Hey Charlie a quick question pal , have run the winter shows for years payed out on night before any bird is checked to see it’s in the said persons name , doesn’t matter if it’s fir £5/£10 or hundreds of pounds likethe xmas race in question . You pay out on trust , now I don’t think anyone out there would argue that it the bird was raced and won money and not in participants name . We’ve all done it , u openly say my first bird on clock or whatever pigeon is debris it’s not transferred yet that’s not the problem , it’s the attitude like I don’t care I’m not paying money back is in gentlemanly conduct in anyone’s eyes .