Race # 4       Date:  November 10th, 2008       Location:  Carlin, NV (289 Miles)      

Release Time:  07:15 AM     Birds Entered:  69          3rd Day Results Updated

Weather:  Overcast at Release and for the first 100 Miles (no sun).  The next 100 Miles were partly cloudy to mostly sunny.  The sierra's and west slope were mostly cloudy to overcast.  Finally the weather at the loft was partly cloudy.  The winds were very light for most of the course. 

 

Well it's all over with and another race where the birds performed much better than the conditions would of indicated.  The clouds were completely socked in this morning to where the driver and the birds could not see the sun, so that is the reason we kept them at Carlin (289 Miles) as opposed to Elko (304 Miles) where the weather was even worse.  The first 100 miles or so were solid overcast with no breaks in the clouds.  The High Sierra's were also mostly cloudy to overcast.  The weather here started off the day very cloudy but improved throughout the day which made for a pretty good day for lunch and to watch birds.  In the mountains and Nevada was a different story though.  Based on what I saw this morning on the satellite, I was concerned that we might not get more than a couple day birds.......so to end up with 21 on the first drop was pretty wild and very surprising.

 

The birds came in just after the time we finished the calcutta auction and people were just starting to lightly watch the skies.  The first drop was very skittish and jittery when they came in and did not want to land.  Once they did land, there were a few birds that looked tired, but most looked great, including 3 cocks that were cooing chasing hens around.  Surprising that many birds stayed together for that far in tough conditions, but this group of birds has hung together in large groups throughout all the races.  At some point in each race we had a drop of 20+ birds.  The birds are very healthy and were in peak condition for the race (loft flying 90 minutes to 2 hours every day the past week).  We ended up getting 39 home on the day out of 69 which considering the weather, was a number I didn't think we would be anywhere near this morning.  I will post the 2nd day birds tomorrow. 

 

Ace Pigeon Standings have been updated and the Final Top-9 are listed in the results section. 

Congratulations to Jack Wilburn who was 1st Overall Ace Pigeon with his HANG 749 BC.

Jack definitely had the best pigeon of the race series, as 'HANG 749' was = 1st, = 2nd, = 1st, and = 1st in the four races.  A great pigeon.

#

 

Band #

Breeder

Arrival

To Win

Speed

Points

1

 

08-AUB 1535 BB

Watson, Paul

13:46:39.00

 

1.300,9390

289.0

2

 

08-RCF 8800 BB

Ceyx Loft

13:47:35.00

+00:00:5

1.297,8460

288.5

3

 

08-TCH 268 DCPD

Sanders, Doug

13:47:40.00

+00:01:0

1.297,5710

288.0

4

 

08-GSC 8091 WBGRZ

Mac & Mitch

13:47:44.00

+00:01:0

1.297,3510

287.5

5

 

08-SHOW 218 BC

Outlaw Tristan Wells

13:47:47.00

+00:01:0

1.297,1860

287.0

6

 

08-MRC 210 BB

Cancilla Lofts

13:47:49.00

+00:01:1

1.297,0760

286.5

7

 

08-MRC 211 BB

Cancilla Lofts

13:47:50.00

+00:01:1

1.297,0210

286.0

8

 

08-PACO 843 MOSC

Martinez, Frank

13:47:58.00

+00:01:1

1.296,5800

285.5

9

 

08-AUB 2236 BB

Bag Lady & Rapp

13:48:10.00

+00:01:3

1.295,9210

285.0

10

 

08-MRC 37 GRIZ

Lukens Loft

13:48:11.00

+00:01:3

1.295,8660

284.5

11

 

08-KIKI 26 RC

Whispering Pines Loft

13:48:14.00

+00:01:3

1.295,7010

284.0

12

 

08-GSF 1847 BB

Hay Loft

13:48:15.00

+00:01:3

1.295,6460

283.5

13

 

08-MRC 204 SLT

Cancilla Lofts

13:48:20.00

+00:01:4

1.295,3720

283.0

14

 

08-FSC 9000 BC

Kurtzner & Crosbie

13:48:26.00

+00:01:4

1.295,0420

282.5

15

 

08-GSF 1872 BB

Hay Loft

13:48:27.00

+00:01:4

1.294,9880

282.0

16

 

08-AUB 28 BBSP

Gragg, Duane

13:48:45.00

+00:02:0

1.294,0010

281.5

17

 

08-HANG 750 BB

Wilburn, Jack

13:48:47.00

+00:02:0

1.293,8910

281.0

18

 

08-AUB 56 SILV

Gragg, Duane

13:49:04.00

+00:02:2

1.292,9610

280.5

19

 

08-HANG 749 BC

Wilburn, Jack

13:49:05.00

+00:02:2

1.292,9060

280.0

20

 

08-RCF 8818 BCWF

Ceyx Loft

13:49:11.00

+00:02:3

1.292,5780

279.5

21

 

08-AUB 382 BB

Stierlin, Roy & Joyce

13:49:16.00

+00:02:3

1.292,3050

279.0

22

 

08-MRC 499 BC

Cancilla Lofts

13:56:55.00

+00:10:1

1.267,7080

249

23

 

08-RO 69 BBWF

Royal Oaks

14:10:45.00

+00:24:0

1.225,5270

234

24

 

08-GENE 265 BC

Tenbrink, Gene

14:11:04.00

+00:24:2

1.224,5940

233

25

 

08-AA 9214 SLT

Exotic Racing

14:11:06.00

+00:24:2

1.224,4960

232

26

 

08-AUB 1538 BCPD

Watson, Paul

14:20:22.00

+00:33:4

1.197,8200

222

27

 

08-GSC 8112 BC

Mac & Mitch

14:20:29.00

+00:33:5

1.197,4920

221

28

 

08-MAN 80652 BC

Severns, Dan

14:48:43.00

+01:02:0

1.122,9760

211

29

 

08-WDRP 102 WGRZ

Dusart, Kathy

14:48:49.00

+01:02:1

1.122,7280

210

30

 

08-RCF 8004 BC

Cantiller, Jeff

14:48:50.00

+01:02:1

1.122,6870

209

31

 

08-TCH 275 BB

Sanders, Doug

15:05:55.00

+01:19:1

1.081,9600

199

32

 

08-COCO 8133 BC

Bostwick & Reed

15:11:46.00

+01:25:0

1.068,6840

189

33

 

08-RCF 8861 BBWF

Ceyx Loft

15:17:02.00

+01:30:2

1.057,0080

179

34

 

08-CLAUS 109 DC

Clausing Co.

15:18:53.00

+01:32:1

1.052,9660

178

35

 

08-SHOW 201 DC

Outlaw Tristan Wells

15:25:54.00

+01:39:1

1.037,9160

168

36

 

08-AA 1189 DC

Rapozo & McCumber

15:45:55.00

+01:59:1

997,2524

158

37

 

08-RAPO 783 BC

Rapozo & McCumber

16:19:42.00

+02:33:0

935,4009

148

38

 

08-RO 66 BC

Royal Oaks

16:36:29.00

+02:49:5

907,4408

138

39

 

08-GSF 1876 BB

Hay Loft

17:03:56.00

+03:17:1

865,1453

128

40

 

08-COCO 8128 BBWF

Bostwick & Reed

07:12:16.00

+17:25:3

354,5013

118

41

 

08-CLAUS 114 BC

Clausing Co.

07:30:42.00

+17:44:0

350,0123

108

42

 

08-SR 803 BC

Sierra Ranch/Bieche Lofts

07:33:36.00

+17:46:5

349,3164

98

43

 

08-MAN 80641 BB

Severns, Dan

07:34:06.00

+17:47:2

349,1967

97

44

 

08-CHAOS 426 BC

Quintana, Conrad

07:43:05.00

+17:56:2

347,0599

87

45

 

08-WDRP 112 GRIZ

Dusart, Kathy

07:43:18.00

+17:56:3

347,0087

86

46

 

08-AUB 24 BBSP

Gragg, Duane

07:51:09.00

+18:04:3

345,1634

76

47

 

08-MRC 64 BB

Lukens Loft

07:52:28.00

+18:05:4

344,8557

75

48

 

08-MRC 615 BBWFS

Valentine, Martin

08:06:24.00

+18:19:4

341,6339

65

49

 

08-HANG 843 BBwf

Gwinnup, Danny

08:23:08.00

+18:36:2

337,8434

55

50

 

08-HANG 887 GRIZ

Gwinnup, Danny

08:24:23.00

+18:37:4

337,5636

54

51

 

08-MRC 49 BB

Lukens Loft

08:35:11.00

+18:48:3

335,1654

44

52

 

08-RAPO 611 BCWF

Rapozo & McCumber

08:50:29.00

+19:03:5

331,8257

40

53

 

08-AA 9243 RC

Exotic Racing

08:55:02.00

+19:08:2

330,8454

39

54

 

08-AA 1182 DC

Rapozo & McCumber

09:08:58.00

+19:22:1

327,8789

38

55

 

08-SHOW 219 BC

Outlaw Tristan Wells

09:09:00.00

+19:22:2

327,8719

37

56

 

08-FSC 7370 BB

Cain, Jim

09:31:53.00

+19:45:1

323,1139

36

57

 

08-CLAUS 112 BB

Clausing Co.

09:36:31.00

+19:49:5

322,1673

35

58

 

08-FSC 9058 BCSP

Kurtzner & Crosbie

09:45:45.00

+19:59:0

320,2973

34

59

 

08-CHAOS 413 BB

Quintana, Conrad

11:29:03.00

+21:42:2

300,7661

33

60

 

08-RCF 8022 BCWF

Cantiller, Jeff

12:08:41.00

+22:22:0

293,8904

32

61

 

08-AUB 381 BB

Stierlin, Roy & Joyce

15:50:16.00

+02:03:3

260,5849

31

62

 

08-HANG 743 BC

Wilburn, Jack

16:36:09.00

+02:49:3

254,6100

30

63   08-FSC 9001 BC Kurtzner & Crosbie

Day 3 AM

- -

0

64   08-AA 9207 SILV Exotic Racing

Day 3 AM

- -

0

Missing Pigeons -  As of End of Day 3

Race: Race 4 (289 Miles) (10.11.2008) Date: 12.11.2008
Missing pigeons: 5
Band # Breeder
08-EVE 1419 BC Harrett, Dave
08-HANG 752 BB Wilburn, Jack
08-KIKI 14 DC Whispering Pines Loft
08-MRC 212 BB Cancilla Lofts
08-RO 96 RC Royal Oaks