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Last Saturday was probably the most busy day of the racing season with three scheduled races: Pont Ste.-Maxence and the national Bourges (479km) and Tulle (657km). The pigeons had to deal with mainly headwinds on their way back home.

Our beautiful checkered hen “Fanta”(B18-6020277) won this weekend 2° fast. National Issoudun (504km) 19,713 pigeons. The pigeons had to stay in the basket during 3 nights. It is an incredible performance and we are very proud of her.

Last weekend the provincial Fay-aux-Loges (402km) race was flown. The strong wind from the Northwest and the cloudy weather made it a tough race. Our old birds did a great job. We had many birds in the head of the race and the prize percentage was also really good. We started even with a prize in the provincial top 10 however almost all the early birds could be found in the Southeastern part of our province. Our young birds flew unfortunately less sensational than the weeks before. They paid their lack of experience cash. We still started with the 3° prize and had more early birds in the race but the prize percentage was not good enough.

A race of 672km (Limoges) and tough weather … we know it is hard to beat our pigeons in these circumstances. They did again an amazing job. Our first three arrivals are three grandchildren of “Elektro”(B08-6174630)!

Our pigeons did again very well this weekend! We sent them to provincial Argenton (555km) race. They dominated the race in both categories, old birds and yearlings.

There were two races for us this weekend: Chevrainvilliers (354km) and the national Bourges (479km) race. It was again a difficult racing weekend for the pigeons. On their way back home the pigeons had to deal with heavy rain showers. In France the birds had to fly against the Northwest wind. Once they crossed the Belgian borders the wind direction completely shifted to the South. Because of this sudden change the national Bourges race had not the result as people had expected. Our birds did again a good job, like they are doing already since the start of the season.

We checked the weather forecast almost 100 times this week. The predicted weather for the race day was not good. After this careful consideration we decided to leave a considerable part of our racing team at home this weekend. The remaining birds flew the middle distance race Chevrainvilliers (354km). Afterwards it seems that we made the correct decision. We heard that from the national Vierzon race this weekend a lot of birds are still missing. Knowing that our birds do not love those fast races with mainly wind from the South, they did a good job on the middle distance race Chevrainvilliers (354km). They scored a very high prize percentage and 7 birds in the top 50. If this is our ‘worst’ result of the season, we will have had an amazing year!

Also on the first middle distance of the year our pigeons showed their class. It was a tough race with scattered rain showers and headwinds. Especially in an early stage of the season these are demanding circumstances for racing pigeons. For the third week in a row one of our birds won the first prize! Also the rest of the team showed their good form.

We started the new season in style! The weather was beautiful with a clear blue sky, light headwinds and a temperature that rose till 25°C.

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We were not thinking about a top result today on the Blois (462km) race. The birds had to deal with upcoming tailwinds. As we race at the shortest distance of our club, we did not have the best location at all. Our birds showed however that they are very hard to beat this year. They crushed the competition. We won no less than the 8 (!) first prizes. We beat famous names like Geerinckx, Van Dyck, Roodhooft, Wouters, De Scheemaecker, Van Gastel etc.

We had again a super racing day. The weather circumstances were tough with headwinds from start till finish. On the middle distance race Melun (310km) our team knocked down again all the competition. It was a super performance from our young birds.. The official results will be published tonight or tomorrow. More about this later. Also on the national Argenton (555km) race we had a top result. We had no less than 3 birds in the national top 13. What is also really remarkable is that 17 of our 23 entered old birds fly in the first 10% of the race! The two youngsters the fly in the national top 70 are both grandchildren again of our super breeder “Elektro”(B08-6174630).

Today we had one of the best racing days in our career! Just take a look, the results speak for themselves.

We had another super racing day last weekend! The temperature rose to 34°C and the birds had to deal with very strong winds. In these circumstances it is very hard to beat our birds (speed of first birds was 1,187 m/min). They smashed again all the competition! Also the good nominated birds were all in front.