ovy1255 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 looking good -yours are ,good luck wuldon
WulDon Posted February 13, 2011 Author Report Posted February 13, 2011 some performance from the bird cabo verde it was 8th today in the second hotspot raceevery week it has been near the top http://www.derbyatla...-14954-2010.htm Arizona Bingo been a very consistent pigeon also for Dutch fancier Hok M.Reijnen
dal2 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 Wots yer chances wul??? confident or hopeful?
WulDon Posted February 13, 2011 Author Report Posted February 13, 2011 Wots yer chances wul??? confident or hopeful? first two were in that first batch today... just need a bit of luck!
frank-123 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 Arizona Bingo been a very consistent pigeon also for Dutch fancier Hok M.Reijnen checked that guy out earlier seem's a one loft specialist
WulDon Posted February 13, 2011 Author Report Posted February 13, 2011 although todays race was a screamer and 155 pigeons were timed in 14 minutes, there wasnt another pigeon until over 5 hours later... these island races are not to be under estimated and there are 49 pigeons still adrift tonight which is about 23% of the convoy, very difficult pigeon racing indeed!
WulDon Posted February 13, 2011 Author Report Posted February 13, 2011 checked that guy out earlier seem's a one loft specialist when pics were taken first week in november his pigeosn all seemed quite young compared to others who had almost completed a body moult...
robbiedoo. Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 although todays race was a screamer and 155 pigeons were timed in 14 minutes, there wasnt another pigeon until over 5 hours later... these island races are not to be under estimated and there are 49 pigeons still adrift tonight which is about 23% of the convoy, very difficult pigeon racing indeed! willie if i were you i would be confident of getting a good een i think your doos are maybe starting to hit form at the right time do SCOTLAND proud willie good luck
WulDon Posted February 13, 2011 Author Report Posted February 13, 2011 willie if i were you i would be confident of getting a good een i think your doos are maybe starting to hit form at the right time do SCOTLAND proud willie good luck cheers Robbie, just lets hope we get a bite of a cherry at some point...
dal2 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 although todays race was a screamer and 155 pigeons were timed in 14 minutes, there wasnt another pigeon until over 5 hours later... these island races are not to be under estimated and there are 49 pigeons still adrift tonight which is about 23% of the convoy, very difficult pigeon racing indeed! Do you think its worth it mate? I love competing but have never entered a one loft race! Do you think that the Arona is just tooooooo hard? Do you think that the lack of input makes it a lottery? 1500 dropped last week in a stinker! woz there a lot o birds sent wae nae chance? Do you enter one loft races in the UK? SOz for the questions but as always very interested in the doosCheers Steven
frank-123 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 you've a great chance wullie 152 birds to beat
robbiedoo. Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 cheers Robbie, just lets hope we get a bite of a cherry at some point... willie do you ever get a haunch that you are going to get a good een ? i have the feeling that you are going to get a cracker pal and i realy hope you do
WulDon Posted February 13, 2011 Author Report Posted February 13, 2011 you've a great chance wullie 152 birds to beat 157 now... willie do you ever get a haunch that you are going to get a good een ? i have the feeling that you are going to get a cracker pal and i realy hope you do not counting any chickens mate, u know the doo game... a bigger roller coaster ride than the Pepsi Max!
WulDon Posted February 13, 2011 Author Report Posted February 13, 2011 Do you think its worth it mate? I love competing but have never entered a one loft race! Do you think that the Arona is just tooooooo hard? Do you think that the lack of input makes it a lottery? 1500 dropped last week in a stinker! woz there a lot o birds sent wae nae chance? Do you enter one loft races in the UK? SOz for the questions but as always very interested in the doosCheers Steven havent competed in that many OLR, done the scottish one in 2009... bit of a waste of time, not there fault just not supported now due to all the bigger OLR from around the world. done the Emerald classic last year which was a bit of fun, this is my second year at the Derby Arona, love this one for a lot of reasons... 1.good excuse for a hoilday2.website updates and results are second to none3.continual text messages keeping you updated on your first arrivals4.the addition of livestream tv this year, this has created interest amongst fanciers who havent entered whihc is great and encouraging.5.keeps you motivated during the winter months6.gutted every time i see the weather out there, lol only downfall is expect some tough racing, last week was a prime example with the loss of about 1500 pigeons... not much anyone can do about this, last years final it took a full week to get 12 pigeons home, so definetly not for the faint hearted. imo depending on what OLR race you wish too participate in, they all seem to suit a specific type of pigeon, and if studied then a pattern develops as to which strain does particularly well... eg it cannot go unoticed that the 'Kannibal' line of pigeons are doing really well in OLR around the world just now. if more fanciers from the UK sent to the Derby Arona with pigeons bred from there prime 500-600 mile stock, i reckon you cannot go wrong... the long distance pigeons we have here in Scotland i think would be perfect. look at last week result and count how many Spanish pigeons made it home, over 50 from a final return of 209... tells you something. we visited the lofts in November and handled some of my entries, Jose and his brother Abel do a great job, lofts were immaculate, pigeons looked great, then time that goes into there computer system must be endless, not to mention the photos taken of every entrant. i will definetly be having another crack at it next year 2012...
dal2 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 havent competed in that many OLR, done the scottish one in 2009... bit of a waste of time, not there fault just not supported now due to all the bigger OLR from around the world. done the Emerald classic last year which was a bit of fun, this is my second year at the Derby Arona, love this one for a lot of reasons... 1.good excuse for a hoilday2.website updates and results are second to none3.continual text messages keeping you updated on your first arrivals4.the addition of livestream tv this year, this has created interest amongst fanciers who havent entered whihc is great and encouraging.5.keeps you motivated during the winter months6.gutted every time i see the weather out there, lol only downfall is expect some tough racing, last week was a prime example with the loss of about 1500 pigeons... not much anyone can do about this, last years final it took a full week to get 12 pigeons home, so definetly not for the faint hearted. imo depending on what OLR race you wish too participate in, they all seem to suit a specific type of pigeon, and if studied then a pattern develops as to which strain does particularly well... eg it cannot go unoticed that the 'Kannibal' line of pigeons are doing really well in OLR around the world just now. if more fanciers from the UK sent to the Derby Arona with pigeons bred from there prime 500-600 mile stock, i reckon you cannot go wrong... the long distance pigeons we have here in Scotland i think would be perfect. look at last week result and count how many Spanish pigeons made it home, over 50 from a final return of 209... tells you something. we visited the lofts in November and handled some of my entries, Jose and his brother Abel do a great job, lofts were immaculate, pigeons looked great, then time that goes into there computer system must be endless, not to mention the photos taken of every entrant. i will definetly be having another crack at it next year 2012... Ye you defo dinnae gan off half cocked wul? homework has been done? Thone birds doin well? wot gives them advantage in your opinion?
clockman Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 have asked them to cut there grub back so they trap quicker! lol... send george over with the tic bean and string,
WulDon Posted February 13, 2011 Author Report Posted February 13, 2011 send george over with the tic bean and string, he is afraid of flying!
WulDon Posted February 13, 2011 Author Report Posted February 13, 2011 Ye you defo dinnae gan off half cocked wul? homework has been done? Thone birds doin well? wot gives them advantage in your opinion? the Spanish doos? there climatised to there own country, plus they been bred from generations of pigeons that are used to this type of island racing... they are not always the fastest at the shorter ones but they will be there when the going is tough, check out Malta last week... they had a few home, they compete in all island racing... there were some lofts last week that were wiped out, and i'm guessing a lot of them were from fast sprint pigeons that are good at A 2 B racing! dig a bit further on Jose Ledesma, i'm sure his great Mealy cock was called 'Casablanca', check out what this pigeon done!!
blaz Posted February 14, 2011 Report Posted February 14, 2011 five home this morning... that is good and not a bad leson for yb,s .looking at my yb book from 2010 . out the 4 yb,s that came next day from a race 2 won the next again week and 1 was 2nd.
WulDon Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Posted February 14, 2011 that is good and not a bad leson for yb,s .looking at my yb book from 2010 . out the 4 yb,s that came next day from a race 2 won the next again week and 1 was 2nd. agree there, dont knock the late comers in the year of there birth!
just ask me Posted February 14, 2011 Report Posted February 14, 2011 best of luck its a tough one this year
WulDon Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Posted February 14, 2011 best of luck its a tough one this year sure is, nobody expected to be down to just 160 birds at this stage... makes it interesting tho!
DJWa Posted February 14, 2011 Report Posted February 14, 2011 sure is, nobody expected to be down to just 160 birds at this stage... makes it interesting tho! up to 170 now williegood luck for the next one
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