Hot Spot 4 2023

September 5th, 2023

One Loft Hot Spot took place today from Richmond, North Yorkshire (167m 566yds). The 483 birds were liberated at 8am into a very light NE wind and cleared excellently online. The full marked list can […]

Hot Spot 4 Marking

September 4th, 2023

Good Evening The birds are on their way to Richmond. 483 birds were marked; 15 birds not marked, mainly due late returns from Hot Spot 3, three birds turned in today: GB23 S38618, V62221, Z03617, […]

Hot Spot 3 winners

August 30th, 2023

Congratulations to Mark Nesbitt (racing as D Nesbitt and Sons) for winning Hot Spot 3 Bubwith. It turned out a tough race for the 137 miles, as they had to battle against a strong WNW […]

Hot Spot 3 2023

August 30th, 2023

Hot Spot 3 took place today from Bubwith (137m 248y). The 559 birds were liberated at 10:40am into a WNW wind, and “cleared brilliant”. The first birds arrived back at 1.48pm, and the top 10 […]

Marking for Hot Spot 3

August 29th, 2023

Good morning The birds will be marked this evening, and will be racing from Bubwith (137 miles 248 yards) tomorrow. The marked list will be on Benzing Live around 8pm tonight, with a list of […]

Hot Spot 2 winners

August 24th, 2023

Hot Spot 2 winner Dave Brown of “Blues Brothers” from Scotland. This is what Dave told me this evening: “The cock that won hotspot 2 is bred from a son of Gibb and Byrnes’ famous […]

Wednesday evening

August 23rd, 2023

Good Evening What a great race today from Worksop. It was a pleasure to see them coming online in batches, one after another. A lot of work has gone into these, and it’s working with […]

Hot Spot 2 2023

August 23rd, 2023

Hot Spot 2 took place today from Worksop (103 miles 1210 yards). 595 birds were liberated at 11.00am into sunny conditions, flying into a light SW headwind, and cleared great online. Jeremy’s estimate of 2.5 […]