This is by far the best post I have read for a long time, I totally agree with every word, I have been in the sport since 1975 and have seen racing won by quality pigeons being superseded by winning by numbers. It saddens me when a new fancier comes into the sport and takes his whole team of 10 pigeons down to marking only to see the more experienced fanciers basketing 60/70/80 + pigeons each. Distance racing in my opinion is an art, however, if you fly by numbers you always get one. I look forward to reading more of your posts,