George (Podgy) is an exceptional flyer George would most probably do better with my birds than I do! There is one such exceptional flyer in my club, we have won with his hens (he doesn't fly hens) He reckons we are the only people to have done well with his birds - nobody else has They are the best birds in our loft, all gifted, the early ones have bred winners We have no idea what breed they are (he won't say!) My point is - it doesn't matter what breed they are, it largely depends on how you race and feed them Some people will do well with certain breeds and others won't, it depends on your methods - and as podgy points out - the basket