getting birds to win sprint races in a hot region is tough racing ask most of the lads in Belgium who moved from sprint to middle and longer what they think of the competion on sprint races some of the legends learned there craft at the shorter stuff there are parts of Scotland where the majority of fanciers are distance minded that is the same in most places in the uk and ireland but try racing in the dublin fed where 10,000 or more birds race at 200 mile the same with the nipa these races are hard to win will most birds fly this distance no doubt but to get one ahead of the batch when you are racing in a sprint area can be quite tough