Deutschland Ober Alles?

[Guest Vic]

Why are the Germans so successful in the Sun City Million Dollar race?  1,2,3, & 9 in the first 10. Quite unbelievable! : : Vic.

[Roland]

Vey avf vay of making kim dem VALK faster lol.

[gangster]

dont know but they have a good record dont they vic!!!!!

[Guest]

Proberbly the best in the last 4/5 years gangster there birds must suit the condidions (dont know why its bloody colder there than Scotland)

[mO]

Having visited S/Africa only last October and although I didn,t see or handle this years 2007 german entrys I did handle German birds from earlier SCMDR that had been sold off at auction.

I was very shocked to see these very high priced birds.

I would have culled them as I weaned them.

I was handling COCKS  that to me were smaller than my smallest HENS.

 

very  VERY SMALL BIRDS indeed.

hope the above sheds a little light on the type of birds they enter.

mO.

[mO]

you may want to give this link a hit

 

 

http://www.suntimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Article.aspx?id=384637

 

mO

 

sorry you may need to type it in.  or cut and paste.

very interesting reading on the subject at hand

[Guest MBpigeonguy]

i heard they have like a way longer and harder racing season then we do in canada. ich gloub germans sind gute vogel leit!!

[davebuttle]

perhaps we should give our birds Carlsberg not water, then they may be the best birds in the world.

[Guest]

Yes but Carlsberg would have to make them

[davebuttle]

true

[Guest MBpigeonguy]

whats carlsberg

[davebuttle]

lager/beer

[jimmy white]

Why are the Germans so successful in the Sun City Million Dollar race?  1,2,3, & 9 in the first 10. Quite unbelievable! : : Vic.

 

yes quite incredible , certainly some result ,, makes you wonder

[jimmy white]

perhaps we should give our birds Carlsberg not water, then they may be the best birds in the world.

 

dont know about being the best,,, but they would be the happiest ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Guest Vic]

;D ;D ;D ;D

 

dont know about being the best,,, but they would be the happiest ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

 

[Guest]

An interesting one, because if you look at the prevailing winds they should succeed far more in Internationals than they do...........or is it that they do succeed but because of our love affair with the Belgian and Dutch pigeons, we do not take the notice they deserve? You certainly don't see the publicity or advetrs in our local press compared to the Dutch and Belgian birds. It may be that they do have the best birds!!??

I notice the comments about small pigeons and hard route, the best of the old Hansennes that flew from Thurso and Lerwick in to Wales were of this very ilk. And as an aside I was told that Ned Bush in S*expletive removed*horpe who is an excellent 700 miler, his birds are small and not very attractive, but I'd be delighted to have successful ugly 700 milers!!

[Guest paulrstokes]

Hi

 

I actually went out for the race and helped with the basketing.

To be totally honest the best birds I handled were German and Czech.

 

Let us not forget that they do send out almost 1200 birds, I think the country that was most dissapointed were the South Africans, sent over 1500 and I think they got 2 in the first 20.

 

I had a debate with another english fancier who said the Germans had anh unfair advantage, due to moult etc, I advised that we are in the same hemisphere and suffer the same seasons therefore no advantage.

 

I think we have just got to admit beat by better birds.  

[Guest slugmonkey]

Didn't the Germans also win the World Ace Challenge ???

I think the moral of this story is keep breeding short / middle distance birds for these races ???

[Guest paulrstokes]

I think team sylt also did well in the asia pacific race