Diaz OLR Auction II: 2026 Top Fanciers And Pigeons On Auction Today 6 September On Top Pigeon
Diaz One Loft Auction II season recap. Inside we summarise the season and analyse the best fanciers of 2026 across 6 rankings, from top 10 arrivals to Ace pigeons. Included are 19 pigeons on offer from top fanciers, going under the auction hammer today, 6 September 2026, from 15:30 on Top Pigeon.
Auction II 6 September 2026
Diaz One Loft's 2026 season is complete - ten consecutive races over 6,700km raced across the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
This article isn't a highlight reel - it's a buyer's tool. Each ranking below shows which fanciers delivered race after race, and exactly which of their lots are up for bidding, so you can move straight from the stats to the auction and make informed buying decisions, goodluck!
| 1 |
Webster Lofts
Avg position: 5.40 across 10 finishes
Lots On Auction - 4, 21
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10 finishes |
| 2 |
Bontebok
Avg position: 4.40 across 5 finishes
Lots On Auction - 24, 39
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5 finishes |
| 3 |
Pigeon & Duifie
Avg position: 6.60 across 5 finishes
Lots On Auction - 10
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5 finishes |
| 4 |
Camelot Hokke
Avg position: 4.00 across 4 finishes
Lots On Auction - 3
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4 finishes |
| 5 |
Koos Botha
Avg position: 5.00 across 4 finishes
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4 finishes |
| 6 |
Gavin Rous
Avg position: 5.50 across 4 finishes
Lots On Auction - 9
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4 finishes |
| 7 |
Marnes Nel
Avg position: 7.00 across 4 finishes
Lots On Auction - 11
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4 finishes |
| 8 |
Anton Schonken
Avg position: 7.50 across 4 finishes
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4 finishes |
| 9 |
Loft Einkamerer
Avg position: 2.67 across 3 finishes
Lots On Auction - 29, 38
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3 finishes |
| 10 |
Hotrod
Avg position: 5.00 across 3 finishes
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3 finishes |
Equal Winner. 9e Race 4 Kokstad 440km. Bred by Webster Lofts
5e Race 5 Mount Frere 380km. Bred by Webster Lofts
| 1 |
Webster Lofts
Avg position: 12.05 across 20 finishes
Lots On Auction - 4, 21
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20 finishes |
| 2 |
Bontebok
Avg position: 15.29 across 14 finishes
Lots On Auction - 24, 39
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14 finishes |
| 3 |
Anton Schonken
Avg position: 15.70 across 10 finishes
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10 finishes |
| 4 |
Marnes Nel
Avg position: 13.00 across 8 finishes
Lots On Auction - 11
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8 finishes |
| 5 |
Kasouga
Avg position: 13.75 across 8 finishes
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8 finishes |
| 6 |
Pigeon & Duifie
Avg position: 9.14 across 7 finishes
Lots On Auction - 10
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7 finishes |
| 7 |
Gavin Rous
Avg position: 9.57 across 7 finishes
Lots On Auction - 9
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7 finishes |
| 8 |
Koos Botha
Avg position: 10.00 across 7 finishes
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7 finishes |
| 9 |
Camelot Hokke
Avg position: 11.14 across 7 finishes
Lots On Auction - 3
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7 finishes |
| 10 |
Willie Munnik
Avg position: 12.14 across 7 finishes
Lots On Auction - 15
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7 finishes |
Equal Winner. 4th Race 1 Butterworth 205km. Bred by Bontebok.
Equal Winner, 3rd Race 3 Qumbu 352km. Bred by Bontebok.
| 1 |
Webster Lofts
Avg position: 7.00 across 3 finishes
Lots On Auction - 4, 21
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3 finishes |
| 2 |
Kasouga
Avg position: 3.50 across 2 finishes
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2 finishes |
| 3 |
Henry Quirk
Avg position: 1.00 across 1 finishes
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1 finishes |
| 4 |
Benn & Bailie
Avg position: 2.00 across 1 finishes
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1 finishes |
| 5 |
Taona Kadye
Avg position: 7.00 across 1 finishes
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1 finishes |
| 6 |
Camelot Hokke
Avg position: 8.00 across 1 finishes
Lots On Auction - 3
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1 finishes |
| 7 |
SAIPR Loft
Avg position: 9.00 across 1 finishes
Lots On Auction - 7
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1 finishes |
43e Velocity Ace. Bred by Camelot.
| 1 |
Webster Lofts
Avg position: 13.00 across 7 finishes
Lots On Auction - 4, 21
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7 finishes |
| 2 |
Kasouga
Avg position: 3.50 across 2 finishes
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2 finishes |
| 3 |
Benn & Bailie
Avg position: 9.50 across 2 finishes
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2 finishes |
| 4 |
Camelot Hokke
Avg position: 15.50 across 2 finishes
Lots On Auction - 3
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2 finishes |
| 5 |
Henry Quirk
Avg position: 1.00 across 1 finishes
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1 finishes |
| 6 |
Taona Kadye
Avg position: 7.00 across 1 finishes
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1 finishes |
| 7 |
SAIPR Loft
Avg position: 9.00 across 1 finishes
Lots On Auction - 7
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1 finishes |
| 8 |
Phillips & Engelbrecht
Avg position: 12.00 across 1 finishes
Lots On Auction - 1
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1 finishes |
| 9 |
Roxy Lofts
Avg position: 13.00 across 1 finishes
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1 finishes |
| 10 |
Bontebok
Avg position: 15.00 across 1 finishes
Lots On Auction - 24, 39
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1 finishes |
Equal Winner. 9e Race 9 Qumbu 352km. Bred by Phillips & Engelbrecht
Equal Winner. 6th Race 6 Ixopo 525km. Bred by SAIPR
| 1 |
Webster Lofts
Avg position: 7.00 across 3 finishes
Lots On Auction - 4, 21
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3 finishes |
| 2 |
Benn & Bailie
Avg position: 1.00 across 1 finishes
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1 finishes |
| 3 |
Camelot Hokke
Avg position: 3.00 across 1 finishes
Lots On Auction - 3
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1 finishes |
| 4 |
Kasouga
Avg position: 4.00 across 1 finishes
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1 finishes |
| 5 |
Henry Quirk
Avg position: 5.00 across 1 finishes
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1 finishes |
| 6 |
Bontebok
Avg position: 6.00 across 1 finishes
Lots On Auction - 24, 39
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1 finishes |
| 7 |
View Excello Lofts
Avg position: 7.00 across 1 finishes
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1 finishes |
| 8 |
SAIPR Loft
Avg position: 8.00 across 1 finishes
Lots On Auction - 7
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1 finishes |
| 1 |
Webster Lofts
Avg position: 12.60 across 5 finishes
Lots On Auction - 4, 21
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5 finishes |
| 2 |
Kasouga
Avg position: 10.00 across 2 finishes
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2 finishes |
| 3 |
Benn & Bailie
Avg position: 13.00 across 2 finishes
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2 finishes |
| 4 |
Pigeon & Duifie
Avg position: 19.50 across 2 finishes
Lots On Auction - 10
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2 finishes |
| 5 |
Camelot Hokke
Avg position: 3.00 across 1 finishes
Lots On Auction - 3
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1 finishes |
| 6 |
Henry Quirk
Avg position: 5.00 across 1 finishes
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1 finishes |
| 7 |
Bontebok
Avg position: 6.00 across 1 finishes
Lots On Auction - 24, 39
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1 finishes |
| 8 |
View Excello Lofts
Avg position: 7.00 across 1 finishes
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1 finishes |
| 9 |
SAIPR Loft
Avg position: 8.00 across 1 finishes
Lots On Auction - 7
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1 finishes |
| 10 |
Roxy Lofts
Avg position: 11.00 across 1 finishes
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1 finishes |
Velocity News Fancier of the Race
In Diaz One Loft's 2026 season, 85 out of 133 competing fanciers qualified for this ranking by meeting the minimum requirement of basketing at least 4 pigeons for each race of the season.
Rankings are based on the percentage of a fancier's basketed pigeons placing within the top 5% arrivals of each race , with ties broken by the highest average velocity of those positions, fanciers with the highest percentage of their basketed pigeons arriving inside the top 5% arrivals is crowned as Velocity News Fancier of the Race.
| 1 |
Gavin Rous
Avg rank: 2.40 across 5 appearances
Lots On Auction - 9
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5 appearances |
| 2 |
Hendrik & Daniel Moller
Avg rank: 3.60 across 5 appearances
Lots On Auction - 13
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5 appearances |
| 3 |
Webster Lofts
Avg rank: 7.20 across 5 appearances
Lots On Auction - 4, 21
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5 appearances |
| 4 |
KDK Racing & Joe Gomes (US)
Avg rank: 6.00 across 4 appearances
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4 appearances |
| 5 |
View Excello Lofts
Avg rank: 6.75 across 4 appearances
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4 appearances |
| 6 |
Kasouga
Avg rank: 3.67 across 3 appearances
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3 appearances |
| 7 |
Roodt & Van Onselen
Avg rank: 4.00 across 3 appearances
Lots On Auction - 16, 28
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3 appearances |
| 8 |
Hardy Kruger & Oberholster Loft (DE)
Avg rank: 5.33 across 3 appearances
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3 appearances |
| 9 |
PH/H&F
Avg rank: 5.67 across 3 appearances
Lots On Auction - 33
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3 appearances |
| 10 |
Benn & Bailie
Avg rank: 5.67 across 3 appearances
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3 appearances |
2 x Equal Winner. 7th Race 5 Mount Frere 380 & 10th Race 9 Qumbu 352km. Bred by Gavin Rous.
Equal Winner. 3rd Race 9 Qumbu 352km. Bred by Hendrik & Daniel Moller
The Follow Up Ranking
The Follow Up Ranking ranks fanciers with the highest percentage of their basketed birds finishing in the top 10% arrivals of each race.
In Diaz One Loft's 2026 season 85 of 133 participating fanciers qualified by basketing at least 4 pigeons for each race of the season. Ties in this ranking are resolved by using the highest average velocity across each fanciers top 10% arrivals.
Fanciers with the highest percentage of their basketed pigeons arriving inside the top 10% arrivals is crowned as the fancier with the best follow up by his pigeons of any fancier on the day.
| 1 |
Webster Lofts
Avg rank: 6.17 across 6 appearances
Lots On Auction - 4, 21
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6 appearances |
| 2 |
Gavin Rous
Avg rank: 3.40 across 5 appearances
Lots On Auction - 9
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5 appearances |
| 3 |
Hendrik & Daniel Moller
Avg rank: 4.40 across 5 appearances
Lots On Auction - 13
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5 appearances |
| 4 |
Roodt & Van Onselen
Avg rank: 4.75 across 4 appearances
Lots On Auction - 16, 28
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4 appearances |
| 5 |
Stan Farren
Avg rank: 5.00 across 4 appearances
Lots On Auction - 5
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4 appearances |
| 6 |
Koos Botha
Avg rank: 7.75 across 4 appearances
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4 appearances |
| 7 |
Phillips & Engelbrecht
Avg rank: 2.67 across 3 appearances
Lots On Auction - 1
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3 appearances |
| 8 |
MB Racing
Avg rank: 4.00 across 3 appearances
Lots On Auction - 31, 35
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3 appearances |
| 9 |
Kasouga
Avg rank: 4.00 across 3 appearances
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3 appearances |
| 10 |
Billy Kruger
Avg rank: 4.67 across 3 appearances
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3 appearances |
69th Velocity Ace Pigeon Diaz OLR 2026. Bred by Rood & Van Onselen
2 x Equal Winner! 4th Race 7 Qumbu 352km & 8th Race 9 Qumbu 352km. Bred by Rood & Van Onselen.
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.
This is basically a two week Ace Pigeon ranking week by week to identify the best pigeons across two consecutive races throughout the season.
| 1 |
Webster Lofts
Avg margin: +02:07.160 across 3 appearances
Lots On Auction - 4, 21
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3 podiums |
| 2 |
Benn & Bailie
Avg margin: +03:46.558 across 3 appearances
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3 podiums |
| 3 |
Anton Schonken
Avg margin: +03:44.595 across 2 appearances
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2 podiums |
| 4 |
Kasouga
Avg margin: +04:14.960 across 2 appearances
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2 podiums |
| 5 |
Anton Theo Schonken 2
Avg margin: +11:55.462 across 2 appearances
Lots On Auction - 34
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2 podiums |
| 6 |
Bontebok
Avg margin: +00:20.665 across 1 appearance
Lots On Auction - 24, 39
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1 podium |
| 7 |
Pigeon & Duifie
Avg margin: +00:26.710 across 1 appearance
Lots On Auction - 10
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1 podium |
| 8 |
KDK Racing & Joe Gomes (US)
Avg margin: +02:27.040 across 1 appearance
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1 podium |
| 9 |
Smith Fourie OLR
Avg margin: +03:59.550 across 1 appearance
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1 podium |
| 10 |
Gavin Rous
Avg margin: +07:19.800 across 1 appearance
Lots On Auction - 9
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1 podium |
More Fantastic Performers On Auction Today !
Equal Winner. 6th Race 4 Kokstad 440km. Bred by Stan Farrenn.
22nd Velocity Ace Pigeon Diaz OLR. Bred by Pigeon & Duifie.
Equal Winner. 8th Race 3 Qumbu 352km. Bred By Marnes Nel.
Equal Winner. 2nd Race 2 Mthatha 305km. Bred By Dewald & Stefan.
Equal Winner. 5th Race 1 Butterworth 205km. Bred By Willie Munnik.
Equal Winner. 5th Race 9 Qumbu 352km. Bred By Natie & Tommie.
52nd Final Greytown 635km. Bred By Anton Schonken, Green Jacket Winner Afrikapro 2026!
Equal Winner. 2nd Race 7 Qumbu 352km. Bred By Loft Einkamerer.
40 Lots on offer. Ending from 15:30 today. Hosted by Top Pigeon.
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