Rare double grand dtr of Hercules. winner of 1st Provincial against over 15,000 birds and the breeder of many winners.
PIONEER ROBBIE × PIONEER LEKKER DING · BROTHER TO SISTER
Full brother and sister, both out of Hercules paired to his own mother — the Hercules line concentrated twice over
TIER 1 · PAIRING DOSSIER The full analysis of what this pairing produces
THE PAIRING
The most tightly bred box on the card after PR15, and it gets there by a different route. Both birds are out of Hercules paired to his own mother, the 100 Hen — a son-to-mother mating. That makes the cock and hen full brother and sister to each other, and it means every youngster from this box descends from just two pigeons at the third generation.
The cock has also proved himself as a producer: he is the sire of Pioneer Thunder, 189th in the Final of the Algarve Golden Race 2025 against 3,334 pigeons.
The Cock — NL19-1104959 "Pioneer Robbie"
Blue Chequer · Stock Cock · Hercules line · Bred by Andy G
A son of the champion Hercules paired to his own mother, the 100 Hen — and the sire of Pioneer Thunder, who flew the Algarve Golden Race Final in 2025 against 3,334 pigeons.
The Hen — NL19-5145782 "Pioneer Lekker Ding"
Blue White Flight Hen · Stock · Hercules line · Bred by Andy G
A daughter of the same mating — Hercules to the 100 Hen — and therefore a full sister to the cock.
THE TWO PIGEONS BEHIND BOTH BIRDS
Hercules (NL12-1882409) — winner of 1st Provincial against over 15,000 birds and the breeder of many winners. His sire 342, a son of 5050 for Team Euregio, is the father of The Duke, winner of 1st CZ90 Montluçon, and of Queen Co Bus, a super racing hen.
The 100 Hen (DV01166-11-100) — Team Euregio. A foundation breeding hen and the mother of over twelve 1st prize winners in the Netherlands and the UK. Her sire is a son of Guylian, the Olympiad South Africa 2001 cock; her dam is a daughter of the super couple 5050 × 792.
The 100 Hen is the mother of Hercules and also the mother of both birds in this pairing — Hercules was put back to his own dam, and this box holds two of the youngsters from that mating.
GRANDPARENTS OF EVERY YOUNGSTER FROM THIS ROUND
SIDE | PIGEON | WHY IT MATTERS |
Sire’s Sire | Hercules (NL12-1882409) | 1st Provincial against 15,000+ birds |
Sire’s Dam | The 100 Hen (DV01166-11-100) | Mother of 12+ 1st prize winners — and of Hercules |
Dam’s Sire | Hercules (NL12-1882409) | The same cock — this is the doubling |
Dam’s Dam | The 100 Hen (DV01166-11-100) | The same hen — this is the doubling |
FOUNDATION ANCESTORS
PIGEON | FAMILY | CONTRIBUTION |
Hercules | Team Euregio | Doubled; 1st Provincial 15,000+ birds |
The 100 Hen | Team Euregio | Doubled, and the dam of Hercules as well |
342 (son of 5050) | Team Euregio | Father of The Duke, 1st CZ90 Montluçon |
Guylian | Henri Merten | Olympiad South Africa 2001; behind the 100 Hen |
5050 × 792 | Team Euregio | The super couple behind the 100 Hen |
The Duke | Team Euregio | 1st CZ90 Montluçon |
Pioneer Thunder | Pioneer | Algarve Golden Race Final 2025 — bred by the cock |
BREEDING CHARACTER
Extreme linebreeding to a single pair. Hercules and the 100 Hen each occupy two of the four grandparent positions, and because the 100 Hen is also Hercules’ own dam she appears a third time one generation further back. There is no unrelated blood in the mating. Youngsters are foundation stock for the Hercules line, and the cock has already shown he can breed a bird capable of finishing an Algarve Final.
SUMMARY
Pair 18: a full brother and sister, both out of Hercules paired back to his own mother. Hercules — 1st Provincial against 15,000+ birds — and the 100 Hen, mother of over twelve first-prize winners, are the whole pedigree. The cock has already bred an Algarve finalist.
