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@king if I could breed them to do 75 with no tailwind I would be on a beach lol I think he meant in the short races with a tailwind

Rdhd Danny wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 5:17 pm @king if I could breed them to do 75 with no tailwind I would be on a beach lol I think he meant in the short races with a tailwind

It still ain't easy to win at those speeds as everyone's birds are doing it also. Recall being 2nd at 80 miles at over 2000yds a min, got beat by one second, flying a mile further than winner

Rdhd Danny wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 2:54 pm @tony good luck with them mate

Thanks Danny

Buster121 wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 3:14 pm

Tony-P- wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 2:43 pm Our OLR tomorrow is 193 Miles Isle of white 27 birds to race tomorrow I still have my two in it 424 and 450 hopefully will be in the top 5 birds

Good luck, hope you get the winner

Thanks Buster, I'll be well happy with one in the top 5 places mate

@king I mean if they naturally did 75 before any tailwind that would be a serious breeding achievement and that bloodline would earn you enough to be on a beach lol

Rdhd Danny wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 6:22 pm @king I mean if they naturally did 75 before any tailwind that would be a serious breeding achievement and that bloodline would earn you enough to be on a beach lol

What and miss all that endless time watching the sky on a 30mph channel race

@king

Rdhd Danny wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 5:17 pm @king if I could breed them to do 75 with no tailwind I would be on a beach lol I think he meant in the short races with a tailwind

Yea, Danny, that's what they were doing on Thursday in the OLR from 150 miles with a fairly light tail wind. Just on 2000 metres a minute. which is 120 kilometres an hour or 75 miles an hour. Bloody quick.
My two weren't doing that, they are bred to go the 400 miles in the final. But I've got sprint pigeons here that can go that fast with a tail wind.
Horses for courses, isn't it?

Tony-P- wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 2:43 pm Our OLR tomorrow is 193 Miles Isle of white 27 birds to race tomorrow I still have my two in it 424 and 450 hopefully will be in the top 5 birds

Good luck tomorrow Tony. John is in a very favourable position for tomorrow’s race going up as part of the 3Cs. In a NE wind and from Chale they will have the wind behind them. Our club have sent just over 300, 1,200+ in the convoy. Ours will not only have to break out early but also the wind will be a side wind. Any going along the coast will then have to come back in a headwind. Could be quite a tester for ours. I sent 7 young birds and 8 old birds, (late breeds).

king wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 5:02 pm

Murray wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 9:36 am It's easy to breed them that can go 75 miles an hour. I've got pigeons that can do that,
The final race in this OLR is from 420 miles. Breeding pigeons that can fly at those speeds for 400 miles at 8 or 9 or 10 months old is harder.
Last year they did it twice in a fortnight.
It's a different game.

It's easy to breed them that can go 75 miles an hour? That's 2200 ypm How many you bred that have done that? You don't breed a bird to fly that fast, it's ALL down to a strong tail wind.
Here in the UK NO bird has ever flown 420 miles at 75 mph.

I'm guessing the two races when you say they flew 75 miles an hour twice in a fortnight were very short races with strong tail winds?

No no, sorry if I didn't explain that well. Last year the final race from 420 miles was a tail wind race and they were home very quickly with hardly a feather out of place.
So we were all offered a repeat, paying $100 per bird to go again. Most of us were in, the birds were fit and well and had proven they could do it.
I was confident that my Free Beer could get a prize with a bit of a head wind, that family are tough. But no, it was another blow home, she wasn't fast enough again't the speedy tail wind pigeons.
I brought her home and her daughter VeeBee is in it this year. If we get another cycle of North West winds blowing them home she won't be fast enough either.