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If the direction is, for example, more favorable for the pigeons with their homes in the West of the country, the top-10 pigeons will be more skewed into that direction. Another factor involved is the direction of the wind. The pigeons who fly smaller distances reach higher average speeds per minute.
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Speed correctionĪfter having analyzed many flights, we (researcher Rudo Reiling of the scientific committee of the Dutch Pigeon organization (NPO) and I) have noticed a recurring pattern. Therefore, the pigeon with the highest average speed will win the race and the price money. In the current system there is no objective way to indicate that the achievement of a pigeon is unlikely or impossible. Or the fanciers may have cheated with the chip used for registration. Fast pigeons can either be talented or could, for instance, have accidentally escaped from the van on the way to the starting point. Awfully slow pigeons have possibly navigated wrongly or took a siesta. In some races, there are one or more pigeons who have a very unlikely average speed, either extremely fast or slow. The numbers indicate the top-10 of pigeons in this race result. The pigeons in the south have on average, higher average speed. The blue-red colors show the average speed of the pigeons distributed over the country. Each dot represents a pigeon in the race, and their speed is plotted at the location of their home. In the figure below, you can see data of a national flight with its starting place in Chateauroux (France). As you may imagine, the pigeons who must fly less distance have an advantage. In the data we look at the highest average speed per minute. The winning pigeon is the one pigeon who has, on average, flown the fastest during the rage. All fly back to their own homes, and bridged distances may therefore fluctuate a lot (sometimes a 300km difference).
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In some national flights there are up to 30.000 participating pigeons. The pigeons are trained and find their homes by using the earth magnetic field, position of the sun and other cool features to navigate back. This means some pigeons fly further than others. At the starting time of the race, all pigeons are freed from the vans at the same time and they all fly back home to the house of their pigeon fancier. The distance of the races differs, the pigeons can participate in longer and shorter flights. They are put into vans and brought to the starting point of the race. All pigeons are picked up at a central location of each local department. The racesĪ national race works as follows. The data used in the calculations for this blogpost are specific for pigeon speed modeling in the Netherlands. The data of these races can help us showing first indications of cases of unfair competition or cheating. Cases of cheating, moving the pigeons and the whole family to more ideal racing locations in the country and even doping are not uncommon in the sport. Having the possibility to earn a lot of money, next to great passion and fanaticism, causes the current competitions for pigeon racing to be approached by the pigeon fanciers* as a real sport. A speed correction method for the speed loss over larger distances could potentially help to overcome this issue. Since the pigeons all have a different finish line, and the pigeon with the highest average speed currently wins the competition, this calculation might not be completely fair. The pigeon’s achievements in races mostly determine their value. Did you know raising pigeons could be an extremely valuable investment? The most expensive racing pigeon sold last year (in 2020) brought up 1.6 million dollars.