worst part of ur racing season 2008

[tippler1]

losing 2 of the 3 young birds i did the program with all took cards but thats racing its still sickning

[Guest casbri]

losing young birds

[budgie]

Loosing pigeons and bad trapping is all part of our great sport.The worst thing is knowing that you are not getting a fair crack of the whip liberating youngsters mid-day with again prevalling west winds and trying to beat the hours of darkness.

[Guest]

Losing Young Birds  (Again)(dissappointed)

[Roundo]

Not winning one of the SNFC inland Nationals.

 

Seriously, losing one of my favourite Gaby cocks at the Newbury National.

 

More recently, the Europa Classic main event.

 

Colin.

 

 

[Ronnie]

Tarbes with the NFC i sent three and really fancied one to come.I lost my Big dopey pied and my best yearling(maybe 700 miles is to far for a yearling) due to inexperience i really thought the birds where ready . i got my little louella hen back a few weeks later.To make it worse the nest mate to the yearling i lost was my Niort winner so i think i may have thrown away a good bird.As long as i can learn from it then its not a total loss .

[Guest IB]

Mine was not getting to a Channel race. Made worse by the fact that I have never been to a National Channel race and this year was to be my first, sending to 2.

 

Down to (1) not having good enough 2 YOs for Gold Cup race, dropped 3/4 in Federation racing, 2 of them latebreds that had been earmarked and trained specially since hatching.. and (2) making a cod of nest positions for Ypres race candidate, in that I was too late slipping a youngster under the hen (sitting overdue and keen as mustard) and she rose 7/8 days before basketing night, sitting the chipping egg I slipped the night before, (I could hear it battering away inside). I'd given another pair a youngster a few days previously which they'd taken to. Wrong move. She should have got that one.

 

Ken better next year, and I've better 2 YOs too.