A good day out.

[Murray]

We have been knocking on the door all season, getting seconds and thirds, close but no cigar. But today we cracked it.
The Central Highlands Pigeon Combine flew the Ballarat Breeders plate race and we took the first three placings.
I am pleased.
It is always a competitive race and shows that our birds are able to compete at the top level.
I'm not sure how much we have won, but I've been told it might be around $10,000.
And guess what? The winner is a daughter or the Billiondollarbaby.

[Buster121]

Well done all concerned

[Rdhd Danny]

@murray well done fantastic result.

[Diamond Dave]

Brilliant Murray that's a great result got a little ways to go to reach her namesake but great start - is that y.birds or an oldun

[Murray]

This is Australian one season racing.
153 is a hen which was hatched on 08/08/25. So she is 13 months old.
She has had a lot of racing and was 3rd in the open race last week from 300 miles.
Today she only had to go 250 miles, and being hard fit and in top form we were a bit optimistic.
She was about 120 metres per minute faster than the second flyer, who had a big entry.
Lots of Heremans on her father's side, Billiondollar baby on her mother's side.
Et Voila!

[Murray]

The top of the results from the Breeders Plate.
My mate Terry has done a brilliant job with these pigeons, I'm so pleased to have stumbled across him. He thinks my pigeons are the best thing since sliced bread, but he put a huge amount of effort into them.

I have to say I was out there in the shed as soon as it was light this morning. I'm still in a bit of a daze I think.


CHPC 2026 Breeders Plate


Name Club Distance Arrive Fly Time Velocity Par L/G Birds Bird
1 Terry Breur Horsham 421,213 13:30:13 04:45:13 1476.818 00:00:00 0 7 bend 25 153 bcph
2 Terry Breur Horsham 421,213 13:33:15 04:48:15 1461.277 00:03:02 0 7 bend 25 157 bch
3 Terry Breur Horsham 421,213 13:33:18 04:48:18 1461.023 00:03:05 0 7 bend 25 155 bbph
4 Aaron McKay BIHC 551,620 15:31:09 06:46:09 1358.168 00:32:38 0 12 vo 25 6
5 Aaron McKay BIHC 551,620 15:31:11 06:46:11 1358.057 00:32:40 0 12 gmpf 25 6398
5 Aaron McKay BIHC 551,620 15:31:11 06:46:11 1358.057 00:32:40 0 12 bath 25 417
7 Aaron McKay BIHC 551,620 15:31:14 06:46:14 1357.890 00:32:43 0 12 bale 25 4087
7 Aaron McKay BIHC 551,620 15:31:14 06:46:14 1357.890 00:32:43 0 12 sa 25 15347
9 Jokic Steve Geelong 624,537 17:04:06 08:19:06 1251.326 01:16:12 0 1 Ec 25 586 bcmh
10 Joe Spiteri BEHC 546,941 16:04:22 07:19:22 1244.840 01:09:01 0 BWHC 25 1945
11 Pete Jones BIHC 550,486 16:20:28 07:35:28 1208.620 01:22:43 0 1 Bw 25 1054 bcc
12 Aaron McKay BIHC 551,620 16:24:36 07:39:36 1200.218 01:26:05 0 12 SA 25 3922
13 Aaron McKay BIHC 551,620 16:25:20 07:40:20 1198.306 01:26:49 0 12 GMPF 25 6387
14 EDEN & DJORDJEVIC BIHC 547,662 16:30:41 07:45:41 1176.040 01:34:51 0 BIHC 25 555
15 M Mota GMPF 641,985 17:53:44 09:08:44 1169.940 01:54:02 0 5 Gmpf 25 10924 Bch
16 Dalton Cross Horsham 422,813 14:47:55 06:02:55 1165.042 01:16:37 0 3 Heck 25 1106 bbph
17 Shane Nairn BIHC 544,593 17:11:34 08:26:34 1075.067 02:17:48 0 3 MILD 25 364 BBPH
18 Shane Nairn BIHC 544,593 17:11:39 08:26:39 1074.890 02:17:53 0 3 BIHC 25 414 BCH

[Andy]

Very well done Murray and of course Terry.

[king]

Well done. Always have convert the distance when in kms, always looks further than it actually is. 261 miles. See other birds were flying as much as 342 miles and 398 miles, so the race covered a big area.

[Murray]

Thanks king.
Yes the Ballarat Breeders has pigeons from pretty much all over the state, so not only are they flying different distances they are going in all directions.
We were the most westerly loft. and probably just about the shortest, so we were giving everyone time. We were a bit nervous until we saw we'd beaten Aaron McKay by half an hour. He's a powerhouse flyer in Ballarat. After that I didn't think anyone would catch us.

[Buster121]

Great result Murray well done and well deserved, well done Terry as well