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Hi I'm new to pigeon racing and I'm trying get my head around long distance and sprint birds

 

How do you tell the differance?

You cant and neither can the pigeons

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So what are ppl going on about? Is they a differance? Or are they all the same

Some would say they are all the same and are just fed and motivated correctly to win at certain distances

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Thanks dal, that cleared things up a bit

There is more to it than that as some families of pigeons appear to have more winners at certain distances hence leading to fanciers using them for that purpose

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Most breed names win at all distances but some more at long than short and some more at short than long ect get your birds from a good pigeon man or a reputable stud they will tell you how to fly them most of us are learning all the time good luck.

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its like this for me i wouldnt like to be buying birds from someone that races over 400 mile for years and expect these to win spint races 120 mile or so in a sprint hotbed and the same vice versa

 

of course there will be expections to the rules and im sure people could name many

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its like this for me i wouldnt like to be buying birds from someone that races over 400 mile for years and expect these to win spint races 120 mile or so in a sprint hotbed and the same vice versa

 

of course there will be expections to the rules and im sure people could name many

Rules with many exceptions! Surely they aren't rules?

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Bearing in mind I know nowt about racing pigeons, I would have thought that there would be a difference in actual body type. Compare top athletes e.g. sprinter with heavy muscled body to a lean marathon runner. Is it not the same for the birds? I would have thought the long distance birds would be smaller built. Would be interesting to hear from some who specialize in one distance or the other or both?

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Hi I'm new to pigeon racing and I'm trying get my head around long distance and sprint birds

 

How do you tell the differance?

The best and easy way to find out is to test them out as far as you can go with them,i don't think there is

anyone out there who can look at a pigeon and can tell you and be 100% correct what distance it can fly,plenty think they know but be your own judge,only my own thoughts and good luck to you in the sport.

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jakes right m8 pigeons come in all shapes and sizes with some families being better at distance some families better at sprint but theres no hard and fast rules to type as wee man says you have to test them yourselve

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jakes right m8 pigeons come in all shapes and sizes with some families being better at distance some families better at sprint but theres no hard and fast rules to type as wee man says you have to test them yourselve

Thank fk you agree Walter,that will do for me,big well done to you getting Jim off to a great start just hope Rabbit229 has someone like yourself to put him on the right road.
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In my opinion winning sprinters are advantaged by wind and especially loft location. They seem to be non winning sprinters as the distance increases and the loft location does not equate an advantge. :emoticon-0138-thinking: :emoticon-0138-thinking:

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In my opinion winning sprinters are advantaged by wind and especially loft location. They seem to be non winning sprinters as the distance increases and the loft location does not equate an advantge. :emoticon-0138-thinking: :emoticon-0138-thinking:

:emoticon-0137-clapping: :emoticon-0137-clapping: :emoticon-0137-clapping:

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In my opinion winning sprinters are advantaged by wind and especially loft location. They seem to be non winning sprinters as the distance increases and the loft location does not equate an advantge. :emoticon-0138-thinking: :emoticon-0138-thinking:

:animatedpigeons: :animatedpigeons:

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just seen G @ C cooper won lyndhurst 44 miles with one of there good 3 yrs old distance birds lol

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just seen G @ C cooper won lyndhurst 44 miles with one of there good 3 yrs old distance birds lol

Favourable loft position and wind ye see lol

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Thank fk you agree Walter,that will do for me,big well done to you getting Jim off to a great start just hope Rabbit229 has someone like yourself to put him on the right road.

thanks jake but the credit is all jims he did everything i told him to the letter wish id had the brains to listen to advice when i started instead of learning everything the hard way pal

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