yearlings

[Guest KING BILLY]

what is the distance yous had flowing your yearlings and results

[ALF]

This year i sent 4 yearlings to Ypres ( well 3 and a l/b who was only trained to 25mls late on last year ) and i got the late bred at 7.30pm on the shift and another 2 of the yearlings the next morning

[pigeonpete]

expect all my yearling to come from at least fougeres 336 miles, my best bird was a yearling in 2008, and he won twice over the water that year, only 336 miles and 387, short for most of you guys :-)

[marmite]

yearling cocks fly the inland club program hens fly inland prog till longest chanell race then they get there 1st taste of the water at 400 mls they come very well tbh

[aye ready]

2 yearling hens in snfc eastbourne result 400mls and yearling hen in the snrpc wan/flats result

[terry mccarthy]

yearlings go 516 on north rd

[Dodgy Trapper]

Up to 300 miles then rested until the following year

Then they will be a year older and wiser and ready to move on

to longer distances

You can these days race 500 miles with them but my view is

they can be handicapped by there age and maybe ruin them.

My view is they havent learnt enough at the yearling stage.

If they are good enough you will still have them as 2 year olds.

[blaz]

9th nat 1st fed by 40 plus min eastbourne yearling hen .209th yearling cock 384 mile 10th fed newbury yearling hen would have been 140th open if i doubled birds thru at newbury 321 mile all broken to my loft this year.

[Guest KING BILLY]

EASTBOURN 388MLS 1ST CLUB 1ST LANARKSHIRE FED 1STWEST SEC SNFC

13THWEST 19WEST SEC SNFC  nw wind

 

YPRES 441MLS 14TH 21ST 49TH WEST SEC SNFC THIS YEAR ALL YERLINGS ON THE SHIFT

 

i dont think you have to whate for then to develop the pigeons are to short lived if you dont test them as yearlings and wait the folling year then get disapointed at the first test this is my opinon yearlings to the coast and try not to miss a club race with them

[Guest ROCKYandRAMBO]

il be sending my yearling to 200 miles and thats it well none of my birds will go further than 200 miles lol im only intrested in the sprints

[dwh]

300+ nowhere but channel averages were virtually won with yearlinrs in our club last season and this is avery strong competitve club

[Guest KING BILLY]

300+ nowhere but channel averages were virtually won with yearlinrs in our club last season and this is avery strong competitve club

how maney channel races are in your club   ;)

 

 

[Guest pigeon.joe]

hi i will send one or two yearlings to thurso 515 miles but most will not go any further than berwick 310 miles. joe

[OLDYELLOW]

yearling cock on natural :

3rd Club 47th fed Clermont            358.567  miles vel 1177.28

3rd Club 47th fed Jouey Le Chatel 414.213  miles vel 1393.73

3rd Club 16th fed Nevers               524.1640 miles vel 1250.35

 

[Guest strapper]

yearling cock 16th fed 29th combine 381mls 4,363 birdage. lost in a future race 3 wks later.

yearling hen 15th fed  20th combine 254mls 9,100 birage.<<peanut..my fav hen who won several prizes...a family pet also.

[jimmy_bulger]

think all yearlings off a proven long distance line , should be sent to 450 miles then feed them well and let them develop more.

jmo

[Guest frank dooman]

2008 2nd sec arras 487mls

2009 lilers just off the pace all my yearlings must go to the at least Maidstone

[Chris Little]

220-260 miles, an odd one to 300 miles

[big blue bar]

i know a guy in our fed who puts yearlings across water flying 526 and does pretty well with them

[Guest frank dooman]

i know a guy in our fed who puts yearlings across water flying 526 and does pretty well with them

 

nothing wrong in that i think that comes to fanciers that have over the years built up a strong team of birds lets face it better to try them to extream than keep alot of birds that cant do the job, i only have a small loft set up so nos, are important the basket will sort them out but that only goes for a loft that has been properly set up new starts should allways air on the side of safety

[Pego]

If yearlings are spot on have no problems sending them to the channel. To us this is around 520 miles plus. Best for us is 14th open snfc. This year was 40th open snfc Ypres with a yearling. (If they are right send them, if not 100% dont send them, keep for another day)  

[Guest IB]

I'd previously aimed to get my yearlings 333 / 375 / 399 miles, and been quite successful in getting them to fly that though well off pace.

 

Now that I have a channel race at 449 miles, that is my new yardstick for yearlings, and I took 89th Open this year on my first try. I think it's good grounding for the Gold Cup race 547m when they're 2-yo.  

[Guest frank dooman]

I'd previously aimed to get my yearlings 333 / 375 / 399 miles, and been quite successful in getting them to fly that though well off pace.

 

Now that I have a channel race at 449 miles, that is my new yardstick for yearlings, and I took 89th Open this year on my first try. I think it's good grounding for the Gold Cup race 547m when they're 2-yo.  

 

thats it ian if a fancier is distance minded then in my view needs to be done ive spoken to many good/great nat men who all swear by it there rule is if it cant do 400/450mls as yearlings they wont go on to do the real distance raceing now i can hear some say ive got birds that didnt race as y/birds and only race lightly as yearlings yes but if they had raced the good ones would have still been there and yes their is allways the odd exception

[alvagate]

i agree frank if you want to compete at the distance your yearlings must fly 450mles and be in the club postion or round about

[Guest frank dooman]

i think this is one of those times when many roads lead to rome but i will be going with the great nat men on this one Ian