hi mark, maybe once you get over this bad race, you will think differently, maybe try and have a little patience yet, i think most pigeon fanciers have had races like this,and probably a lot more to come, unfortunately, theres allways more downs than ups in pigeon racing, which actually makes the winning any prizes , more satisfying, take no notice of fanciers who gloat about this, its certainly no joke to any owner , when this happens, youve the yb,s starting shortly, so why not give it a bash,, give it your best shot ,,stay on the forum, learn what you can , then who knows, next year at this time, you might be posting your first best of luck mark,,stick in their mate, and show em