This weekend (19/07/2014) saw the first real combine race between the TRPF, GPU, PRETORIA COMBINE (FED&UNION), and the GRPA.

One can see that this was truly a combine race! The overall winner in the open race out of a good few thousand pigeons was a 3 year old

Blue bar hen “PATIENCE” GPU 2011 10740, bred and raced by the well known experienced east rand fancier Henry Annandale.(The bird’s name to be explained later)

Henry is member of the strong Boksburg South club that is affiliated to the GPU. Henry is no stranger to winning big races,

having won the “BAKKIE” race, “LAPA” race and a string of union and combine races with the famous “SOLO” that once graced his lofts.

“PATIENCE” clocked in at a speedily 1665.2711m/m at 12:56:23 pm.

Henry bought her sire on the dispersal sale of the then GPU champion Peet Hartman. He was bred by Out Of Africa lofts and raced by Peet.

His breeding is the R100 000,00 Tom lock line, in fact, JUAN 1, (R100 000 EGG COCK X 30116)  crossed with the famous spritzy line.

The dam of the winner was bought by Henry on the “BREITENBACH & MULDER” auction. Her father is the famous “JUAN 1” Tom Lock line

Crossed with a Van Rijn/Slimme/Putterie hen a double winner from the late C.J.Lombard.

For interest sake the full sister to “PATIENCE” was gifted to Hendrik Kaltwasser in the TRPF. She has to date already bred him a double winner

and a second place winner! As can be seen the genes running through the veins of “PATIENCE” and her sister are of the very highest quality.

THE NAME: As a yearling “PATIENCE” was badly injured when she flew into overhead power lines. She was doctored and pampered by Henry and lightly

Raced as a two year old and as a three year old repaid her master with interest by beating the best of the best and winning the first Gauteng combine of 2014.

A lesson for all fanciers: HAVE SOME PATIENCE!!! – Hence her name.

Once again congratulations to Henry on a fantastic win that we all fantasize of one day having and at the same teaching us a valuable lesson in pigeon racing-------

PATIENCE.