The losses at the inland race was mostly due to BOP attacks, expletive remove ive 3 out of 4 home hawked ( one of these has been across water 7 times )and the other 3 missing had flown 400 miles before.We can sit on our high horses and say this and that but the fact of the matter is BOP is dictating our race outcome when birds are forced onto the west route. Jock, Newbury wasn't a hard race, it was a piece of pi ss with birds hitting 47mph.Look at the amount of yearlings timed in the west section. We used to fly Sartilly in early June and we jumped the birds 300+ miles, without any problems and better returns. BOP, THE KILLER OF THE PIGEON SPORT WITHIN 3-5 YEARS