15th Sun City Million Dollar Race - Training Races 14/15

[willie reynolds]

“FIRST INTERNATIONAL PRESS REPORT”
THE 15th SUN CITY MILLION DOLLAR
(THE RACE WITH THE PROVEN TRACK RECORD)
(THE GREATEST PIGEON RACE IN THE WORLD)
DUE TO BE HELD IN SUN CITY, SOUTH AFRICA ON
SATURDAY 22nd JANUARY 2011.

REPORT ON TRAINING RACES 14 & 15.


After a very successful CAR RACE 5 had taken place from 344km (214 miles) on Wednesday 29th December, with just over 95% returns it was once again time for the next basketing list to appear on the SCMDPR web site for TRAINING RACE 14 and this duly appeared on Tuesday 4th January. A total of 2,657 pigeons were listed and this included 2,270 International and 387 South African pigeons. The International entry included 251 from the UNITED KINGDOM and 40 from IRELAND. This race was supposed to be from 135km (84 miles) but was changed to 81km (50 miles) to give the pigeons a few more days to recover after a testing Car Race 5. All Nominations and also the Cascade Challenge will be carried forward to Saturday when Training Race 15 will now take place. Liberation took place from a distance of 81km (50 miles) back to Sun City on Wednesday 5th January at 07.40, cloudy and cool conditions with a strong head wind and a temperature of 21C (70F) and a good steady race was anticipated by the Loft Managers and Zandy Meyer (Race Director).

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st OPEN went to TEAM GERMANY – WALDOW- THIEL from GERMANY with pigeon named GERMAN ALCHEMIST which was officially clocked at 08-38-17.19 to record 1517ypm (52mph). Performances so far in the last 17 races were as follows:- 3092nd, 1825th, 1184th, 3208th, 203rd, 2352nd, 310th, 90th, 88th, 2481st, 104th, 2327th, 290th, 2359th, 4th, 1255th and now 1st. Then 2nd Open went to Gallo and Placeta Loft from United States Of America, 3rd Open to Eabad Wasmi from Kuwait, 4th Open to Ganus Family Loft from United States Of America, this pigeon has now won a 1st and 3 x 4th Open in this race series, 5th Open to Team Sylt 2000 from Germany, 6th Open to Team XXL from Germany, 7th Open to Manfred Tihen from Germany, 8th Open to Thorsten + Finn Leon Daum from Germany, 9th Open to Team Ruhr - Thielen from Germany, 10th Open to Guys Lofts from United Kingdom, 11th Open to Stramme Jungs from Germany, 12th Open to Kropfinger - Weitstreckenclub from Germany, 13th Open to Werner Morf from Switzerland, 14th Open to Josef Huber from Germany, 15th Open another for Gallo and Placeta Loft from United States Of America, 16th Open to Noriega Loft from United Stares Of America, 17th Open to Brammer and Nasha from United Kingdom, 18th Open to Premier Australia Van Boxmeer from United Kingdom, 19th Open to Greatwall - Drapa from Germany and then 20th Open to Kitchenbrand Lofts from South Africa. It was great to see 4 different countries in the top 20 and separated by just 12 seconds and then 62.61 seconds between the top 100 in this result. As usual Michael and Pieter keep the computer up to date with arrivals as they are clocked and they actually updated the information during the day, so that fanciers from all over the world to see how the pigeons were arriving. First report showed 1382 by 08-46, followed by 2425 by 09-18, 2438 by 09-28, 2606 by 10-02, 2619 by 13-24, then the final report of the day showed 2625 clocked by 16-22 which meant that 32 pigeons were still missing and this included 2 from the United Kingdom and 1 from Ireland.

THE OVERALL SUN CITY GRAND AVERAGES after 17 races now stands as follows:- 1st OPEN ITALIAN TEAM – CALTAVITURO fro ITALY with MAREMOLA 691 with a combined flying time of 33-10-22.79 and leading by a clear 6 minutes and 38 seconds with 41st, 1063rd, 64th, 215th, 792nd, 79th, 170th, 31st, 1649th, 707th, 1522nd, 504th, 123rd, 37th, 19th, 106th and now 64th in its last 17 races, and now leads by a clear 43 minutes and 37 seconds over the 2nd Open Frank Brieskorn from Germany with Skyjack, 3rd Open Jacob Poortvliet Racing Pigeons from Netherlands with Dyanne Dromer, 4th Open Jaworscy - Michalak from Poland with Blave 11, 5th Open Rebel Blues from South Africa with Leader Of The Pack, 6th Open Wilhelm Stoll from Germany with Hatatitla, 7th Open Team Oberhausen from Germany with Rainer, 8th Open Team Groene from Germany with Bold Bunny, 9th Open Helmut u Alfons Klaas from Germany with Konsi and then 10th Fahad Al-Hesayan from Kuwait with Bro 155. Good to see 6 different countries in the top 10 in this classification and with 5 different countries taking the first five positions with 1 hour 22 minutes cover these first ten pigeons.

The top five in this classification in the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM are as follows:- 13th OPEN JEAN and CHRISTOF TEAM with pigeon named SUNRISE bred by Deguara & Szkolny from Mitcham, total flying time is 34-42-16.77 and this pigeon has won 991st, 2908th, 1308th, 611th, 1816th, 221st, 344th, 489th, 2846th, 367th, 373rd, 743rd, 757th, 171st, 1142nd, 46th and now 2180th in the 17 races that count and leads by 12 minutes and 15 seconds,
21st Open for Manchester Maestros with Illustrious bred by Davies, Crehan & O’Conner from Manchester, 24th Open for Premier Kelly Van Boxmeer with Premier Lee bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 32nd Open for Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with Premier Dirk also bred by Premier Stud and then 59th Open for Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with Premier Lynne again bred by Premier Stud.

The first three in this classification in the IRISH TEAM are as follows:- 34th & 82nd OPEN two pigeons for PHILIP + MARK SMITH with IRISH SPARKY and Gr Nos Na Gaoithe. Flying time for IRISH SPARKY is 35-20-07.05 and this pigeon has won 1492nd, 272nd, 2764th, 1264th, 675th, 1440th, 1275th, 1013th, 307th, 617th, 370th, 637th, 1693rd, 898th, 490th, 315th and now 531st in the 17 races that count and leads by 47 minutes and 46 seconds
120th Open goes to Karl Donnelly with his pigeon named Riley.

CONGRATULATIONS in TRAINING RACE 14 for winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 10th OPEN went to GUYS LOFTS with his superb pigeon named TONYS CHOICE bred by GRAHAM GUY which was clocked at 08-58-29.19 just 12.00 seconds off the race winner and this pigeon had won 3095th, 1755th, 24th, 8th, 3035th, 19th, 62nd, 32nd, 840th, 10th, 8th, 72nd, 379th, 1697th, 196th, 1932nd and now 10th in it last 17 races, this pigeon 3 x 1st, 3 x 2nd and a 3rd UK in this race series so far, plus it has also won close to US$18,000 in Nomination and Car Race Prize Money. Surely one to keep our eyes on for the Final Race. This great pigeon has now joined the ranks of winning UK pigeons that have won 3 x 1st UK in a race series. Then 2nd UK, 17th Open to Brammer and Nasha, administered by Frank Brammer from Gloucester with a pigeon bred by John Nash from Ireland, 3rd, 5th & 7th UK, 18th, 51st & 99th Open to Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with a 3 pigeons bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 4th UK, 49th Open for MNFC Nom Lessay Team with a pigeon bred by Colin Dixon, 6th & 20th UK, 70th & 170th Open to Syndicate Lofts UK with 2 pigeons bred by Peter Fox from Bangor, 8th & 18th UK, 100th & 160th Open with 2 pigeons for Mark Gilbert from Windsor, 9th UK, 101st Open to MNFC Sponsor Falaise YB, 10th UK, 103rd Open to Nigel Morton from Ecclesfield, 11th UK, 110th Open to Mickey Mouse Syndicate with a pigeon bred by Mr/Mrs. A. Blendell, 12th UK, 111th Open to Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with a pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 13th & 19th UK, 117th & 164th Open to Premier Kelly Van Boxmeer with two more pigeons bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven,
14th UK, 120th Open to N+A Evans and Cuthbert from Wolviston and also bred by them, 15th UK, 125th Open to Fenland Lofts with a pigeon bred by Darren Peters from East Heckington, 16th UK, 141st Open to Harrow Boys 2 with pigeon bred by Clive Baldwin & Son from Enfield and then 17th UK, 154th Open to UK Invitation with a pigeon bred by Pieter Oberholster from Lask End. ANOTHER EXCELLENT RACE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM TEAM. The first clocking list showed 141UK pigeons were clocked by 08-46, 229 by 09-18, 230 by 09-28, 246 by 10-02, 246 by 13-24 and then the final report of the day showed 249 clocked by 16-22, leaving just 2 UK pigeons still to return to the lofts.

CONGRATULATIONS in TRAINING RACE 14 for winning 1st IRELAND, 24th OPEN went to PAUL POOLE and SON with his pigeon named IRISH MOLLY which was clocked at 08-38-39.49, this pigeon had won 2937th, 1561st, 839th, 2634th, 2639th, 2799th, 231st, 3052nd, 346th, 2770th, 842nd, 507th, 193rd, 1012th, 473rd, 2164th and now 24th in the last 17 races, then 2nd Ireland, 39th Open to Mousies, 3rd Ireland, 92nd Open to RS Homan, 4th Ireland, 159th Open to Bernard Smyth, 5th Ireland, 244th Open to Mick Feeney and Sons and then 6th Ireland, 314th Open to Paul Poole and Sons. AN EXCELLENT RESULT FOR THE IRISH TEAM. The first clocking list only showed 22 Irish pigeon clocked before 08-46, then 35 by 09-18, 39 by 13-24 and still 39 by 16-22, leaving 1 still missing by nightfall.

TRAINING RACE 15 was then scheduled for Saturday 8th January and the basketing list appeared on the SCMDPR web site on Friday 7th January and this showed a total of 2,655 pigeons had been entered, which was made up by 2,267 International and 388 South African entries and included 250 from the United Kingdom Team and also 40 from our Irish counterparts. The convoy were liberated from 135km (84 miles) at 06-15 in partly cloudy and cool conditions, 23C (74F), with little to no wind, whilst at Sun City the weather was very similar but with light drizzle and 24C (75F) and a good race was anticipated by the loft managers and Zandy Meyer (Race Director).

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st OPEN went to COMMON VIEW LOFTS from UNITED KINGDOM with pigeon named WELSH WIZARD which was clocked at 07-47-16.30 to record 1607ypm (55mph), performances so far were 865th, 332nd, 3145th, 2770th, 89th, 1877th, 526th, 1812th, 1141st, 1497th, 199th, 2694th, 2772nd, 1113th, 538th, 954th, 557th and now 1st in the last 18 races, then 2nd Open went to Christian Steinhagen from Germany, 3rd Open to Johannes Bussmann from Germany, 4th Open to Team Rabbit from Germany, 5th Open to Doehlemann - Weitstreckenclub from Germany, 6th Open to Lutz-Christian u Ingrid Geissler from Germany, 7th Open to Wiefler Alois from Austria, 8th Open to Guys Lofts from United Kingdom, 9th Open to Yang Yi Wie + Wilson Chu from United States Of America, 10th Open to Gebr Landewe from Netherlands, 11th Open to Brough – De Meyer from South Africa, 12th Open to Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands, 13th Open to Hans and Evert-Jan Eijerkamp from Netherlands, 14th Open to Finghall Lofts from United Kingdom, 15th Open to Willy Kumpmeyer + Eckhard Rueter from Germany, 16th Open to Karel Klemens from Czech Republic, 17th Open to Schroll - Esser from Germany, 18th Open to Premier Australia Van Boxmeer from United Kingdom, 19th Open to Garentown Syndicate from Australia with the car winner in Car Race 3 and then 20th Open to Bader Al-Sanafi from Kuwait. These top 20 pigeons were all clocked within 61.01 seconds of the race winner and 5 different countries were represented in the top 10. The top 100 pigeons were all clocked within 2 minutes 58.46 seconds of the race winner. A total of 2,496 pigeons were officially recorded by 09-13 and this included 234 from the UK and 38 from Ireland, then 2,502 pigeons had been recorded by 09-54 and then the final report of the day showed 2,559 in the lofts by 17-45 leaving 96 still to return and this total included 245 UK and 39 Irish birds. The clock was left on and by 08-40 on Sunday morning 2,574 had been clocked and by nightfall a total of 2,593 had been clocked leaving 62 to return to base. The Monday loft list showed 2,632 in the lofts, which meant only 23 were still missing.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 1st OPEN went to COMMON VIEW LOFTS with pigeon named WELSH WIZARD which was clocked at 07-47-16.30, this pigeon had previously won 865th, 332nd, 3145th, 2770th, 89th, 1877th, 526th, 1812th, 1141st, 1497th, 199th, 2694th, 2772nd, 1113th, 538th, 954th, 557th and now 1st in the last 18 races, then 2nd UK, 8th Open for Guys Lofts with his great pigeon Tonys Choice bred by Graham Guy, 3rd UK, 14th Open for Finghall Lofts with pigeon bred by Keith Thompson from Doncaster,
then 4th & 15th UK, 18th & 143rd Open for Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with two pigeons bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 5th UK, 24th Open goes to Paul Smith Syndicate administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchety and with a pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 6th & 9th UK, 57th & 115th Open for Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administer by Paul Smith with 2 more pigeons bred by Premier Stud, 7th UK, 96th Open for Smith - McAllister Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith with a pigeon bred by Bruce McAllister from Furneaux Pelham, 8th & 14th UK, 112th & 142nd Open two pigeons for Mark Gilbert from Windsor, 10th & 13th UK, 116th & 131st Open for Premier Kelly Van Boxmeer with yet another 2 pigeons bred by Premier Stud, 11th UK, 122nd Open for Red Star Lofts with a pigeon bred by Alun Jones from Rhyl, 12th UK, 124th Open for Pompey Boys 2 with pigeon bred by Mr/Mrs. Dave Waterhouse from Portsmouth, 16th & 17th UK, 144th & 156th Open went to the Twelve Wisemen Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith and with pigeons bred by Richy Elliott from Plymouth and Bruce McAllister from Furneaux Pelham which is actually the nestmate to pigeon that took 7th UK, 96th Open in this same race, 18th UK, 162nd Open for CaberFeidh Lofts with pigeon bred by SR Mackenzie, 19th UK, 197th Open for Foster and Hamilton with a pigeon bred by Warren Foster from Greenhithe and 20th UK, 203rd Open went to SJD Syndicate, administered by Paul Stokes with pigeon bred by John Dearden from Rochdale. ANOTHER GREAT RESULT FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM TEAM. A total of 234 UK pigeons were officially clocked by 09-13, then still 234 by 09-54 and then 245 by 17-45, which meant 5 were still missing. The clock was left on and it showed 247 clocked by 08-40 Sunday morning and by nightfall 247 had returned, leaving just 3 still to make it back to the lofts. The Monday list showed all 250 in the lofts.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st IRELAND, 171st OPEN goes to TOM CAHILL with pigeon named TOL LOL which was clocked at 07-51-22.76, just 4 minutes and 06.46 seconds behind the race winner, this pigeon had previously won 941st, 3821st, 2653rd, 1139th, 126th, 296th, 729th, 840th, 1442nd, 806th, 1189th, 1073rd, 447th, 227th, 338th, 1586th, 1046th and now 171st in the last 18 races, plus numerous top positions in the Irish Team, then 2nd Ireland, 199th Open for Mick Feeney and Sons, 3rd Ireland, 201st Open for Philip and Mark Smith, 4th Ireland, 254th Open for RS Homan, 5th Ireland, 256th Open for Bernard Smyth and then 6th Ireland, 401st Open for Karl Donnelly. The Irish Team had a total of 38 pigeons clocked by 09-13, 39 by 09-54, then 39 by 17-45, which meant 1 pigeon was still missing by nightfall. No more clocked on Sunday but the Monoday loft list showed all 40 had made it back to the lofts. Another reasonable result for the IRISH TEAM.

THE OVERALL SUN CITY GRAND AVERAGES after 18 races was as follows:- 1st is ITALIAN TEAM - CALTAVITURO from ITALY with pigeon named MAREMOLA 691 which has won 41st, 1063rd, 64th, 215th, 792nd, 79th, 170th, 31st, 1649th, 707th, 1522nd, 504th, 123rd, 37th, 19th, 106th, 64th and now 61st in the first 18 races in this classification, with a flying time 34-44-38.15, leading by a clear 57 minutes and 59 seconds, 2nd Frank Brieskorn from Germany with Skyjack, 3rd Jacob Poortvliet Racing Pigeons from Netherlands with Dyanne Dromer, 4th Jaworscy - Michalak from Poland with Blave 11, 5th from Wilhelm Stoll from Germany with Hatatitla, 6th Rebel Blues from South Africa with Leader Of The Pack, 7th Team Oberhausen from Germany with Rainer, 8th Team LBS from Germany with Darja, 9th Garentown Syndicate from Australia with Unguarded Moment and 10th Thomas Bremen – WA Waldow from Germany with Liang. Great to see 5 different countries represented in the top 10 with 95 minutes and 45 seconds between them all.

The top five pigeons in the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM in this category are as follows:- 19th JEAN & CHRISTOF TEAM with SUNRISE bred by DEGUARA & SZKOLNY from MITCHAM, with a flying time of 36-37-28.05 which has won 991st, 2908th, 1308th, 611th, 1816th, 221st, 344th, 489th, 2846th, 367th, 373rd, 743rd, 757th, 171st, 1142nd, 46th, 2180th and now 1665th in the first 18 races, 22nd Manchester Maestros with Illustrious bred by Davies, Crehan & O’Conner from Manchester, 32nd Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with Premier Dirk bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven,52nd Premier Kelly Van Boxmeer with Premier Lee another bred by Premier Stud and then 53rd Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with Premier Lynne with another bred by Premier Stud. Another 12 UK pigeons in the top 189 in this category and then, which is a great result with so many top class pigeons competing.

The top three pigeons in the IRISH TEAM in this category are as follows:- 29th PHILIP + MARK SMITH with IRISH SPARKY, with 1492nd, 272nd, 2764th, 1264th, 675th, 1440th, 1275th, 1013th, 307th, 617th, 370th, 637th, 1693rd, 898th, 490th, 315th, 531st and now 455th in the first 18 races, flying time 36-59-34.46, then 109th goes to Karl Donnelly with Riley and then 109th another for Philip + Mark Smith with Gr Nos Na Gaoithe.

GLOBAL NOMINATIONS in TRAINING RACE 15 totalled US$7,956-00c with 212 pigeons entered and a total of 825 Nominations and there were 12 United Kingdom and 1 Irish pigeons competing for this cash and once again in 8th Open was GUYS LOFTS with that great pigeon TONYS CHOICE bred by GRAHAM GUY winning a full lot of nominations worth US$3,196. This outstanding pigeon has now won over US$20,000 in Nominations and Car Race Prize money in this 2010/11 SCMDPR series. Full results can be seen by logging onto www.scmdpr.com

REGIONAL UK NOMINATIONS only had 10 pigeons entered and 47 Nominations and a total of US$303-45c was up for grabs and once again GUYS LOFTS with TONYS CHOICE bred by GRAHAM GUY took all the money by winning 8th Open. This is about the 5th time this outstanding pigeon has won the UK Nominations in this race series.

CASCADE CHALLENGE for TRAINING RACE 15 showed an entry of 99 pigeons, which included 13 from United Kingdom and 2 from Ireland, with a total of US$5,332 being flown for and as it turned out there was no winner this week. The best United Kingdom pigeon belonged to GUYS LOFTS with the great pigeon TONYS CHOICE bred by GRAHAM GUY that took 8th OPEN only 33.31 seconds away from the actual race winner. The next two United Kingdom pigeons were Smith – McAllister Syndicate with Charity Superstar taking 96th Open and Twelve Wisemen Syndicate with Wise One taking 156th Open, both of these syndicates being administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet. It was interesting to note that these two pigeons were actually nestmates and both pigeons had previously scored in this race series and were bred by Bruce McAllister from Furneaux Pelham. The best Irish pigeon was Dubz and bred by Hennie Kallmeyer which took 960th Open.

*****THE REMAINING RACE PROGRAMME***** Training Race 16 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 12th January, with Training Race 17 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Saturday 15th January, then Training Race 18 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 19th January and then of course “THE FINAL RACE will take place from 560km (approx. 348 miles) on Saturday 22nd January. Of course the weather conditions will have to be right for all these races to take place, if not they will not be basketed and then they will be basketed and liberated on another day when the weather forecast is better and the Race Director’s decision will be final. The object of this great race from day one has to get as many pigeons as possible to “THE FINAL RACE” on Saturday 22nd January and give fanciers/competitors and entrants a fair chance. Only races over 50km (31 miles) will count towards THE SUN CITY OVERALL ACE PIGEON AVERAGES, which has three cash prizes of US$10,000 (£6,666), US$5,000 (£3,333) and US$2,500 (£1,666) for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in this category.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL CONCERNED AND REGULAR “PRESS RELEASES”, “NEWSLETTERS” AND “UPDATES” WILL BE SENT OUT TO ALL COMPETITORS/ENTRANTS AND SYNDICATE SHAREHOLDERS ON A WEEKLY BASIS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. ALSO WEEKLY “PRESS RELEASES” WILL BE SENT OUT TO BOTH OUR PIGEON PUBLICATIONS NAMELY THE “BHW” AND “”RP” PLUS IT WILL ALSO BE ON OUR WEB SITE www.scmdpr.com FOR ALL TO VIEW.

I would also just like to notify fanciers that my weekly “INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE”, “NEWSLETTERS” and “UPDATES” can now also be seen on the following pigeon web sites:- www.iprr.co.uk www.elimarpigeons.com www.pigeonportal.com www.pigeonglobe.co.uk www.cyberpigeon.co.uk www.pigeonbasics.com www.pigeoncare.nl www.star-pigeons.com www.pigeonnetwork.com www.pigeon24.com plus of course they will also be in the “”BRITISH HOMING WORLD” and “THE RACING PIGEON” for all to see.

If you have any questions about any aspect of the SUN CITY MILLION DOLLAR PIGEON RACE, then please contact me as soon as possible on 01279-812005 or my mobile 07860-568216 or email me on reglofts@aol.com and I will do my best to answer any of your questions or queries.

IF ANY PIGEON FANCIER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IRELAND WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE MY WEEKLY “INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASES”, “NEWSLETTERS” AND “UPDATES” BY EMAIL, THEN ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS EMAIL ME THEIR ACTUAL EMAIL ADDRESS AND I WILL FORWARD THEM ALL THE INFORMATION BY EMAIL ON A REGULAR BASIS.

Unfortunately, as much as I would like to I can’t mention all the pigeons clocked but any entrant/competitor or pigeon fancier can just log onto www.scmdpr.com and hit the Results & Listings button on the top left hand side of the home page and this will give you all the past racing results of this 2010/11 race series. SURE YOU WILL ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE.


PIGEON FOR SALE went live on line on Monday 10th January and it showed 180 pigeons that had not been “ACTIVATED” (paid for) by their owners. These could now be purchased for US$1,000 (approx. £667) on a first come, first served basis and whoever purchased them could have them entered in their name or syndicate name for the Final Race and whatever these pigeons won in the Final Race, one hundred per cent of the winnings would be theirs and with 300 top cash prizes on offer, this really does represent a really great opportunity for anybody to have a little gamble on this race. What always amazes me is that fanciers send these pigeons out to compete in the Final Race and then do not have the confidence to purchase them after they have flown 20 races and are still in the lofts when over 4,000 have already been lost. The first day this list went on nearly 70 of these pigeons were sold to “Punters”. Another 110 are still to be sold and these will be sold over the next few days before the race takes place. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THAT HAVE TAKEN A CHANCE AND HAD A GAMBLE IN THIS FINAL RACE.

GOOD LUCK to all concerned in TRAINING RACE 16, which takes place on Wednesday 12th January from 80km (50 miles), followed by TRAINING RACE 17 on Saturday 15th January from 135km (84 miles) back to Sun City.

Paul Smith.
United Kingdom Race Team Shipper & International Race Co-ordinator for The 15th Sun City Million Dollar (The Greatest & Biggest One Loft Pigeon Race In The World Today! and also “The Race With The Proven Track Record”), which is due to be held in Sun City Resort, South Africa on Saturday 22nd January 2011.
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