Performance Enhancing Drugs In Pigeon Racing

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Performance Enhancing Drugs In Pigeon Racing

Postby Patuxet » Sat Oct 26, 2013 7:17 am

I saw this in the NY Times and don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Pigeon Racing: Faster and Farther, but Fair?
By JULIET MACUR
Pigeon racing's followers were stunned when six Belgian birds failed tests for banned performance-enhancing drugs. It would be comical if it weren't true.
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Birds

Postby hpkingjr » Mon Oct 28, 2013 2:59 am

All new meaning to the term " getting high".
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just remember...

Postby Affirmed1 » Mon Oct 28, 2013 4:47 pm

to be careful what you post on this forum regarding pigeons and/or pigeon breeding. We might end up with a thread that migrates over here talking about the fragile underpinings (sic) of the modern (inbred) pigeon.
Imagine the daily pigeon mortality reports and the categories used to label the unfortunate creatures. It makes me shudder. :oops:
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Postby madelyn » Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:04 am

Louis has been breeding unsound pigeons? Fragile pigeons? Who is the equivalent of Phalaris in the world of pigeon pedigrees??
So Run for the Roses, as fast as you can.....
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Postby Affirmed1 » Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:03 am

[quote="madelyn"]Louis has been breeding unsound pigeons? Fragile pigeons? Who is the equivalent of Phalaris in the world of pigeon pedigrees??[/quote]

Madelyn: shush....mustn't wake the sleeping giant. We may begin an entirely new blog here....I'm scared. :o
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Postby bdw0617 » Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:03 pm

damn Phalaris has found his way into bird pedigrees. that dude is something else. freak you northern dancer :evil:
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