The 28 futurity birds were released under clear skies at 7:40 a.m. from Chattanooga, Tn. There were clear, sunny skies along the whole route, but 5-10 mph NNW headwinds (with 15 mph gusts) slowed the birds down and spread them out.

Ten birds clocked on the day Sunday, but five more returned on Monday. Check the leaderboard to see if your bird has arrived. I will update the leaderboard as I get reports from Bob or John about late returning birds.

Joel Sampang’s winning bird, ARPU 6081, came to John’s loft by itself and far ahead of any other bird. Congratulations to him and his tough bird. Congratulations to Ron Pairan as well, whose LFO 540 bird has been consistently at the top all three races. It appears he is the bird to beat going into the last race!

The top three finishers in this 200-mile race will be receiving a cash prize of $100, $50, and $25.

 
 WinSpeed-1                 LEXINGTON RACING PIGEON CLUB          10/03/11-19:25
                                 Weekly Race Report                      Page 1
                            Open and Sportsman Category
Name: CHATTANOOGA A                Young Bird Race            Flown: 10/02/2011
Release(A): 07:40  Birds: 29    Lofts: 2             Station: CHATTANOOGA, TENN
Weather (Rel) clear, n4, 46 degrees      (Arr) clear, 5-10nw, 54 degrees
 
POS NAME          BAND NUMBER        CLR  X ARRIVAL   MILES  TOWIN      YPM  PT
  1 JOEL SAMPANG  6081   AU 11 ARPU  BC   C 13:58:47 215.454 00.00 1001.097 100
  2 DAVID STEPHEN 1061   AU 11 LKY   BB   C 14:32:57 205.602 51.29  876.277  99
  3 RON PAIRAN     540   AU 11 LFO   SIL  C 14:32:59  2/ 18  51.31  876.207  98
--------------------------------- Above are 10 percent ------------------------
  4 JOE PENN       657   AU 11 BLG   BC   C 15:00:31  2/ 11  01:01  860.805  97
  5 CLIFF CORDAHL 1308   AU 11 LKY   BB   H 14:54:41  3/ 18  01:13  832.465  96
  6 ALLEN STRICKL  413   AU 11 NDN   BC   C 17:05:52  4/ 18  03:24  639.477  95
--------------------------------- Above are 20 percent ------------------------
  7 CLIFF CORDAHL 1336   AU 11 LKY   BC   C 17:58:53  3/ 11  04:00  612.715  94
  8 CLIFF CORDAHL 1325   AU 11 LKY   DC     17:34:39  5/ 18  03:53  608.524  93
  9 JOHN JAMES    1502   AU 11 LKY   BB   H 18:23:02  6/ 18  04:41  562.737  92
 10 TONY HORN     1727   AU 11 LKY   GR     18:28:44  7/ 18  04:47  557.793  91

We released the 32 futurity birds on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. from Crossville, Tn. under partly sunny skies.

Birds that have not yet arrived home as of Sunday night are LKY 1304, LKY 1530, LKY 1725, JEDDS 18444. Four birds arrived home late and did not clock and are not represented on the report.

One other bird, LKY 1549, has arrived at John’s loft two weeks after the smash toss and will likely race next weekend.

WinSpeed-1                 LEXINGTON RACING PIGEON CLUB          09/25/11-20:32
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                            Open and Sportsman Category
Name: CROSSVILLE A                 Young Bird Race            Flown: 09/24/2011
Release(A): 09:00  Birds: 32    Lofts: 2              Station: CROSSVILLE, TENN
Weather (Rel) part cloud, 03se, 48 degrees  (Arr) mostly sun, 5-20se, 66 degrees
 
POS NAME          BAND NUMBER        CLR  X ARRIVAL   MILES  TOWIN      YPM  PT
  1 TONY HORN     1728   AU 11 LKY   GR     12:17:21 138.203 00.00 1232.518 100
  2 TONY HORN     1727   AU 11 LKY   GR     12:17:23  2/ 22  00.02 1232.310  99
  3 CLIFF CORDAHL 1325   AU 11 LKY   DC     12:17:34  3/ 22  00.12 1231.166  98
  4 JOHN JAMES    1505   AU 11 LKY          12:17:36  4/ 22  00.15 1230.959  97
--------------------------------- Above are 10 percent ------------------------
  5 RON PAIRAN     540   AU 11 LFO   SIL  C 12:17:49  5/ 22  00.28 1229.610  96
  6 BRIAN LORD     859   AU 11 OCALA GR   C 12:17:53  6/ 22  00.31 1229.196  95
  7 JOHN JAMES    1502   AU 11 LKY   BB   H 12:18:22  7/ 22  01.01 1226.201  94
--------------------------------- Above are 20 percent ------------------------
  8 JOE PENN       657   AU 11 BLG   BC   C 13:05:53 148.878 33.17 1065.652  93
  9 BOB ZERKLE    1010   AU 11 LKY   BC   C 13:05:56  2/ 10  33.20 1065.435  92
 10 BOB ZERKLE    1009   AU 11 LKY   BC   C 13:05:58  3/ 10  33.22 1065.291  91
 11 CLIFF CORDAHL 1336   AU 11 LKY   BC   C 13:06:10  4/ 10  33.34 1064.425  90
 12 JOEL SAMPANG  6081   AU 11 ARPU  BC   C 13:06:25  5/ 10  33.49 1063.346  89
 13 CLIFF CORDAHL 1326   AU 11 LKY          13:54:32  8/ 22  01:37  825.840  88
 14 JUSTWINGINIT  7678   AU 11 VKING BB   C 14:03:14  9/ 22  01:45  802.146  87
 15 DAVID STEPHEN 1061   AU 11 LKY   BB   C 14:11:58 10/ 22  01:54  779.690  86
 16 ALBERTO RAMIR  435   AU 11 BLG   BC   H 14:13:34 11/ 22  01:56  775.712  85
 17 STEVE SLATES  1109   AU 11 LKY   SIL  H 14:47:18 12/ 22  02:29  700.367  84
 18 STEVE SLATES  1108   AU 11 LKY   BWF    14:47:36 13/ 22  02:30  699.762  83
 19 ALLEN STRICKL  413   AU 11 NDN   BC   C 14:50:06 14/ 22  02:32  694.766  82
 20 JOHN HAYES      34   AU 11 KY    B    C 15:49:24  6/ 10  03:16  640.025  81
 21 JOEL SAMPANG  6093   AU 11 ARPU  B      15:53:06  7/ 10  03:20  634.292  80
 22 CLIFF CORDAHL 1319   AU 11 LKY   BC     15:52:31 15/ 22  03:35  589.643  79
 23 JOHN HAYES      73   AU 11 KY           18:15:15  8/ 10  05:42  471.906  78
 24 CLIFF CORDAHL 1308   AU 11 LKY          17:44:19 16/ 22  05:26  463.913  77

Update: Two birds arrived home at Bob’s loft Tuesday which means we are only out one bird of all that were shipped. It is John James’ LKY 1520 bird.

Congratulations to Cliff Cordahl, Tony Horn and Brian Lord who had the first three birds on the drop in the winning loft in the first race.

31 birds were released from Oneida, Tn. at 7:25 a.m. under clear skies and no winds. 22 birds from Bob’s loft and 9 birds from John’s loft. It was overcast for the last few miles of their trip home and birds began arriving just before 10:00 a.m. Two birds were held back because of health or they had just arrived home from being missing from tosses. Their owners were notified. A third bird, Baker & Sons 349, which had been previously lost from the smash toss, arrived home at John’s on race day.

Three birds (all from Bob’s loft) had not clocked by sunset on the day of race. All nine birds from John’s loft returned.

WinSpeed-1                 LEXINGTON RACING PIGEON CLUB          09/18/11-20:32
                                 Weekly Race Report                      Page 1
                            Open and Sportsman Category
Name: ONEIDA A                     Young Bird Race            Flown: 09/18/2011
Release(A): 07:25  Birds: 31    Lofts: 2                  Station: ONEIDA, TENN
Weather (Rel) clear, calm, 59 degrees    (Arr) overcast, 0-5se, 65 degrees

POS NAME          BAND NUMBER        CLR  X ARRIVAL   MILES  TOWIN      YPM  PT
  1 CLIFF CORDAHL 1326   AU 11 LKY          09:54:18 101.720 00.00 1199.110 100
  2 TONY HORN     1725   AU 11 LKY          09:54:20  2/ 22  00.02 1198.843  99
  3 BRIAN LORD     859   AU 11 OCALA        09:56:04  3/ 22  01.46 1185.087  98
  4 JUST WINGINIT 7678   AU 11 VKING        10:06:52  4/ 22  12.34 1106.016  97
--------------------------------- Above are 10 percent ------------------------
  5 ALBERTO RAMIR  435   AU 11 BLG          10:06:58  5/ 22  12.40 1105.334  96
  6 JOHN JAMES    1502   AU 11 LKY          10:18:56  6/ 22  24.38 1029.286  95
  7 STEVE SLATES  1109   AU 11 LKY          10:31:25  7/ 22  37.07  960.360  94
--------------------------------- Above are 20 percent ------------------------
  8 RON PAIRAN     540   AU 11 LFO          10:31:27  8/ 22  37.09  960.189  93
  9 STEVE SLATES  1108   AU 11 LKY          10:31:29  9/ 22  37.11  960.017  92
 10 TONY HORN     1727   AU 11 LKY          10:31:29 10/ 22  37.11  960.017  91
 11 CLIFF CORDAHL 1325   AU 11 LKY          10:31:58 11/ 22  37.40  957.535  90
 12 JOEL SAMPANG  6081   AU 11 ARPU  BC   C 10:41:14 105.350 41.36  944.875  89
 13 BOB ZERKLE    1009   AU 11 LKY   BC   C 10:46:23  2/  9  46.45  920.711  88
 14 DAVID STEPHEN 1061   AU 11 LKY   BB   C 10:40:16 12/ 22  45.58  916.834  87
 15 JOE PENN       657   AU 11 BLG   BC   C 11:01:41  3/  9  01:02  855.700  86
 16 CLIFF CORDAHL 1304   AU 11 LKY   GR   C 11:09:03  4/  9  01:09  827.565  85
 17 BOB ZERKLE    1010   AU 11 LKY   BC   C 11:57:39  5/  9  01:58  680.051  84
 18 CLIFF CORDAHL 1336   AU 11 LKY   BC   C 11:58:43  6/  9  01:59  677.401  83
 19 LEE FESSENDEN  208   AU 11 NPA   GR   C 12:34:02 13/ 22  02:39  579.314  82
 20 CLIFF CORDAHL 1308   AU 11 LKY          13:44:29 14/ 22  03:50  471.766  81
 21 ALLEN STRICKL  413   AU 11 NDN          14:19:31 15/ 22  04:25  431.894  80
 22 JOHN HAYES      34   AU 11 KY    B    C 14:58:12  7/  9  04:58  409.126  79
 23 JOHN JAMES    1505   AU 11 LKY          14:48:10 16/ 22  04:53  403.973  78
 24 LEE FESSENDEN  212   AU 11 NPA          14:51:49 17/ 22  04:57  400.673  77
 25 TONY HORN     1728   AU 11 LKY          15:04:59 18/ 22  05:10  389.204  76
 26 JOHN JAMES    1556   AU 11 LKY          15:25:45 19/ 22  05:31  372.391  75
 27 JOHN HAYES      78   AU 11 KY    B      16:17:27  8/  9  06:17  348.232  74
 28 JOEL SAMPANG  6093   AU 11 ARPU  B      16:18:14  9/  9  06:18  347.720  73