Ian McKay Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Report by Herbert MacKenzie John Buchan's 4 year old hen was timed on the Sunday morning from Ypres at 10.10 hrs. She flew Ypres last year but was out of race time. Her preparation this year saw her go to Beauly (113 mls), Kingussie (135 mls), Dunfermline (201 mls) from where she took 17 hours, Worksop (402 mls) 2nd. Club on V.1629 and she was then sent to Ypres sitting 12 day eggs. She was bred from two yearlings. Her sire was bred from a John Ellis cock of Wellbank Surprise blood, bought at a national sale, when paired to a Peter Patrick hen bought at his clearance sale. She was a half sister to Mary, the Double Gold Award winner. Her dam was a gift youngster from Herbert Mackenzie containing some decent distance blood flying into Orkney from race points such as Hastings (569 mls). John would like to thank Mary Pryde for her assistance in getting the Orkney entries away to the Ypres race.John's approx distance is 613mls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie1234 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Superb...and here's me with zilch from Ypres no excuses mirror job for me lol Well done John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showman Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Superb performance, sincerest congrats John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE FIFER Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 well done John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattydoos79 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Wow and to show how a pigeon manages to fly all the way up for 600+ miles still amazes me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Fantastic achievement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jast Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 very good pigeon, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbar Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Well done john, brilliant flying very game bird there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blucock Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Well done john, brilliant flying very game bird there. Did it not make the result or is John not a member of the SNFC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastdrop Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Unbelievable performance. What a pigeon. Very well done!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hay Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Exceptional flying. Which must rank as one of the toughest routes to fly. Congratulations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster151 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Brilliant achievement well done :emoticon-0137-clapping: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyleakin Lofts Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Excellent result. How much of that was flown single up. Must have been over 200 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Morrison Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Great pidgeon with the heart to go with it to get home 600+ mls on second morning some doing personally i would be keeping that back for stock absolute amazing doo mate congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Wel done great performance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJL Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Great performance. I am getting a velocity of 817 which would have been 6th North section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 :emoticon-0137-clapping: :emoticon-0137-clapping: fantastic well done that man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric owenson Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Well done to the both of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian McKay Posted July 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Did it not make the result or is John not a member of the SNFC? Don't think they are in SNFC :emoticon-0179-headbang: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDROCKET Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Yes not all just about the pigeon it's the team that makes a success well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W.D. Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddymac Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Brilliant performance, well done John :emoticon-0137-clapping: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviedoo22 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Fantastic achievement John!! Your pigeon in my opinion has covered some amount of water to get her when you did. Think the final stretch is approx 80mls from the Moray coast to Orkney. Well done to you and your pigeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveron Lad Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Well done what an achievement fantastic preparation and a game doo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkj Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 Superb performance, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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