A group of racing pigeons fly out of their cage at the home of their owner Fred Bellus, of Antioch, who owns over 100 pigeons in Antioch, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015.

THE Off Road speed season began last Saturday with the March Hare Motocross at Ballykelly and next weekend sees the Ulster Tarmac racing year commence at A... Monday, 17 June 2024 Newsletters ...

A Belgian bird called Bolt was recently sold for a world record price of 310,000 euros ($425,000), the price of a desirable residence in Brussels.

The birds are all being raised by a professional pigeon fancier and trained on behalf of their owners for the thrill of the race. But this seemingly innocuous sport is heading for a shock ...

It’s a bit like an Olympic training camp. Only the athletes are pigeons. The lofts at Birtsmorton in Worcestershire are clean and modern. The bleached-wood roost boxes might have come from the ...

JAY — Racing homing pigeons is a unique sport with which several ... That’s about 60 miles per hour, Bryant said. Kermit Bryant can track speeds of his homing pigeons from this center or ...

Dene Simpson, race controller for the South West Wales Federation of pigeon fanciers, recounted his traumatic experience to The Daily Mail, explaining: “We’d let ours go from Swindon at midday ...

Pigeon racing is serious business in the Cape. Hundreds of competitors from various homing unions are currently competing for a share of R450 000 and prizes.

Johannesburg -Pigeon racing has not been banned, the environmental affairs department clarified on Thursday. This followed a statement from the NSPCA on Wednesday that the breeding, trading and ...

Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained homing pigeons, ... As long as a pigeon is timed on race day you will be able to keep track of its performance with measurements at an ...