Driving yearlings for the 500 miler

[Guest Vic]

Yes or No? Vic

[Guest]

defo no

[andy]

Driving yearlings no good 4 any race, Waste too much energy.  maybe get 50/1 odds. Good Luck if your a gambler ;D

[Guest]

:o :o its a NO from me   Vic , .......... unless you know something we dont ??    andy

[ALF]

WOULDNAE SEND THEM EITHER

[sapper756]

Agree with all previous posts, NO!!!!

[Wiley]

if it was a sprint yes!

[Roland]

Will either win ... or could well lose it.

[madmaxlofts]

im only sending 1 yearling cock to bourges for this friday

not been a bad pigeon this year  for me so well see if he comes

[mosslands1]

i say if he is dropping his third flight send him and pool him

[Guest]

i say if he is dropping his third flight send him and pool him

 

nay wunner it says keep trying in yir avatar  

[Guest Greig the doo Drysdale]

I have a yearling cock who scored as a young brd as a yearling and the further he goes the better he is getting do you think i should send him to Falaise?

[jimmy_bulger]

hi vic.

i think you been flying the pond long enuff to not ask this.

jimmy

[Guest Vic]

Jimmy, youl'd be surprised, How many guys use this method. Iv'e won this way in the past. I THINK IT'S DIFFERENT IN THESE DAYS OF WIDOWHOOD, NOT LIKE IT WAS IN THE PAST. I will be sending half a dozen ex w/hood yearling  cocks who so far have had two channel crossings each . (Would have had three in normal years) Most should be between eggs by tomorrows marking. I have a sneaky feeling that they will beat my dads army entrants. Fingers crossed, here goes! Regards, Vic.

[jimmy white]

I WOULD SAY A NO, TO YEARLINGS DRIVING , BUT THERES THE ODD ONE THAT CAN HANDLE IT, ,,BUT,WITH  PIGEONS, YOULL ALLWAYS GET AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE

[jimmy_bulger]

hi vic.

well mate you know your own birds better than me ,if you dont go for it you wont get it best of luck .

jimmy.

[d mac]

I would say no but i did not like sending yearlings 500m there still growing i my book

[johnny11]

looks like those yearling will be doing 200 miles max this week

 

John

[swilcox]

Vic

 

You never know!!! If he a good un he suprise you, if he is not driving will make him no better or worse.

 

Stuart

[Guest Vic]

With the latest French fiasco,  I may be in with a shout now! ;D ;D No! in all sincerity, I really did fancy them yearlings from 500 mile. I remember having a red cheq cock that won a hard Rennes 2 race,  and a fortnight later came close to toping the Amal from Niort, (in the days when racing pigeons were enjoyable, and not destroyable) Where did I put that noose?  ;D ;D

[Roland]

Yearling pee 500 miles. Golly Jackson was flying them nigh over a 1000 mile a centuary ago. The fellow - can't recall his name was just training as y/b's and devasting the opposition at the distance - all distances in fact.

But it was THE DRIVING we was replying to, and yearlings are either great... or very poor, many lost, when in this condition.

[Roland]

Was in Cananda last year when 400 miles and over are flown back to back! Yes two weeks on th trot!

[jimmy white]

With the latest French fiasco,  I may be in with a shout now! ;D ;D No! in all sincerity, I really did fancy them yearlings from 500 mile. I remember having a red cheq cock that won a hard Rennes 2 race,  and a fortnight later came close to toping the Amal from Niort, (in the days when racing pigeons were enjoyable, and not destroyable) Where did I put that noose?  ;D ;D

 

its really a shame to all concerned , a lot of work and thought goes in to trying to condition birds for these races , i was honestly looking forward to see how these yearlings performed ,never mind theres nothing anyone can do about it ,but it really is a shame  

[Roland]

Mind if there had been a North, or even East  rd available the birds would still have been in peak condition  AND would have a race!