PIPA is invited as a special guest @ the AU convention in Chicago in 2018. The Convention includes seminars, an exclusive public auction with birds provided from PIPA clients, a race, … Top racers from Europe are also attending the event. Bart Geerinckx, Jelle Roziers, Adrien Mirabelle, Tom Van Gaver, Sakis Minovgioudis, Nikolaas Gyselbrecht,… will be present. Also Big Andy will be present. Updates of the trip will be done here regularly.

 

Visiting Mike Ganus’ breeding loft 15/10/2018

Mike Ganus became the worldwide number one One Loft Race racer, with an amazing collection of 5 1st SAMDPR winners but also parents of some of them, other relatives. Mike has been buying the best of the best for decades, he already came to Europe as a young guy and bought the best of the best since then. Now his breeding loft is one of the most impressive breeding lofts in the world. PIPA is honoured to have contracted Mike exclusively and Mike will offer every year an exclusive group of young birds on our auction site. My personal favorite is Laura is a big winner today. What an amazing hen!

 

Meeting Jim Ward, owner of Hoosier OLR 15/10/2018

Hoosier OLR is one of the biggest one loft races in the world with a guaranteed price money of 250,000 US $ for the winning pigeon in the final! Next year the guaranteed price money for the 1st price is 500,000 US $ and the plan is to increase it to 1 mio US $ the year after. The owner of the Hoosier race is Jim Ward.


 

Hoosier OLR Gala evening 14/10/2018

Hoosier OLR is one of the biggest one loft races in the world with a guaranteed price money of 250,000 US $ for the winning pigeon in the final! Next year the guaranteed price money for the 1st price is 500,000 US $ and the plan is to increase it to 1 mio US $ the year after. The owner of the Hoosier race is Jim Ward. Tonight there was a gala organised by the Hoosier race and people from all over the country were present.


 

Mike Ganus public young bird auction 14/10/2018

Today we visited Mike Ganus’ public auction. 60 young birds were sold for over 202,000 US $ in the public auction organised by Mike on his own hunting ranch. People from all over USA were present, the quality of the pigeons was exceptional. Mike succeeded in buying all the best OLR birds over the last years and also won himself several very important races. We are proud that Mike Ganus signed an exclusive contract to work with PIPA for online auctions. Every year Mike will offer a group of young birds in several auctions on PIPA the coming years.

 

Skyline of Chicago 13/10/2018