Our Superbird race will December 10, not December 3.  My bad!!

OUr Superbird race from 360 miles will be Saturday, Dec. 3.  Entry is $100/bird, there will be at least $30,000 or more in prize fund for the race.  If you would like to activate your bird(s) for the race send me a check or if you have money coming from our main race I can deduct your entry for Superbird.  Send to:  Steve Miner, 3511 Rolling Hills Ln, Bonita, Ca. 91902.  Make check out to San Diego Holiday Classic.  There are also refund money that your entry can be deducte from.  Pleas let me know asap.  619-933-8188.

Congratulations to our first drop winners in our main Classic Race, especially Ron Moden/Dave Dudley team and Simon Chi/George Xu team both had 2 birds in the first drop.  With the exception of the clock issue the race was another big success.  We also have a raffle each year and give out $500 cash prizes and this year Patti Gage won 2 of those.  Thanks again for making our 42nd year another big success!!!

The clock was off for the first 12 birds, 10 in the first drop and 2 right behind them.  The mistake will be corrected by Wincompanion on the website.  So sorry this occurred.

The weather looks great, expecting a good race.  Race is from Casa Grande, Az., 306 mi.  Good Luck!  Below is the prize distribution for the race:

1)  $50,000                       Avg. Speed

2)  $20,000                       1)  7,000

3)  10,000                         2)  3,000

4)  8,000                           3)  2,000

5)  6,000                           4)  1,300

6)  4,000                           5)  1,000

7)  2,000

8-17)  1,000

18-32)  500

There will be a 15 bird auction of Nanez Family birds on Nov. 27 at the final race of the Royal Cup approximately at 12:00.

Information regarding Nanez Family Lofts many successes:

NANEZ FAMILY LOFTS 1st or 2nd Overall National One-Loft Champion for 6 years in a row! 2014-2020.  Has one of the very best records since 2013 in the Hoosier Classic.  Nanez Family Lofts has provided stock pigeons for over 500 top one-loft syndicates/participants.  Approximately $340,000 has been won in California One-Loft races with stock from Nanez Family Lofts since 2011.  Aztec Lofts-Ramiro Herrera, Los Banditos-Jorge Torrres, John Karnofel, Hugo Family Loft-Hugo Rincon and at least 11 others that we know of have scored "on the drop" on the finals of California's one-loft races since 2011.

At the auction will be direct children of "Iron Clad"(responsible for 350+top 10 positions in 1-lofts) as well as our 2022 prize winners in 1-loft races.

The weather looks very good for our final race on Saturday, Nov.26.  Shipping, dinner, and auctions will be at the hotel starting at 2:30.  Dinner-5:30, City of Hope Young bird auction and breeder auction of this years race to follow.  The breeder auction will auctioning off 15 birds at a time so multiple breeders will be in the same lot.  Anyone wishing to put in a max bid for this auction contact me, Steve Miner, 619-933-8188. There will be a prize list on the message board tomorrow.  Good luck to all!!!

Noteworthy information on the California Classic flown last Tuesday.  At 8:30 A.M. on Tuesday morning there was a fairly significant earthquake in Baja Mexico which could certainly affect the birds coming home from that race.

Congrats to the top 10 at our 200 mi. race.  There were actually 31 birds on the first drop and many more groups of30-50 to follow.  Good race! 

Announcing Nanez family Loft will be having a 15 bird auction on Sunday, Nov. 27 at the Royal Cup final race.  Most pigeon flyers know how succesful Rick Nanez has been in one loft races the past few years.  Unfortunately Rick's health has not been good and he is down-sizing, auctioning off some of his top notch birds.  We thank Rick for this opportunity.

Our final race will be Saturday, Nov. 26, the projected weather is excellent, in face our whole week looks very good.  Good Luck to all!!!

The 200 mi. race will be this Saturday, Nov. 19, planning release at 6:30.  The first 10 birds in the trap will receive $500 ea.  Right now the weather looks good.  We have 3 birds that are not paid for and are for sale if interested contact me.  Thx, Steve  619-933-8188.

Birds are up at 6:30, clear and calm, looks like a excellent day for a race.  We hand scanned the birds last night and we have 3 birds that had bad or no chip, we re-chipped them and they are in the race with the proper chip.  They are: BLTF 245, JEDDS 2020, AONE 153.  This is the first leg of the 3 race average speed.  Good Luck!!

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.