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Fantastic start of the 2018 season

With 3 weeks of racing done, the statistics of the Sangers Team are extremely impressing. Several top prizes every week, high prize percentages and already a massive win on Tienen against 2,450 birds … the heat is on at Sangers residence!

– 07-04-2018 Boxtel (88 km) of 2,396 p.
3rd-4th-5th-6th-7th-9th-10th-21st-22nd-23rd-25th-26th-39th-51st-56th-79th-80th-82nd etc
(99 basketed pigeons and 50 prizes 1:4)
– 14-04-2018 Geel (140 km) of 6,739 p.
5th-9th-11th-13th-14th-19th-23rd-24th-29th-31st-33rd-35th-40th-41st-42nd-45th-58th-
62nd-63rd-65th-67th-68th-75th-77th-78th-79th etc.
(101 basketed pigeons and 76 prizes 1:4)
– 21-04-2018 Tienen (174 km) of 2,450 p.
1st-5th-6th-7th-12th-19th-22nd-23rd-24th-25th-39th-43rd-46th-48th-49th-52nd-53rd-
57th-59th-86th-87th-88th-93rd-96th-99th etc.
(98 basketed pigeons and 71 prizes 1:4)

The winner on the Tienen race was racing cock ‘Home Soon’. He won on a hot 21st of April with a strong headwind, in which the strongest of pigeons really stood out … even in a race of 174 km at the very start of the season. ‘Home Soon’ had a substantial lead over the rest of the pack! He is a 100% Van Den Bulck bred from two pigeons that come straight from the Flanders Collection, inbred to stock pair ‘Broer Goede Rode’ x ‘Golden Leo 40000’.

‘Home Soon’ won the following prizes:
 1st Tienen            2,450 b.
 9th Vervins           1,324 b. (28th of 4,181 b.)
 13th Chimay           2,066 b. (42nd of 7,048 b.)
 22nd Quievrain          823 b. (69th of 4,068 b.)
 23rd Moeskroen-Menen    585 b. (38th of 3,151 b.)
 29th Geel             2,122 b. (31st of 6,739 b.)
 34th Laon               671 b. (91st of 2,074 b.)
 44th Epernay          1,172 b. (89th of 3,400 b.)
 48th Nanteuil le H.     967 b. (82nd of 2,784 b.)
 56th Laon               808 b.
 62nd Isnes            1,984 b.
 65th Epernay          1,717 b.