Race 5 Yearlings

Central Provincial Loft's Race 5 Yearlings released from Leeu Gamka over 557km, with 724 pigeons basketed across 218 fanciers.

Liberation brought cold conditions near 10°C under mostly clear skies with cloud cover below 20%, and a light westerly-to-northwesterly breeze around 11 km/h gave the pigeons a helpful tailwind as they turned northeast toward the Free State. By the race's midpoint near Colesberg, temperatures had lifted to roughly 14°C under partly cloudy skies near 40-50% cover, but an east-southeasterly wind strengthening to 27-31 km/h pushed the pigeons into a stiff headwind through the central Karoo. Conditions eased approaching Bloemfontein, where a gentle east-northeasterly breeze of 6-10 km/h and a mild 19°C greeted the birds under increasingly cloudy skies near 67% cover.

Top 10 Arrivals

Ferreira Hokke claimed the win at 1215.09 m/min with BPFD 844 2025, leading Central Provincial Loft's Race 5 Yearlings home. BSPC Klub followed in 2nd with 'JJJ's Destroyer'. De Villiers & Fouche claimed 3rd with FFL 075 2025, with Bomb Squad close behind in 4th with ZA 2973 2025. Dr Joe Herbig took 5th with 'Alluring', with Viljoen Loft following in 6th with VILJOEN 64 2025. Malherbe, Valerie came home in 7th with WYNL 4519 2025, with Lui, Jason in 8th with NJ 289 2026. Limpopo Flyers claimed 9th with VNRF 117 2025, and Dieplaagte/Sterkfontein Lofts completed the top 10 with DPL LOFTS 560 2025 — the entire top 10 arriving within 5 minutes and 9 seconds of the winner.

Velocity News Fancier of the Race

In Central Provincial Loft's Race 5 Yearlings, 66 out of 218 competing fanciers qualified for this ranking by meeting the minimum requirement of basketing at least 4 pigeons.

Rankings are based on the percentage of a fancier's basketed pigeons placing within the top 5% of the race (the top 36 out of 724 total entries), with ties broken by the highest average velocity of those positions.

SHAHZAD FAMILY LOFT is named Velocity News Fancier of the Race, topping the ranking with 40.00% of their participating pigeons inside the Top 5%.

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Fancier of the Race

Race 5 Yearlings · Central Provincial Loft Bloemfontein · Liberation: Leeu Gamka · 557 km · 14.08.2026

Ranking is based on Efficiency Rate: the percentage of each fancier's own basketed pigeons that finished inside the top 5% of the race — position 36 of the 724 pigeons basketed in this race. Fanciers with fewer than 4 pigeons basketed are excluded. Ties are broken by average velocity across that fancier's top 5% finishes.

Ranking	Team Name	Pigeons Participated	Positions	Efficiency Rate	Avg Speed
1	Shahzad Family Loft  🇿🇦	7	25, 28	28.57%	1193.74 m/min
2	Alpha & Omega Hokke  🇿🇦	4	29	25.00%	1191.18 m/min
3	Marais Brothers  🇿🇦	5	14	20.00%	1196.32 m/min
4	TTK-Grobbelaar  🇿🇦	5	22	20.00%	1195.17 m/min
5	Viljoen Loft  🇿🇦	6	6	16.67%	1205.86 m/min
6	Maluti Lofts  🇿🇦	6	21	16.67%	1195.78 m/min
7	Munnik/Du Randt/Kok  🇿🇦	6	27	16.67%	1192.58 m/min
8	Team Oberholster  🇿🇦	19	18, 32, 36	15.79%	1188.30 m/min
9	Ferreira Hokke  🇿🇦	13	1, 35	15.38%	1198.82 m/min
10	Barlu  🇿🇦	7	26	14.29%	1194.76 m/min

Velocity News Fancier of the Race — official ranking — velocitypigeonnews.com

The Follow Up Ranking

The Top 10% Follow Up Ranking measures fanciers with the highest percentage of their basketed birds finishing in the top 10% of the race, which means the leading 72 out of 724 pigeons. In Central Provincial Loft's Race 5 Yearlings, 66 of 218 participating fanciers qualified by basketing at least 4 pigeons. Ties are resolved using highest average velocity across their arrivals.

MARAIS BROTHERS led the Velocity News Follow Up ranking with 40.00% of their pigeons placing inside the top 10% arrivals.

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Top 10% Follow Up Ranking

Race 5 Yearlings · Central Provincial Loft Bloemfontein · Liberation: Leeu Gamka · 557 km · 14.08.2026

This ranking identifies which fanciers had the highest concentration of their basketed pigeons landing inside the top 10% of the race — position 72 of the 724 pigeons basketed in this race — relative to how many pigeons they had participating. This metric is the Follow Up Rate, a measure of how many pigeons a fancier brought home in succession relative to their total pigeons in the race. Fanciers with fewer than 4 pigeons basketed are excluded, and ties are broken by average velocity. This ranking does not decide Velocity News Fancier of the Race.

Ranking	Team Name	Pigeons Participated	Positions	Follow Up Rate	Avg Speed
1	Marais Brothers  🇿🇦	5	14, 41	40.00%	1187.32 m/min
2	Shahzad Family Loft  🇿🇦	7	25, 28	28.57%	1193.74 m/min
3	Barlu  🇿🇦	7	26, 40	28.57%	1186.55 m/min
4	Alpha & Omega Hokke  🇿🇦	4	29	25.00%	1191.18 m/min
5	SRKJ  🇿🇦	8	48, 50	25.00%	1175.81 m/min
6	Williams Family Loft  🇿🇦	4	57	25.00%	1164.04 m/min
7	Ferreira Hokke  🇿🇦	13	1, 35, 64	23.08%	1186.11 m/min
8	Pigeon Power Lofts  🇿🇦	18	34, 38, 42, 47	22.22%	1180.38 m/min
9	Team Oberholster  🇿🇦	19	18, 32, 36, 39	21.05%	1185.81 m/min
10	TTK-Grobbelaar  🇿🇦	5	22	20.00%	1195.17 m/min

Velocity News Top 10% Follow Up Ranking — velocitypigeonnews.com

Pigeon of the Week

Velocity News introduced Pigeon of the Week to identify the best pigeons week by week. It is awarded to the pigeon with the smallest average margin behind the winner across two consecutive races.

Comparing Race 4 Yearlings against Race 5 Yearlings, MARAIS BROTHERS's GRPF 2818 2025 earns Pigeon of the Week, averaging 5 minutes and 41.360 seconds behind the winner with a 4th-place finish at Race 4 and 14th at Race 5. LUI, JASON's NJ 289 2026 follows closely at 7 minutes and 2.385 seconds (9th at Race 4, 8th at Race 5), while TSUNAMI & DR PIET VAN WYK's BPFW 22 2026 completes the podium at 9 minutes and 45.485 seconds (6th at Race 4, 46th at Race 5).

Pigeon of the Week · Central Provincial Loft

Two Race Comparison · Race 4 Yearlings 485km (31/07/2026) & Race 5 Yearlings 557km (14/08/2026)

Ranking date: 14/08/2026

Ranking is based on Average Margin: the mean of a pigeon's time behind the race winner across two races. Smallest average margin ranks highest.

1 Marais Brothers South Africa

Avg +00:05:41.360

GRPF 2818 2025

Race 4 Yearlings 485km · Pos 4 / 846 +00:04:11.130 1080.1958 m/min

Race 5 Yearlings 557km · Pos 14 / 724 +00:07:11.590 1196.3187 m/min

2 Lui, Jason South Africa

Avg +00:07:02.385

NJ 289 2026

Race 4 Yearlings 485km · Pos 9 / 846 +00:10:26.930 1065.3347 m/min

Race 5 Yearlings 557km · Pos 8 / 724 +00:03:37.840 1205.5429 m/min

3 Tsunami & Dr Piet van Wyk South Africa

Avg +00:09:45.485

BPFW 22 2026

Race 4 Yearlings 485km · Pos 6 / 846 +00:04:26.560 1079.5775 m/min

Race 5 Yearlings 557km · Pos 46 / 724 +00:15:04.410 1176.4076 m/min

Velocity News Pigeon of the Week — velocitypigeonnews.com

Ace Pigeon Ranking Race 5

Barlu claimed the top spot at 1320.570 m/min with 'Storm', leading Central Provincial Loft's Ace Pigeon Ranking. Tsunami & Dr Piet van Wyk followed in 2nd. Pigeon Power Lofts claimed 3rd with 'President Case', with Deetlefs, Banie close behind in 4th. BSPC Klub took 5th with 'JJJ's Destroyer', with Marais Brothers following in 6th. Viljoen Loft came home in 7th, with SRKJ in 8th. Fourie & Olivier claimed 9th, and Munnik/Du Randt/Kok completed the top 10 — the entire top 10 separated by just 30.77 m/min in average speed.

1st CPL Current Ace Results

RWDK 2037 2025 - Barlu ('Storm')

11th 485km Race 4 Yearlings 1054 mpm
12th 263km Race 1 Yearlings 1378 mpm
37th 401km Race 3 Yearlings 1460 mpm
40th 557km Race 5 Yearlings 1178 mpm
68th 320km Race 2 Yearlings 1533 mpm

2nd CPL Current Ace Results

BPFW 22 2026 - Tsunami & Dr Piet van Wyk

6th 485km Race 4 Yearlings 1080 mpm
46th 557km Race 5 Yearlings 1176 mpm
52nd 401km Race 3 Yearlings 1457 mpm
55th 320km Race 2 Yearlings 1534 mpm
150th 263km Race 1 Yearlings 1318 mpm

3rd CPL Current Ace Results

KUYS 100 2025 - Pigeon Power Lofts ('President Case')

16th 263km Race 1 Yearlings 1376 mpm
16th 485km Race 4 Yearlings 1036 mpm
47th 557km Race 5 Yearlings 1176 mpm
62nd 320km Race 2 Yearlings 1533 mpm
120th 401km Race 3 Yearlings 1438 mpm

Looking Ahead

Ferreira Hokke's win sets the tone for Central Provincial Loft's Race 5 Yearlings, but it's Marais Brothers who leaves the strongest mark on the week, topping both the Follow Up Ranking and Pigeon of the Week. Shahzad Family Loft's Velocity News Fancier of the Race performance points to real consistency building in that loft. Whether any of them can carry that momentum into next week's race remains to be seen.

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