Best Pigeon You Have Ever Raced.

[yeboah]

blue hen SU75SN 1900 .won in club scored in fed

SNFC Rennes only went three times .

16th section 66th open 14 hours forty five min on wing nw wind 7,298 birds vel 995

8th section 31st open clocked on day 16 1/2 hours on wing nw wind 7,268 birds vel 887

68th section 334th open 15 hours twenty min on wing wnw wind 7,359 birds vel 952

 

distance 498 miles

 

once in a lifetime doo ,nae tonics or potions she just got clean water from the well

and went every club race . never had a night out in her life

[alec guinness]

blue hen SU75SN 1900 .won in club scored in fed

SNFC Rennes only went three times .

16th section 66th open 14 hours forty five min on wing nw wind 7,298 birds vel 995

8th section 31st open clocked on day 16 1/2 hours on wing nw wind 7,268 birds vel 887

68th section 334th open 15 hours twenty min on wing wnw wind 7,359 birds vel 952

 

distance 498 miles

 

once in a lifetime doo ,nae tonics or potions she just got clean water from the well

and went every club race . never had a night out in her life

 

 

topper mick,dream doo. :) :)

[blaz]

the best i have raced staff van reet cock bred by the partnership of primrose and bell.won the 1st race i sent birds to won a lot more races for me he also won £1 nom in club all yb races then as a yearling won the club £1 nom all old bird races. he then got hawked after lots of rest to recover he won more tickets including another 2 1st.lost from a training . THE PIED

[yeboah]

topper mick,dream doo. :) :)

 

certainly was alec ,still got her grandson 15 years old ,wish we had 7500 nowadays .

[PIGEON_MAN]

Had a Red Grizzle cock 76.K.90040 which I bought at our club auction for £3.25,I flew natural then but this cock would be the first home no matter what nesting condition he was in,he won over 25 positions in the first four in the club and also took federation positions and won no end of pool money,only thing I dont remember was his breeding.Never had a bird since that was as consistant as he was.

[Delboy]

Just before my time, my grandfather had a pigeon that scored in the top 3 in every race it went to.60mls- 550 mls, it was a flying machine. It was raced for 6 years and everytime it was sent, the club members wouldnt pool their pigeons as it won every time. This red cock won 4 times from SNFC Rennes 550 mls, best being 31st open 7,000 birds and one of the times their were around 20 people at loft waiting on it. They were all ready to leave about 11pm when someone shouted, "theres an owl" and it was the red cock landing.A big cheer went up as he was clocked. What a pigeon he was, funnily enough, he was the ugliest , mis-shapen bird you would ever see. He was very broad and it looked as if his legs were very far apart Shows you, they come in all shapes and sizes. This cock,never even had a name and he was undoubtedly one of the best pigeons ever in Scotland. The red cock was put to stock and bred a host of winners including,the sire of the famous "RED HACKLE" 1st west section 5th open Rennes ( sold to America for large sum )

[lanarkshire lad]

Just before my time, my grandfather had a pigeon that scored in the top 3 in every race it went to.60mls- 550 mls, it was a flying machine. It was raced for 6 years and everytime it was sent, the club members wouldnt pool their pigeons as it won every time. This red cock won 4 times from SNFC Rennes 550 mls, best being 31st open 7,000 birds and one of the times their were around 20 people at loft waiting on it. They were all ready to leave about 11pm when someone shouted, "theres an owl" and it was the red cock landing.A big cheer went up as he was clocked. What a pigeon he was, funnily enough, he was the ugliest , mis-shapen bird you would ever see. He was very broad and it looked as if his legs were very far apart Shows you, they come in all shapes and sizes. This cock,never even had a name and he was undoubtedly one of the best pigeons ever in Scotland. The red cock was put to stock and bred a host of winners including,the sire of the famous "RED HACKLE" 1st west section 5th open Rennes ( sold to America for large sum )

Very interesting Derek,i remember seeing a photo of red hackle somewhere.What would really interest me was what breeding was in the red cock that your grandfather Raced would it go back to Dr Anderson pigeons?

[Delboy]

Very interesting Derek,i remember seeing a photo of red hackle somewhere.What would really interest me was what breeding was in the red cock that your grandfather Raced would it go back to Dr Anderson pigeons?

 

No it didnt Jim, the breeding was Marriot x his own family( which was blended from the very best of local Scottish distance blood )

[OLDYELLOW]

nice story of a great bird Derek

[marmite]

cheq pied cock 1st fed 1st club 245 mls 2 weeks l8r 2fed 1st club 3rd classic 290mls 2weeks l8r 5fed 1st club 6th classic winning in total £450 was fed distance bird of the yr now in stock loft breeding good birds to score at mid distance atb clive

 

forgot to add scored club cards at sprint races to hes a ko/nip x verheye crackin bird in the hand

[WHITTY]

WHEN I RACED WITH MY BROTHER BEFORE GOLD AWARDS WE HAD 3 GREAT CHAMPIONS( NATIONAL COCK) 7 TIMES OVER 500 MILES WINNING 5 TIMES HIS NEST SISTER (THE WE MEALY HEN) 7 TIMES OVER 500 MILES WINNING 6 TIMES AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST

(THE PRESTON HEN} 9 TIMES OVER 500 MILES WINNING 7 TIMES YES THESE WERE THE DAYS

[fletch]

my dad says the old saltey cock he had 8 x 1st clubs and 2 x 1st combines, i was young but my dad only sending him 2 week running and he won both weeks beting over 500 in club both times and well up on the fed,

in my memory would be gb95t28511 she had 4 races as a yb 1st race just off the pace

2nd race 1st club 1st fed 5000+ birds

3rd race 1st club 3rd fed 5000+ birds

4th race 3rd club 5th fed 5000+ birds

then as a 2 year old she had only 1 race after her cock was loft half way through season we decided to train here and she was 2ndclub and 4th fed beaten by full sister,

never raced again

 

sadley she was not succesfull breeder and never breed anything to good but her genes do come back later down the line,

my da sold her on to someone who came to buy a few and when he phoned the year after she had breed 2 first prize winners in her first loft

[eastcoaster]

When i first started as a 14yr my grandad bought me some racing pigeons (only had street`rs) from a joe hodgson who won rennes in 1955 , he gave me a wee dk cheq g/d from it and told me it Will win out of rennes for you ! it became ma pet doo hated sending it to the races in case she got lost she survived ! so off to rennes she went as a 2yr it was a hard race and she never came on the night as i sat till 1 am waiting then got up at 3.30am and waited and waited and just when i was about to give up she arrived at 11.15 when we (flew with my brother)timed her in i cried with joy that she had flown 536mls for me fantastic . she took 350 ish in the open against 5000 plus doo`s but i could`nt have cared had she won the race she was home ,

i know she has not won anything like some of the fantastic doo`s you guy`s have had the pleasure to own but boy did she inbed me into pigeon racing for life . 38 years ago

ps my brother had a doo win 28 races and a hell of a lot o cash ,THE SUPERSTAR

[Delboy]

When i first started as a 14yr my grandad bought me some racing pigeons (only had street`rs) from a joe hodgson who won rennes in 1955 , he gave me a wee dk cheq g/d from it and told me it Will win out of rennes for you ! it became ma pet doo hated sending it to the races in case she got lost she survived ! so off to rennes she went as a 2yr it was a hard race and she never came on the night as i sat till 1 am waiting then got up at 3.30am and waited and waited and just when i was about to give up she arrived at 11.15 when we (flew with my brother)timed her in i cried with joy that she had flown 536mls for me fantastic . she took 350 ish in the open against 5000 plus doo`s but i could`nt have cared had she won the race she was home ,

i know she has not won anything like some of the fantastic doo`s you guy`s have had the pleasure to own but boy did she inbed me into pigeon racing for life . 38 years ago

ps my brother had a doo win 28 races and a hell of a lot o cash ,THE SUPERSTAR

 

Aye Colin, that must have been brilliant for you at 14 years of age m8. I have similar memories as a lad, the greatest thrill on earth is getting one from the Gold cup. ps. Your brothers Superstar was some bird

[eastcoaster]

Aye Colin, that must have been brilliant for you at 14 years of age m8. I have similar memories as a lad, the greatest thrill on earth is getting one from the Gold cup. ps. Your brothers Superstar was some bird

The Superstar was a racing machine and well known in the pentland fed , he even scored from the channel at 9yr but think i`m right that he never bred nowt worth talking about .