600-800 mile birds race or home

[Guest IB]

I know Robert Cormack, Winchburgh was regarded as a good SNFC flyer, well known for 500/600 mile channel racing. In his video, he said he flew two teams, a distance team for the channel, and another sprinter team for club / federation.

 

Long distance I think is 14 hours+ on the wing, 500+ miles - on the day is the target.

 

Note what you say about tail winds. Think a tail wind all the way home from Germany, Belgium, France,  or Spain is a fallacy. Even in an inland race, the bird is likely to meet different wind directions and speeds, as well as different pockets of weather.

[Guest slugmonkey]

I agree our 600 mile birds went through at least 3 diffrent wind directions and velocitys

[peterpau]

I will be able to tell you a lot more about this after this weekend I have a bird that has won at 100 miles this year he was 4th last week on a 200 and has won a 500 all of these this season and he will be my 1st pick bird on the 600 this week !!!

Best o'luck mate.

Can't compete with that, but I do have birds that won inland when younger then in top 200 in National at 300mile now going out to Palamos at 750 mile.

I'd be more inclined to say. You can get some wins at the short races with distance birds, but don't think sprinters will hack it at the distance.

 

 

[Guest slugmonkey]

I am flying my birds to 400 as youngsters and ALL of my yearlings go on the 600 I dont breed them until they prove they can get home from that distance they don't have to place at that distance but they do have to make it home

[Roland]

Pigeons don't actually race... they all home! Always at a speed they are comfortable with. Likewise too they always have a little in reserve for any untoward happening where an adjustment of speed is required. Unless of course flayed out.

So slowly others may fall a mite behind. Then again sometimes on hard days when some slow down a jot, others may well rend to keep the same pace. These are often referred to as Distance birds... Bu these can win at 50 miles upwards just the same. Days and wind always have a bearing of course.

[Ronnie]

Roland i am not trying to pick an argument but surely what u say must be wrong otherwise there would be no use in using different systems for racing pigeons .If i raced a cock on widowhood and the same cock just flying to a perch surely the widowhood would race quicker.Or is it that systems just provide an extra lvl of fitness so the can fly at quicker speeds and still feel comfortable?Hmmm youve got me thinking now lol.

[onepigeon]

the late great Fear Bros regularly won the club sweep race 45mls and the longest race 526mls plus nationals classics etc to 700mls same family of birds same methods