RPRA Yearling Auction

YEARLINGS 2021 AUCTION
September 30th, 2021
The auction of the One Loft 2021 Yearlings will open on Monday 11th October (11am) on our dedicated auction website, and run until Wednesday 20th October (4pm).

The list of birds to be auctioned can be downloaded here, with lot numbers determined by finishing positions in the Final Race. Please note that lots will not appear on the site until the auction goes live.

You will need to be registered on the site to be able to bid online – just follow the detailed instructions on the home page. Postal bids will also be accepted, but bids will not be accepted by telephone. By registering/bidding you agree to accept and abide by the Auction Rules.

The usual site terms & conditions will apply. If you have any queries please contact us on 01452 713529 or at rpraoneloft@rpra.org

list of 62 yearlings to be auctioned

https://www.rpra.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/YR21-auction-list.pdf

David wrote:

list of 62 yearlings to be auctioned

https://www.rpra.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/YR21-auction-list.pdf

Talk about flogging a dead horse type of thing David My bones tell me here I'm    another total disaster in the making etc I suspect    .

yearling one loft started with 250 birds (at £200 per bird) , so 62 in the yearling auction isnt that bad considering the abysmal racing they had , and to say only 2 birds homed on the day in the final ....

thing is they had already guarenteed 250 yearlings at £225 in entry fees alone so the 62 going to auction will be a nice top up eh and a extra bonus for the coffers ,much needed after corona virus hitting the blackpool show last year

Had actually forgotten about the yearlings, seems ages ago.

Wonder what they have  been doing with them.

Regards.

Could possibly have had a nice round of youngsters ??????.

Regards.

MISTY wrote:

Could possibly have had a nice round of youngsters ??????.

Regards.

possibly, if the 1st and 2nd bird home on the day were cock and hen ......

Could have bred from them all David, can see no reason why not, once in the name of  the RPRA they belong to them.

Regards.

David wrote:

yearling one loft started with 250 birds (at £200 per bird) , so 62 in the yearling auction isnt that bad considering the abysmal racing they had , and to say only 2 birds homed on the day in the final ....

Must be an age thing I'm       completely lost here now where/what are these birds mentioned etc. Magic trick in play maybe somehow as I'm totally & utterly confused here .

Knackered wrote:

David wrote:

yearling one loft started with 250 birds (at £200 per bird) , so 62 in the yearling auction isnt that bad considering the abysmal racing they had , and to say only 2 birds homed on the day in the final ....

Must be an age thing I'm       completely lost here now where/what are these birds mentioned etc. Magic trick in play maybe somehow as I'm totally & utterly confused here .

Had me tinking Knackered.

Apparently they are auctioning all the yearlings that have returned to the loft from the last Yearlings Race.

Had forgotten about the fiasco, after only two returned on the day

Do not know if ours eventualy returned.

Eventualy there will be enough imponderables involved to write a book.

Regards.

62 i guess the others have worked in over the weeks/months ...similar percentage as the ybs ,i just dont understand why they dont race the yearlings on a transporter with an organisation when such small numbers were involved ,ok granted its not convenient having to go to a club to basket up but surely a good race for the entrants and bords themselves should be paramount

oldstrain wrote:

62  i guess the others have worked in over the weeks/months ...similar percentage as the ybs ,i just dont understand why they dont race the yearlings on a transporter with an organisation when such small numbers were involved ,ok granted its not convenient having to go to a club to basket up but surely a good race for the entrants and bords themselves  should be paramount

Interesting O/S if that is so etc be interesting to know thou when the actual owners of the birds actually found out they had birds turn up out of the blue type of thing there Now       you maybe have it all wrong with your thinking   I'm   as I would give them all here    34 tosses from the paddock next door there & then straight into the last & only race as such at 300 odd miles & perhaps also maybe for the sheer enjoyment factor     maybe liberate them all at sunset type of thing     after the last debacle we unfortunately had with our race from the past.  

They'll all sell, some will make good money. I know they'll be off fanciers best stock but not sure how introducing birds that take 48 hrs to come from 10 miles and a week to come from 100 miles will improve anyone's performances going forward?
I know circumstances around training and racing contributed to the situation but for me, well I wouldn't be buying.

i think its the same old story colin, fanciers buying ybs off g g grand parents who won a couple of firsts, or buying "stock birds" that have never bred anything any good .........too much is placed on a pedigree with some fanciers, or a breed name .

take for instance my van reets, ive sold them on internet for the past 3 - 4 years, never do i fail to sell any, they all sell ........yet i have never raced the van reets, so i dont know which, or if any, are any good, yes they have bred birds to win for some who bought them, but the buyers are simply buying them because of the name, whereas my janssens have actually won for me and my brother, yet no one would buy them.......strange isnt it .

Would bet a few bob David in the hands of some, your Jannsens would take on a different name, namely Van Reets.

Probably the Jannsen young would do better than the Van Reets but go forward as  Van Reets.

Good job  those paying ridiculous for Champions and their young can now have the advantage of DNA.

Regards.

Know a few well known names selling other 'Names' when not. Know a 'Well Name' selling other 'Fanciers' birds Not his.
Seen them advertised in the 'Pigeon mags' etc.
Had one well know Seller giving a pigeon of mine - great looker-and  used as an advertisement. Yes ring number and even even published it's photograpths and race results, several wins at that!.
Said the 'Photograther' had made a mistake and took them. Well even if that was so ... the Photograpther wouldn't have know the results. Which were very untrue.
I took the pigeon back pronto!

Daz wrote:

Know a few well known names selling other 'Names' when not. Know a 'Well Name' selling other 'Fanciers' birds Not his.
Seen them advertised in the 'Pigeon mags' etc.
Had one well know Seller giving a pigeon of mine - great looker-and  used as an advertisement. Yes ring number and even even published it's photograpths and race results, several wins at that!.
Said the 'Photograther' had made a mistake and took them. Well even if that was so ... the Photograpther wouldn't have know the results. Which were very untrue.
I took the pigeon back pronto!

Been the same since time began I suggest Daz Still remember the day here the first one I met as a kid a bloke called Abicair waved the magic wand, in his special way & found what ever your desire was back when, when he went into his loft .

barnie wrote:

They'll all sell, some will make good money. I know they'll be off fanciers best stock but not sure how introducing birds that take 48 hrs to come from 10 miles and a week to come from 100 miles will improve anyone's performances going forward?
I know circumstances around training and racing contributed to the situation but for me, well I wouldn't be buying.

Crazy isn't etc Barnie Look up their history as one can & on average, I could walk faster here than what most of them have done there over the season .