 2 names: namely Walter, together with son Andreas, under ‘Drapa A+W’ and also ‘Drapa-Guo’ whereby the famous Chinese fancier ‘Dr. Guo’, better known as ‘Great Wall’ (bidders name in the PIPA auctions) forms the duo with Andrea’s son.
Here below an overview of the first 4 weeks of the season:
24 April Phalsbourg 110 km 1417 pigeons
Drapa A+ W 26 pigeons entered – 16 prizes
Drapa Guo 57 pigeons entered – 35 prizes
Result: 1, 8, 11,15,22,23,24,… First pigeon, and so 1st prize against 1.417 pigeons: ‘Pokerface’
2 May Phalsbourg 110 km 1351 pigeons
Drapa A+W 27 pigeons entered – 14 prizes
Drapa Guo 56 pigeons entered – 26 prizes
Result: 1,2,3,12,13,14,15,22,23,24,25,26,29,31,36,39,… First pigeon… Once again ‘Pokerface’!! And so first prize for him yet again against 1.351 pigeons.
8 May Commercy 230 km 1335 pigeons
Drapa A+W 26 pigeons entered – 9 prizes
Drapa Guo 54 pigeons entered – 22 prizes
Result: 1,2a,2b,3,4,5,6,7,15a,15b
Qua prize percentage a less successful race, but still a nice number of top prizes.
This week the ‘Pokerface’ was 7th against 1.335 pigeons. His (half-)sisters ‘56’ and ‘27’ respectively won 1st and 2nd prize against 1.335 pigeons. The 4th prize was also won by a half-sister of ‘Pokerface’, and a son of his then won 3rd prize!
16 May St Dizier 280 km 1235 pigeons
Drapa A+W 24 pigeons entered – 14 prizes
Drapa Guo 50 pigeons entered – 24 prizes
Result: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,… And yes, you’ve guessed it, the first pigeon was once again ‘Pokerface’ with a 2 minute lead on the second pigeon! Here below the already impressive honours list of ‘Pokerface’
1st 324 km 4437 pigeons
1st 324 km 3898 pigeons
1st 233 km 1362 pigeons
1st 324 km 2811 pigeons
1st 110 km 1417 pigeons
1st 110 km 1351 pigeons
1st 280 km 1235 pigeons
2e 113 km 1426 pigeons
2e 536 km 481 pigeons
3e 422 km 1744 pigeons
3e 418 km 2737 pigeons
With, to a large extent, the above honours list, ‘Pokerface’ will more than likely represent Germany in the Olympiad in Poland in January 2011. With a coefficient of 11,66% in the 11 races required for All Round the ‘Pokerface’ is now already ‘there’. His half-sister, the ‘56’, whose honours list is here below, also already has a coefficient of 17,43% in the 11 races. With her worst race having a coefficient of +- 7% she can greatly reduce this if everything goes well in the middle distance races.
Honours list 01769 08 56 Half-sister ‘Pokerface’
1st 113 km 1426 pigeons
1st 110 km 1417 pigeons
1st 422 km 1744 pigeons
1st 230 km 1335 pigeons
2nd 233 km 1362 pigeons
2nd 324 km 4437 pigeons
2nd 418 km 2737 pigeons
2nd 280 km 1235 pigeons
3rd 324 km 3898 pigeons
5th 324 km 2811 pigeons
Summarised, the children of stock breeder ‘Champ’ (father of a.o. Pokerface & the ’56’-hen) have, in the first 4 races, won no less than 14 prizes by the first 10 against an average of 1.300 pigeons!
The season can’t go wrong with these results and expectancies. With the, as good as certain, 2 Olympiad pigeons in the All Round we can speak of a wondrous achievement. But hold on… Andreas also has 3 candidates for the middle distance which are very close and have a very low coefficient. But these 3 pigeons all still need another 1 or 2 top prizes in the middle distance. Andreas prefers to wait until the necessary points are achieved before making any comment, but let’s be honest… with the current form and with the middle distance races about to take place, the expectation of one (or more) Olympiad representatives for the middle distance is not just wishful thinking.
