We sent a small team – 7 old birds and 14 yearlings - to this race and they did a great job! We started with the 14° National Chateauroux (526km) against 18,689 pigeons. We will have 19 prizes of 21 entered birds!
09/06/2018 Chateauroux (526km)
Club St. Job 344 old birds: 1-3-4-5-… 6/7
Club St. Job 516 yearlings: 6-8-11-19-26-27-29-38-… 13/14
National z. 5,075 old birds: 4-11-23-30-…
National z. 8,458 yearlings: 67-80-87-124-180-181-198…
National 18,793 old birds: 14-37-100-131-…
National 27,081 yearlings: 194-228-247-343-508-509-556-…
-> 1st and 2nd nominated bird win 37° and 100° Nat. Chateauroux against 18,793 pigeons
-> 7 of the 21 (33%) entered birds win a prize in the first 1%
-> 16 of the 21 (76%) entered bird win a prize in the first 10%
Our 1st and 2nd nominated old bird win 38° and 99° National Chateauroux (526km) against 18,689 pigeons! No less than 3 of our 7 old birds will win a national top 100 position against 18,689 pigeons! 7 of our 21 entered birds win a prize in the first 1%!
The birds were released at 7 am. Our first bird was in the air for almost 8 hours. Here you can see the arrival time of our first birds:
14:56:28
14:59:48
15:05:33
15:07:23
15:08:31
15:09:47
15:10:23
15:13:05
15:16:27
15:16:28
15:17:28
15:21:49
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Our first arrival was "Beauty Tail"(B16-6032210). She wins 14° National Chateauroux (526km) against 18,689 pigeons.
"Beauty Tail"(B16-6032210) won 14° National Chateauroux 18,689 pigeons.
Our second arrival was "Blue Dragon"(B16-6032134). She was our first nominated bird. She wins 38° National Chateauroux (526km) against 18,689 pigeons. On the first national race of the year she won 23° Provincial Bourges (479km) 2,651 birds. Her father is our current top long distance racer “Black Dragon”(B15-6026259). He won last year 1° S.-national Aurillac (712km) together with many other top prizes. Her mother is a half-sister to our famous breeder “Elektro”(B08-6174630).
"Blue Dragon"(B16-6032134) was our first nominated bird
Our third arrival was "Chanel"(B16-6032196). She was our second nominated bird. She wins 99° National Chateauroux (526km) against 18,689 pigeons. She is bred from a full brother to "Aladdin"(B09-6248081), 1° fast. National Bourges (479km) 64,621 pigeons coupled to a daughter to "Beckham"(B01-6387174).
"Chanel"(B16-6032196) was our second nominated bird