Ricardo and Leanne win one first prize after another such as 1st NPO Brienne against 6,671 pigeons with Unlimited Dream, a granddaughter of their famous breeding cock Big Ben. But also they managed to win several ace pigeon titles. A wonderful season!
Some outstanding performances in this current season
Brienne 14-06-25: 1 & 19 NPO..... against 6,671 pigeons (28/13)
Sens 10-05-25: 1, 3 to 5, 10, 12, 14, 21, 25..... against 2,591 pigeons (42/32)
Chalons 27-04-25: 1, 4 to 7, 9, 10 to 12, 14, 15, 20..... against 2,419 pigeons (44/39)
Sens 28-06-25: 1 to 3..... against 836 pigeons (28/21)
= provincial: 9, 17, 18, 69, 82..... against 3,650 pigeons (28/21)
Charlevilles 12-04-25: 2, 4 to 8, 11 to 23, 25, 26..... against 2,865 pigeons (46/45)
= provincial: 10, 13, 28 to 30, 36, 62 to 65, 86 to 90, 92, 97, 98..... against 14,830 pigeons (46/45)
Rethel 19-04-25: 2, 3, 6 to 8, 10, 12 to 15, 19, 27..... against 2,742 pigeons (45/40)
= provincial: 9, 13, 65 to 67, 74, 79, 83, 84, 97..... against 14,557 pigeons (45/40)
Sens 17-05-25: 2 to 4, 6, 7..... against 2,172 pigeons (40/34)
Chalons 21-06-25: 2, 4, 7, 8..... against 999 pigeons (26/20)
Latest news ace pigeon rankings
- Top candidate 1st Dutch Olympiad bird cat. B middle distance Dortmund 2026 (Unlimited Dream)
- Top candidate 1st FCI World Best Pigeon middle distance 2025 (Unlimited Dream)
- Top candidate 1st Nat. Ace sprint NPO + WHZB/TBOTB 2025 (Bella Ben)
- Top candidate 2nd Nat. Ace sprint NPO + WHZB/TBOTB 2025 (Smokey No Limit)
The absolute Nr. 1 breeder: Big Ben
Big Ben is the current base cock of Team v/d Pasch. He is a crossing between the best of Van De Pasch and Willem De Bruijn. His grandfather is Jupiter, who became 1st National ace TBOTB youngsters 2009 and after a successful racing career he turned out the be one of the foundation breeders for Van De Pasch. Big Ben is also a grandchild of Olympic Hurricane who was the main breeder of Willem De Bruijn for many years. Olympic Hurricane himself became Olympiad bird youngsters Poznan 2011 and has bred several Olympiad pigeons.
Big Ben has already made his mark thickly this year with a series of first prizes at Team Van De Pasch itself, as well as at other lofts. Below we present you some of the top pigeons of 2025, which are descendants of the legendary (family of) Big Ben:
NL23-9442506 Unlimited Dream
This true super hen is unstoppable this year, she is bred from the successful crossing brother No Limit x daughter Big Ben and has achieved the following performances:
Top candidate 1. Dutch Olympiad bird cat. B middle distance Dortmund 2026
Top candidate 1. FCI World Best Pigeon middle distance 2025
10. Nat. Ace NPO middle distance 2025
1. NPO Brienne against 6,671 pigeons
1. Chimay against 3,012 pigeons
1. Sens against 2,591 pigeons
1. Lorris against 2,217 pigeons / 7. NPO against 11,479 pigeons
1. Sens against 836 pigeons / 9. prov. against 3,650 pigeons
4. Melun against 2,631 pigeons
6. Rethel against 2,351 pigeons
8. Marche against 2,883 pigeons
NL22-8594357 Bella Ben
The sprint sensation of 2025! She is bred from a sister Big Ben and has achieved the following performances:
Top candidate 1. Nat. Ace sprint NPO + WHZB/TBOTB 2025
6. Nat. Ace NPO + WHZB/TBOTB sprint 2024
1. Chalons 273 birds / 52. prov. 4,193 birds
4. Sens 2,591 birds
6. Marche 366 birds
7. Chalons 632 birds
8. Rethel 2,742 birds / 67. prov. 14,557 birds
9. Rethel 2,883 birds
9. Sens 1,365 birds / 51. prov. 6,005 birds
15. Charleville 2,865 birds / 86. prov. 14,830 birds
NL24-8536516 Smokey No Limit
This successful hen is bred from a son of No Limit x National Harry (Jo & Florian Hendriks) when paired to a half sister of Big Ben. She achieved the following performances:
2. Nat. ace NPO sprint 2025
1. prov. Chalons against 4,028 pigeons
1. region Rethel against 1,139 pigeons
12. region Sens against 2,172 pigeons
15. region Sens against 2,591 pigeons
20. region Rethel against 2,742 pigeons
21. region Chalons against 1,863 pigeons / 83. prov. against 7,485 pigeons
Super breeder Ricardo at Team Huijsmans-Bals
The strong tandem Team Huijsmans-Bals has with Ricardo (grandson Big Ben) a true top racer and breeder at their loft. Ricardo won 1st prov. Morlincourt against 10,746 pigeons and is father of Victoria who won this season 1st prov. Quievrain against 14,437 pigeons and last year already 1st prov. Morlincourt against 9,017 pigeons. In addition, the tandem also won 1st region St. Soupplets against 2,364 pigeons with a daughter of Father Ricardo (son Big Ben).
Ricardo proved his breeding value for several years in row, below the amazing list what descendants have performed:
1. Morlincourt against 1,056 pigeons
2. prov. Morlincourt against 14,094 pigeons
2. prov. Maxence against 7,126 pigeons
2. prov. Roye against 4,877 pigeons
4. Quievrain against 1,941 pigeons
5. NPO Melun against 15,776 pigeons
5. prov. Maxence against 4,992 pigeons
6. Morlincourt against 9,017 pigeons
7. prov. Maxence against 4,877 pigeons
7. Niergnies against 1,888 pigeons
10. prov. Melun against 3,316 pigeons
11. Morlincourt against 9,179 pigeons
17. Morlincourt against 9,017 pigeons
23. NPO Fontenay against 8,230 pigeons
29. Morlincourt against 6,302 pigeons
13. Nat. ace 'De Allerbeste' yearlings 2022-2023
19. Nat. ace 'De Allerbeste' sprint 2023-2024
An Flash auction based on Big Ben
At this moment a Flash auction of Team Van De Pasch is running at EPA. There are 4 pigeons offered which are all related to the extraordinary Big Ben… A unique opportunity! The auction ends this Saturday, July 12th at 13:30 CEST.