This afternoon it was learned that longtime pigeon fancier Ron Steinbrenner has passed away. He was believed to be 81 years young. The Loft Report would like to extend our condolences to his family and friends at this time. Drew Lesofski
North America’s First Million Dollar Pigeon Race ©2018 By Silvio Mattacchione BA MA silvio@silvio-co.com “Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you...
In 2017 The Loft Report presented to the pigeon sport for the first time a fairly comprehensive statistical analysis of the top one loft races (OLR) and participating breeders in the United States. The vision for presenting the statistics was to create transparency into the races and breeders who deserve recognition for their success; not...
Can the kids count on you? This auction is our main fundraiser. This year, the auction also celebrates our 16th Anniversary as a club! This auction supports our Loaner Loft Program. We built 3 new lofts last year and repaired 2 others, which we gave away to our new junior members. We have several...
Ivo Renders has been increasingly leaving his mark on modern-day pigeon racing in Belgium. He has had some spectacular results since switching over to the longer middle distance in 2010. Ivo has been winning an impressive number of prizes with just a small team of racing birds, including most notably the title of 1st...
I am writing to inform you that McLaughlin Lofts will no longer be exporting pigeons to the South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race. As a result, I will not be shipping pigeons to the race in Spring of 2018. However, I will continue to import auction birds back from South Africa. This was an incredibly difficult...
The Loft Report recently caught the eye of Pigeon Paradise (PIPA) website regarding the One Loft Race (OLR) stats project that Joe Nemelka and yours truly compiled and published weekly here on tLR. Both Joe and I had several communications with owners of PIPA, brothers Nikolaas and Thomas Gyselbrecht about the project and...
While it is fun to follow the Hot Spots and other training tosses in the South Africa Million Dollar Pigeon Race (MDPR), the race is truly all about the Final Race. The whole world watches with anticipation to see who will be crowned the latest winner of the most famous one loft race...
Winner of the Final 2018 South Africa Million Dollar Race sold to American (SAMDPR) pigeon fancier Mike Ganus of Grange, Indiana for $95,000 USD on Saturday, February 17th at auction in South Africa. “MIX” (ZASLIM 17 2697) was bred by the South African partnership of Gaddin Brothers and Carl Stander and incredibly won the...
BOARD POLICIES, PROCEDURES, & RULES of the AMERICAN RACING PIGEON UNION, INC. POLICY #AU 400 POLICY TITLE: Administration of Prohibited Substances to Racing Pigeons Effective Date: July 12, 1998 Last Revision: June 11, 2017 Introduction: The Union has determined that the administration of performance enhancing substances or any substance harmful to racing pigeons shall be banned. Reasons...
