INFC Young Bird Grand Nat - Sat 05/09/26
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2026 10:25 am
Danny Dixon Of Dunloy Clocks Only Bird In Mid Antrim Combine from Tough Young Bird National
The Irish National Flying Club held their channel National from Rosudgeon in west Cornwall on Saturday 5th September. Liberation took place at 8.00am in light north westerly winds and a very tough race followed.
No day birds were recorded in the Mid Antrim Combine at the close of the first day. Early next morning the first and only arrival was timed in the Combine at 07.24am by 4 x 1st Open National winner Danny Dixon of Dunloy. Danny has one of the best records at this distance in the north and south of Ireland. Danny has won 1st Open in this race twice before, in 2010 with 'Dixie Chick' and in 2024 with 'Venus' and only last season the loft won 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th & 7th Open in another tough Rosudgeon YB National flying 340 miles. The winning blue pied hen finished 32nd Open National and was the furthest flying bird clocked in the result. She is bred from an inbred Verschelde cock when paired to a half sister of Dixie Chick. The hen is also a half sister to Danny's good Wildie cock 'Baldy', Bobby Coyle's pencil cock 'The Boss', Ryan Barr’s North Coast Classic winner winning £12,000 and also half sister to the sire of J McDowells & Sons Talbenny Young Bird National winner.
The Verschelde cock breeding can be traced back 37 years in Danny's loft when he acquired them from Alan Darragh and the late Roy Rock who purchased originals while on Belgium loft visits.
Danny's other two National wins were 1st Open NIPA Rosscarbery YB National in 1996 and 1st Open INFC Skibbereen YB National in 1998.
Mid Antrim Combine Rosudgeon National
1st Danny Dixon Rasharkin 739. Mervyn Eagleson PO.
✓
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Danny Dixon only bird in the YB Grand Nat Penzance
The Irish National Flying Club held their channel National from Rosudgeon in west Cornwall on Saturday 5th September. Liberation took place at 8.00am in light north westerly winds and a very tough race followed.
No day birds were recorded in the Mid Antrim Combine at the close of the first day. Early next morning the first and only arrival was timed in the Combine at 07.24am by 4 x 1st Open National winner Danny Dixon of Dunloy. Danny has one of the best records at this distance in the north and south of Ireland. Danny has won 1st Open in this race twice before, in 2010 with 'Dixie Chick' and in 2024 with 'Venus' and only last season the loft won 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th & 7th Open in another tough Rosudgeon YB National flying 340 miles. The winning blue pied hen finished 32nd Open National and was the furthest flying bird clocked in the result. She is bred from an inbred Verschelde cock when paired to a half sister of Dixie Chick. The hen is also a half sister to Danny's good Wildie cock 'Baldy', Bobby Coyle's pencil cock 'The Boss', Ryan Barr’s North Coast Classic winner winning £12,000 and also half sister to the sire of J McDowells & Sons Talbenny Young Bird National winner.
The Verschelde cock breeding can be traced back 37 years in Danny's loft when he acquired them from Alan Darragh and the late Roy Rock who purchased originals while on Belgium loft visits.
Danny's other two National wins were 1st Open NIPA Rosscarbery YB National in 1996 and 1st Open INFC Skibbereen YB National in 1998.
Mid Antrim Combine Rosudgeon National
1st Danny Dixon Rasharkin 739. Mervyn Eagleson PO.
✓
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Danny Dixon only bird in the YB Grand Nat Penzance