Yearlings How Far Do You Race Them

[Guest WINGS 04]

How far do you race your yealings ?

 

I am hopeing to send some to ypres

[Guest pigeon82]

i have 1 yearling hen out there she is going to talbenny in 2 weeks 240 miles acrosswater from here and if she comes back shell go to bude or penzance which is 340oddmiles i think

[OLDYELLOW]

i've sent yearlings to 500 miles no problem , it has to suit the bird i like them to fly 360 to 400 miles as yearlings odd few ill sent to 500+

[john cumming]

like all my yearlings to do 300 to 350 miles, had the odd one or two to 500 miles

[sapper756]

I will be sending some yearlings (including your black, OLDYELLOW) to our first Fed Open race on Saturday from Leicester 260 miles, and then those that return, I will decide if I stop them or continue to race them furtherhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif

 

 

[OLDYELLOW]

I will be sending some yearlings (including your black, OLDYELLOW) to our first Fed Open race on Saturday from Leicester 260 miles, and then those that return, I will decide if I stop them or continue to race them further

he be ok 358+ miles keep sending him and good luck

[sapper756]

he be ok 358+ miles keep sending him http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif and good luck http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif

 

 

Both him and his hen have taken over 2 nest boxes, one has a large youngster ,the other box the hen has just laid her 2nd egghttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

[OLDYELLOW]

Both him and his hen have taken over 2 nest boxes, one has a large youngster ,the other box the hen has just laid her 2nd egg

hope he does the buisness this weekend then good luck

[JohnQuinn]

Its rare for ma yearlings NOT to go to the coast, about 380mls, generally doing well from that distance, but i do send them across the water (440-510mls) only limited success though!

[Roland]

Now it is confusing. Why stop them? Which ones do you stop! What is the thinking here

So, are you keeping back the ones that you don't think are good enough, and hence breeding of those next year, especially if you lose the ones you think are good enough . Or ones you think are the good ones, but not giving them the chance to prove whether thay are capable of doing the honours? If the others you send are being sent to so that they can get a chance to prove themselves.

Of course, personally, if fit and healthy they go the whole shebang allowed to.

[Roland]

Jackson just after the turn of the last centuary was sending and getting yearlings from the 1000 miles and over .

Read on Elimar articles about the Irish fancier sending and winning with yearlings INTO Ireland at over 650 miles ! Further yearling having first race at 650 miles to Pau with great sucess. etc. etc. Indeed many - granted they know their family well - don't even race as y/b's, and even as yearling yet dominate as old birds... One man's meat is another man's poison granted but.... do we breed too much inferior stuff, or molly uddle them too much?

[dal2]

Jackson just after the turn of the last centuary was sending and getting yearlings from the 1000 miles and over .

Read on Elimar articles about the Irish fancier sending and winning with yearlings INTO Ireland at over 650 miles ! Further yearling having first race at 650 miles to Pau with great sucess. etc. etc. Indeed many - granted they know their family well - don't even race as y/b's, and even as yearling yet dominate as old birds... One man's meat is another man's poison granted but.... do we breed too much inferior stuff, or molly uddle them too much?

 

Roland

I Have sent yearlings 400miles plus over the water wae limited success. There are a number of top notch fanciers in my area that send, and get, yearlings at the distance. I tend to see the fanciers with the larger teams testing their yearlings on a more regular basis, the reason i think is quite obviously that they have more resources than most and probs have a team of yearlings tucked up in loft ready to be two year olds. The smaller flier is always thinkin of them as two year olds so he has a decent team to compete with the next year. Have been told many times by fanciers far more successful than me that a two year old over the water for first time can be a goldmine.

This is JMO and obviously there will be lots of yearlings sent this year by lots of fanciers in different situations and i wish them the best o luck.

Cheers steven

[Shortcut Lofts]

Mine must all do Penzance 304 miles. I will be trying 3 in St Malo this year for first time 444 miles.

[Guest IB]

I think Ypres is a terrific race for yearlings, 449 miles to me.

 

I tend to think of it in 'steps' toward giving the bird the road work and training for long distance racing as a 2 y-o. The first 'step' is YB doing the Fed programme - none of my yearlings did that last year, so I am far from confident that I will be able to get the 4 that I have as far as the coast, 399 miles, my fall-back second 'step'. If I can't give them the road work I think they need to get them to Ypres, I will try to send them to the coast instead.

[ritchie1]

480 to hestings for yearlings for me

[frank-123]

yearling race then put away until next year till they mature

[ALF]

ONLY STARTED WITH APPROX A DOZEN AFTER THE BAD WETHERBY OF LAST YEAR AND ONLY GOT A HANDFUL LEFT BUT WILL PROBABLY SEND THEM TO YPRES

[Tony C]

Think it all depends what you set your stall out for. 90% of our fed program is what I would call sprint racing, any yearling showing promise in these races dont go past the 200 mile mark.

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

Nowdays just as contented to give the yearlings time to mature and give them 6-7 races to 265miles with one or two of them going too 387-440 miles.

 

Each family of pigeons develop differently and some need time to mature and some don't.

[Guest spin cycle]

i must be a 'lightweight' as my yearlings don't go over 160...but would go 250 if race prog. fitted . prefer to test as 2 y/o.