Stultjens – Van Dongen is a partnership between John Stultjens and Frans van Dongen from Oosterhout. A few years ago, Frans had to give up keeping pigeons for health reasons. He was primarily a marathon racing specialist and achieved excellent results in this discipline under the name Van Dongen – Stultjens.
Frans remains one of John’s loyal supporters. Whenever possible, he still thoroughly enjoys being there to welcome the pigeons home and continues to follow the loft’s activities closely.
At John Stultjens’ loft, the focus is on programme racing, with particular emphasis on one-day long-distance races. His results speak for themselves, and John has maintained this high standard for decades. One exceptional pigeon is “De 600”, which finished 8th in the Gouden Crack competition of Fondclub Zuid Nederland in 2017 and 2nd in 2018. Since then, “De 600” has also proved to be an outstanding breeder. Alongside the performances at John’s own loft, there are numerous references to successful descendants of “De 600” at other fanciers’ lofts.
John Stultjens has housed many outstanding pigeons over the years, and still does. Take “De 144”, bred in 2014: he became 1st Gouden Crack of Fondclub Zuid Nederland in 2016 and 9th National Ace Pigeon. Another recent star is “Kobe”, 1st Ace Pigeon OBVP in 2025 and 5th Semi-Provincial Ace Pigeon in Section 2, Brabant 2000.
In the auction currently running on Top Pigeons, John is offering six promising youngsters bred from top-performing racers. They include descendants of “De 600”, “De 144”, “Kobe”, the leading racer “De 902”, and “Colinda”, an outstanding one-day long-distance pigeon.