I'm not a trainer as I don't get any enjoyment out of driving up/down the motorways.My birds are kept fit around the house but do need a couple of tosses before the first race to sharpen them up.I gave my hens three short tosses and sent them to the midweek race where they were 3mins behind the winner and came out the back not breaking from the batch.They all homed on top of each other so the trained birds were much sharper than mine but mine had no problem homing and after a couple more races hopefully they might win something but will not be trained again this season.