Smith Fourie OLR Race 4 300km, Karoo Hokke took the win, while Gerdie Landman topped the Velocity News Fancier of the Race and Eddie Ferreira topped the Follow Up Ranking. Team Phillips takes Pigeon of the Week to round out the week.

Race 4 Beaufort Wes 300km

Smith Fourie One Loft's Race 4 was liberated from Beaufort West and flown 300km to the loft at Golden Valley, Eastern Cape. A total of 187 pigeons were basketed across 32 competing fanciers.

Liberation at 08:15 brought fine, crisp conditions with clear skies and temperatures of 6-8°C, giving the birds a clean, unobstructed departure on a light north-westerly drift. By the midpoint over the central Karoo interior near Aberdeen, skies remained clear and temperatures had lifted into the mid-teens, with a light westerly breeze quartering in behind the pigeons on their south-easterly track. Conditions held into the finish at Golden Valley, where clear skies and a light-to-moderate south-westerly breeze met the returning birds under a midday sun

Top 10 Arrivals

Karoo Hokke claimed the win at 1335.04 m/min with 'Warrior', leading Smith Fourie OLR's Race 4 home. Rhudine Afrika followed in 2nd. Gerdie Landman claimed 3rd, with Team Phillips close behind in 4th. Jannie Lategan took 5th, with Team Phillips following in 6th. Jackie + Paul came home in 7th, with Fourie & Olivier taking 8th. Jordaan & de Beer claimed 9th with 'Dawie Jordaan 1', and Jackie Pieterse completed the top 10 — the entire top 10 arriving within 5.85 seconds of the winner.

Genetics Behind The Winner

'WARRIOR' ZA25-KAROO-167 bred by Karoo Hokke out of one of South Africa's most successful lines. The father '810 FINE TUNED' inbred to the super pair '810 X 8855' De Rauw-Sablon. The mother 'HERMIENA' is inbred to another fantastic Tomlock pair 'JUAN 2 X HERMIEN', she is bred from a brother x sister pairing back to 'JUAN 2 X HERMIEN' on the father side paired to a direct daughter of 'JUAN 2 X HERMIEN'!

'810 FINE TUNED' Father to 'WARRIOR' 1. SFOLR Beaufort West 300km

'HERMIENA' Mother to 'WARRIOR' 1. SFOLR Beaufort West 300km

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Petrie Maré's 'JUST DO IT' won 21e Race 1 Afrikapro against 2.084p with similar genetics as 'WARRIOR' 1st Place SFOLR Beaufort West 300km!

21e/2.084p Afrikapro Race 1 'JUST DO IT'

'JUST DO IT' Pedigree Karoo Hokke

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Velocity News Fancier of the Race

In Smith Fourie OLR Race 4 300km, 16 out of 32 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 9 out of 187 total entries), with ties broken by the highest average velocity of those positions.

Gerdie Landman is named Velocity News Fancier of the Race, topping the ranking with 16.67% of their participating pigeons inside the Top 5%.

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Gerdie Landman completed a rare double — a 3rd place arrival and the Velocity News Fancier of the Race title in the same week!

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Fancier of the Race

Race 4 · Smith Fourie One Loft · Liberation: Beaufort West · 300 km · 1 August 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 9 of the 187 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	Gerdie Landman 🇿🇦	6	3	16.67%	1334.91 m/min
2	Fourie & Olivier 🇿🇦	8	8	12.50%	1334.55 m/min
3	Team Phillips 🇿🇦	17	4, 6	11.76%	1334.84 m/min
4	Jannie Lategan 🇿🇦	11	5	9.09%	1334.82 m/min
5	Karoo Hokke 🇿🇦	14	1	7.14%	1335.04 m/min
6	Jackie + Paul 🇿🇦	14	7	7.14%	1334.66 m/min

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

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Team Phillips placed 2 pigeons inside the top 5% of arrivals - more than any other fancier in the Velocity News Fancier of the Race ranking

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 18 out of 187 pigeons. In Smith Fourie OLR Race 4 300km, 16 of 32 participating fanciers qualified by basketing at least 4 pigeons. Ties are resolved using highest average velocity across their arrivals.

Eddie Ferreira stands alone at the top on 25.00%. Team Phillips follows on 17.65%, with Gerdie Landman close behind on 16.67%. Positions 4 and 5 finished level on 14.29%, and positions 6 and 7 level on 12.50%; both pairs are separated by average velocity across their qualifying arrivals. Camelot Hokke, Tollie Jordaan and Jannie Lategan round out the top 10 on 11.11%, 10.00% and 9.09%.

Eddie Ferreira led the Velocity News Follow Up ranking with 25.00% of their pigeons placing inside the top 10% arrivals.

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Top 10% Follow Up Ranking

Race 4 · Smith Fourie One Loft · Liberation: Beaufort West · 300 km · 1 August 2026

This ranking identifies which fanciers had the highest concentration of their basketed pigeons landing inside the top 10% of the race — position 18 of the 187 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	Eddie Ferreira 🇿🇦	8	15, 16	25.00%	1334.16 m/min
2	Team Phillips 🇿🇦	17	4, 6, 13	17.65%	1334.63 m/min
3	Gerdie Landman 🇿🇦	6	3	16.67%	1334.91 m/min
4	Karoo Hokke 🇿🇦	14	1, 18	14.29%	1334.54 m/min
5	Jackie + Paul 🇿🇦	14	7, 14	14.29%	1334.43 m/min
6	Fourie & Olivier 🇿🇦	8	8	12.50%	1334.55 m/min
7	Jackie Pieterse 🇿🇦	8	10	12.50%	1334.46 m/min
8	Camelot Hokke 🇿🇦	9	17	11.11%	1334.15 m/min
9	Tollie Jordaan 🇿🇦	10	11	10.00%	1334.37 m/min
10	Jannie Lategan 🇿🇦	11	5	9.09%	1334.82 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 3 against Race 4, Team Phillips's 'ZA-2025-OP-6731' earns Pigeon of the Week, averaging 0.685 seconds behind the winner with a 1st-place finish at Race 3 and 4th at Race 4. Team Phillips's 'ZA-2025-DRPC-21' follows closely at 10.605 seconds (2nd at Race 3, 23rd at Race 4), while Jackie Pieterse's 'ZA-2025-KBOTHA-113' completes the podium at 1 minute and 32.145 seconds (5th at Race 3, 10th at Race 4).

Pigeon of the Week · Smith Fourie One Loft

Two Race Comparison · Race 3 565km (18/07/2026) & Race 4 300km (01/08/2026)

Ranking date: 01/08/2026

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 Team Phillips South Africa

Avg +00:00:00.685

ZA-2025-OP-6731

Race 3 565km · Pos 1 / 217

+00:00:00.000

1518.05 m/min

Race 4 300km · Pos 4 / 187

+00:00:01.370

1334.91 m/min

2 Team Phillips South Africa

Avg +00:00:10.605

ZA-2025-DRPC-21

Race 3 565km · Pos 2 / 217

+00:00:02.960

1517.85 m/min

Race 4 300km · Pos 23 / 187

+00:00:18.250

1333.24 m/min

3 Jackie Pieterse South Africa

Avg +00:01:32.145

ZA-2025-KBOTHA-113

Race 3 565km · Pos 5 / 217

+00:02:58.440

1506.01 m/min

Race 4 300km · Pos 10 / 187

+00:00:05.850

1334.46 m/min

Velocity News Pigeon of the Week — velocitypigeonnews.com

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Team Phillips holds both 1st and 2nd in Pigeon of the Week, averaging under 11 seconds behind the winner across Race 3 and Race 4!

Looking Ahead

Karoo Hokke's win at Race 4 sets the tone for Smith Fourie OLR, while Eddie Ferreira leaves the strongest mark on the week, topping the Follow Up Ranking. Gerdie Landman's Velocity News Fancier of the Race performance stood out just as clearly, backing a podium arrival with the field's top Efficiency Rate. Team Phillips takes Pigeon of the Week honours for 'ZA-2025-OP-6731's consistency across Race 3 and Race 4. Whether Team Phillips can convert that consistency into an outright win next time out remains to be seen.