are strain names important?

[Guest chrisss]

every day you can see ads saying  janssens/dordins/etc for sale is the "strain"name that important? or is the distance the bird can fly ie sprint/middle long more relevant

[gangster]

NAMES MEAN NOTHING WINNING BIRDS ARE WHAT WE ALL WANT!!!!!!

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

HERE HERE

[homebird]

pedigrees for selling ,crossbreds for racing.so ive been told.if its like horse racing they dont knowe who thier mums and dads are in the final furlong.

[Castleview]

I don't think strain name matters. As soon as you begin training the birds 'your way' and they win 'your way' the name of the strain doesn't matter because its your training that have made the bird com into form, not the Janssen brothers, or Roland Janssens or even Staf Van Reet. They only sold there birds and the people that bought them named the strain after them.

 

I read somewhere the Staf Van Reets were linebred to the Janssen. Could be wrong? It's how they perform that's more important, not their name.

[Guest cloudview]

they are only useful   as a guide   ,example   if you wanted  600  hundred milers  you woud nt  go buying   from  a chap  who raced  the well known sprint families

[harky]

they are only useful   as a guide   ,example   if you wanted  600  hundred milers  you woud nt  go buying   from  a chap  who raced  the well known sprint families

 

yes would have to agree too   :)