News and Updates
Mar-17-2024
OB CLOCKINGS FOR FT HANCOCK (364 MILES)

Our 364 miles Federation race can be viewed on eWinspeed AU under Arizona Federation. There will be a 400 and a 500 to follow.

Here is our Benzing Live clocking

https://mypigeons.benzing.live/usa/en/public-training/131945/

Mar-12-2024
OLD BIRDS - 300 MILE RACE

A rough 300 mile race with nearby earthquakes at release and/or 20mph winds with gusts that downed trees. Lucky to have 25/36 shipped. The Golden Valley only had 147/499 return also - so feeling good about the returns. This weekend will go to 363 miles and very low numbers of  flyers and birds being shipped in the Federation with massive losses in YBs and OBs..... the best will stay the course ~~! Good luck

https://mypigeons.benzing.live/usa/en/public-race/54849/

You can check the eWinspeed AU results under "Arizona Federation" - we did win the Federation 3 weeks in a row ~~!

Mar-02-2024
BENZING LIVE LINK FOR 195 MILE ACD TRAINERS

Link for trainers today from 195 miles - OLD BIRDS. These are old birds left over for me to fly in our AZ Federation. These trainers are released 30 minutes after Fed race.

https://mypigeons.benzing.live/usa/en/public-training/129981/

Mar-02-2024
LEFTOVER OLD BIRDS UPDATE

For those that left birds from last series to fly Old Birds with our Federation: There are some supers in this group ~!

Birds have been turned around from West Course towards Dagget to our Federation South East course. It has not been easy with any turnaround courses but they have been to several 75 mile tosses, 120 mile training and 150 mile training on Federation trailer. Tomorrow Saturday the remaining birds will be on the 195 mile as trainers. We will post the link as soon as we get the LIVE Benzing working. After this, they will be spread out to the 300, 350, 400, 200, 500 mile races as there is a 36 bird limit.

Stay tuned ~!

For the 2024 Youngbird series, We have the first arrivals settling in nicely and out on the aviary - Lots of time through August to get those entries in - we will get to our usual 400 birds - very manageable amount

 

Regards

Steve

Feb-12-2024
FIRST BIRDS HAVE ARRIVED ~~!

The first birds are here - they will stay in quarantine section for a few days and then banded (E-bands), vaccinated on Wednesday. I do not like to vaccinate birds right out of the shipping box.

Estimating our usual 350 - 400 bird intake from our usual participants. 

New this year is automatic loading of birds, new trailer and Benzing Live - so you dont need to wait on Wincompanion uploads.

 

Arizona Classic Derby 2024 Rules

This course requires a tough bird on the Final - birds that can survive the Summer and fly in desert conditions despite the early fast training races which allow the birds to be conditioned properly and have a high probability of getting to the tough Final. 2022/2023 Late Hatch (397 initial entries, after settling/training/Activation Race - 300, 264 went to Final, Speeds 1638-1529-1483-1394 ypm).

Accepting Birds February 5th, 2024 through August 5, 2024 (including replacements)

100-120-140-190-320 mile series in December 2024. Trophies for ALL 1st in clock winners and Avg Speed.

Perch Fees - $100 per bird due September 1st  OR  $150 per bird AFTER 120 mile Activation Race.

Perch Fees are due for only settled birds - you do not pay for lost birds off the loft.

Entry fees - $325 per bird due AFTER the 120 mile Activation Race

Payout 1st drop, then clocking order.
Payout on the Final Race limited to 10% of birds shipped to the Final.
OPTIONAL $500 High Roller Average Speed entry (40/30/20/10 split).
OPTIONAL 400 mile race 10 days after the Final - $150 entry.

Fly your remaining birds as Old Birds 2025 on our tough Federation course free up to 540 miles.

ALL decisions by the OLR manager are Final – by entering the race you agree to this.

Dates, Distances could be adjusted depending on weather, and any other unforeseen situation in the best interest of the birds and safety of all.
Any unpaid bird by due dates will be offered to others – new buyer will obtain ownership.

MINIMUM Training Schedule - All tosses above 50 miles published onWincompanion and ALL tosses on Benzing Live (link provided). We also train BETWEEN RACES ~!

2-5-10-15-25-35-50-50-50-50-75-75-75-90 before 1st race (PLUS)

 

Best Regards

Steve

Feb-01-2024
ACCEPTING BIRDS NEXT WEEK !~

We will start intake next week ~! 

Estimating our usual 350 - 400 bird intake from our usual participants. 

New this year is automatic loading of birds, new trailer and Benzing Live - so you dont need to wait on Wincompanion uploads.

 

Arizona Classic Derby 2024 Rules

This course requires a tough bird on the Final - birds that can survive the Summer and fly in desert conditions despite the early fast training races which allow the birds to be conditioned properly and have a high probability of getting to the tough Final. 2022/2023 Late Hatch (397 initial entries, after settling/training/Activation Race - 300, 264 went to Final, Speeds 1638-1529-1483-1394 ypm).

Accepting Birds February 5th, 2024 through August 5, 2024 (including replacements)

100-120-140-190-320 mile series in December 2024. Trophies for ALL 1st in clock winners and Avg Speed.

Perch Fees - $100 per bird due September 1st  OR  $150 per bird AFTER 120 mile Activation Race.

Perch Fees are due for only settled birds - you do not pay for lost birds off the loft.

Entry fees - $325 per bird due AFTER the 120 mile Activation Race

Payout 1st drop, then clocking order.
Payout on the Final Race limited to 10% of birds shipped to the Final.
OPTIONAL $500 High Roller Average Speed entry (40/30/20/10 split).
OPTIONAL 400 mile race 10 days after the Final - $150 entry.

Fly your remaining birds as Old Birds 2025 on our tough Federation course free up to 540 miles.

ALL decisions by the OLR manager are Final – by entering the race you agree to this.

Dates, Distances could be adjusted depending on weather, and any other unforeseen situation in the best interest of the birds and safety of all.
Any unpaid bird by due dates will be offered to others – new buyer will obtain ownership.

MINIMUM Training Schedule - All tosses above 50 miles published onWincompanion and ALL tosses on Benzing Live (link provided). We also train BETWEEN RACES ~!

2-5-10-15-25-35-50-50-50-50-75-75-75-90 before 1st race (PLUS)

 

Best Regards

Steve

 

Jan-11-2024
ACD 2024 RULES

Arizona Classic Derby 2024 Rules

This course requires a tough bird on the Final - birds that can survive the Summer and fly in desert conditions despite the early fast training races which allow the birds to be conditioned properly and have a high probability of getting to the tough Final. 2022/2023 Late Hatch (397 initial entries, after settling/training/Activation Race - 300, 264 went to Final, Speeds 1638-1529-1483-1394 ypm).

Accepting Birds February 5th, 2024 through August 5, 2024 (including replacements)

100-120-140-190-320 mile series in December 2024. Trophies for ALL 1st in clock winners and Avg Speed.

Perch Fees - $100 per bird due September 1st  OR  $150 per bird AFTER 120 mile Activation Race.

Perch Fees are due for only settled birds - you do not pay for lost birds off the loft.

Entry fees - $325 per bird due AFTER the 120 mile Activation Race

Payout 1st drop, then clocking order.
Payout on the Final Race limited to 10% of birds shipped to the Final.
OPTIONAL $500 High Roller Average Speed entry (40/30/20/10 split).
OPTIONAL 400 mile race 10 days after the Final - $150 entry.

Fly your remaining birds as Old Birds 2025 on our tough Federation course free up to 540 miles.

ALL decisions by the OLR manager are Final – by entering the race you agree to this.

Dates, Distances could be adjusted depending on weather, and any other unforeseen situation in the best interest of the birds and safety of all.
Any unpaid bird by due dates will be offered to others – new buyer will obtain ownership.

MINIMUM Training Schedule - All tosses above 50 miles published onWincompanion and ALL tosses on Benzing Live (link provided). We also train BETWEEN RACES ~!

2-5-10-15-25-35-50-50-50-50-75-75-75-90 before 1st race (PLUS)

 

Best Regards

Steve

 

Jun-15-2023
UPDATE

As a reminder, there is NO 2023/2024 Yearling Race. We have moved back to regular format for a regular 2024 YB race series - accepting birds in Januar 2024 for November 2024 races.

On a personal note, we have opened our loft for some 2023 youngbirds that we can fly in our Arizona Federation in October 2023. Some have taken advantage of this - next week is the last opportunity for you to ship some youngsters for us to fly locally for you.

Regards

 

May-11-2023

Return Shipping:

Several of you got ahead of me before I had a chance to post-  Return shipping is $60 per bird (add $10 for each extra bird). I did get 8 -boxes shipped out Wednesday morning. Next week Monday 15 - Wed 17 I am out of town so will not be able to ship until the following week.

Remaining Birds:

Other remaining birds will be flown in Old Birds on our Federation South East course in February.

2023 Old Birds was a rough one on our toughest NW course where none of the remaining birds came back from the 540 mile race. Here is the link to the race results before the Final for the birds that made it to that point.

Races | ARPU National Database (pigeon-ndb.com)

Choose An Organization  "Arizona Federation" 

Choose a Race "4-8-2023" Peacock Mountain 

Look under Loft "Irish Syndicate"

Prize money:

Still waiting on a few inbound checks

 

Race: 2nd Peacock MT Date: 04/08/2023 Station: PEACOCK MOUNTAIN, AZ 37 Lofts / 609 Birds

#NameSectionBand NoColorSexArrivalMilesSpeedTo WinPoints
40 STEVE FURLONGE/30
(Irish Syndicate)
E 10094 CU 21 CRPU BCWF H 04/08/2023 10:26:22.5 182.321 1449.509 05.28 67.16
45 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 44362 AU 21 ARPU BB H 04/08/2023 10:26:50.6 2 1446.448 05.56 63.05
46 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 7074 AU 22 IRIS BB H 04/08/2023 10:26:53.6 3 1446.123 05.59 62.23
70 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 6547 AU 21 ARPU BC H 04/08/2023 10:30:26.7 4 1423.340 09.32 42.53
74 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 7390 AU 22 IRIS BC H 04/08/2023 10:31:00.1 5 1419.834 10.06 39.24
75 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 6545 AU 21 ARPU BB H 04/08/2023 10:31:01.1 6 1419.730 10.07 38.42
76 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 75 AU 21 YAK BC H 04/08/2023 10:31:04.6 7 1419.363 10.10 37.6
89 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 7269 AU 22 IRIS BCWF H 04/08/2023 10:31:52.6 8 1414.359 10.58 26.93
92 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 475 AU 21 ARPU BB H 04/08/2023 10:32:00.0 9 1413.590 11.05 24.47
98 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 480 AU 21 ARPU BC H 04/08/2023 10:32:08.6 10 1412.698 11.14 19.54
101 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 7222 AU 21 VITA BB H 04/08/2023 10:32:12.8 11 1412.263 11.18 17.08
128 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 10068 CU 21 CRPU BB H 04/08/2023 10:33:26.0 12 1404.720 12.31 0
129 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 7256 AU 22 IRIS BB H 04/08/2023 10:33:31.3 13 1404.177 12.37 0
131 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 10090 CU 21 CRPU BB H 04/08/2023 10:33:33.4 14 1403.962 12.39 0
147 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 25 AU 18 SILV BB C 04/08/2023 10:34:53.1 15 1395.850 13.59 0
196 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 856 AU 21 AONE BC H 04/08/2023 10:37:03.7 16 1382.757 16.09 0
199 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 43662 AU 21 JEDD SIL H 04/08/2023 10:37:10.4 17 1382.092 16.16 0
277 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 4366 AU 21 JEDD BB H 04/08/2023 10:41:24.7 18 1357.314 20.30 0
305 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 484 AU 21 ARPU BB H 04/08/2023 10:42:13.8 19 1352.632 21.19 0
414 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 1073 AU 21 OHF BB H 04/08/2023 10:56:50.9 20 1274.120 35.56 0
455 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 1114 AU 21 BOOK DC H 04/08/2023 11:05:15.8 21 1232.924 44.21 0
485 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 681 AU 20 GENE RC H 04/08/2023 11:16:06.2 22 1183.626 55.12 0
493 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 6546 AU 21 ARPU BB H 04/08/2023 11:19:04.6 23 1170.785 58.10 0
499 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 775 AU 21 AONE BC H 04/08/2023 11:22:38.0 24 1155.787 01:01 0
523 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 181 AU 21 SS BB H 04/08/2023 11:58:48.3 25 1022.562 01:37 0
545 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 44372 AU 21 ARPU BC H 04/08/2023 13:04:09.4 26 846.312 02:43 0
548 STEVE FURLONGE
(Irish Syndicate)
E 539 IF 21 NR SAD H 04/08/2023 13:10:34.6 27 832.221 02:49 0
May-07-2023
CONGRATS

Super Congrats to all and to the 1st drop of 3 birds (Pegasus - Dan Coury, Sienna Loft - Joe Erato, Sooner Challenge - Rex Urbany) that were 5 mins out front of the 2nd group of 4. 3rd in the clock hung out extra - luckily went in before the 2nd drop arrived and will be counted as 1st drop.

After postponing the 200 due to 100 degree temps in favor of lower temps that led to a blowhome and a relatively easy race, we decided to keep the Final as scheduled. Due to a relatively quick turnaround, we only saw 112 birds today on what should have been an easy race with SW winds 10-15+ (which is effectively a tailwind on this course). The alternative would have been to rest up some more and possibly a 40+ bird drop so the added element slowed the returns today IMO.

There is the same confusion every year on the Wincompanion Approximate Speed calculation - that calculation is 1 hour off due to probably an incorrect time zone setting (nothing I can do on my side). The correct actual speeds are shown next to each bird - simply do the math and prove that to yourself (distance / time * 1760 ypm).

There will be no 400 this year as we are running out of good temperature days to host that.

There will be no late hatch acceptance for 2023 - we are moving to a YB 2024 series with acceptance in Feb 2024. Too many complications with late hatches, last rounds being weaker, double moult issues, major medication routines for health, etc..etc. Our race has been a low budget, low cost ($80 perch fee) with no frills, no white glove/white table cloth treatment, no staff to cater to your every need. By design, we keep cost down by avoiding all these bells and whistles. We will keep it that way but will change the Perch Fee structure to have perch/entry fees due after the 100mile activation race.

If you absolutely want us to test some of your super healthy late hatches in 2023, we will fly them in our local Federation races in October - December. There are some small money race options where your birds can participate. However I will need those birds in May 2023.

That's all the reflections for today.... Thanks

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