Today we had our 125 mi. activation toss.  All birds that completed today entry money is due ASAP, before the 150 Mi. race which will be this Monday, November 14.  The 150 is just for average speed purposes.  The 200 Mi. race which is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 19 is also part of average speed and the prize money for the 200 mi. race is $500/bird for the first 10 birds in the trap.

At our 300 mi. race there will be a loft auction as well as our annual City of Hope Breeder Auction.  You can enter your birds in our special races as well on shipping day.  At the 300 mi. race 1ST place will be $50,000 and prizes will be 10% of the birds that go to the 300 mi. race.  In our race all prizes and special races $10-$200 are paid by the drop.

Good luck to all, any questions contact Steve Miner 619-933-8188 or sminervangruen@aol.com.

Unfortunately we have rain in forecast for Monday-Wednesday morning.  We will have our 125 Mi. toss asap.  Then 3-4 days after that we will have our first race, 150 mi.  Birds are doing well, coming in big groups.  Good Luck!

It has been pointed out to me that I mis-spelled my Street name on the entry letter.  It should 3511 ROLLING Hills Ln.  NOt Tolling.  Sorry

The last 4 birds liste on the 90 mile toss stayed home due to slight injury or 1 with respitory and we didn't send.  They will be going on next toss.  Weather looks bad until Friday.  We will start back up training then.  Please get your entry forms in by Nov.11.

Training is going good, birds are looking great!  I mailed out entry forms today, I need your entry money before Nov. 11.  We are planning the 150 race for Nov. 11 however that is tentative depending on how training goes the next 2 weeks.  We will be going again on Sunday, however Monday-Thursday could bring some weather concerns.  Reminder:  Entry is $300/bird due before NOv. 11.

Last Wednesday and Thursday we finally got some good weather early in the morning and then Friday back to the overcast morning.  We didn't train yesterday or today due to possible rain along with the overcast cloudy skies.  Starting Monday the week looks pretty good.  Your entry forms will be mailed out this week please return prior to our 150 Mi. race which is tentaviley scheduled for Friday November 11.  If you haven't made your hotel reservations you should do so immedeately to get our rates.  Hotel info is on our website.  Good luck to all.

Training has been challenging this year so far because every morning we encounter overcast, low clouds, etc. and we have to wait till it clears.  Most mornings that is 11:00-11:30.  Even then it's certainly not ideal.  Hopefully we will start getting better mornings.  Good luck to all.

We  had to wait longer than expected to release birds today, the low clouds rolled in and we had to wait.  First group was released at 10:40.  Released in groups of @150 ea.  Will be going again tomorrow.

We forgot to start the clock today for the 12 mile toss.  The birds went 12 miles today and did good, no problem.  We will be going again tomorrow.  

We made a mistake and didn't turn clock on until we got home from toss.  First group was released at 12:00.