Sho-Time Loft is a small loft run by me as I navigate working full time as well as owning my own business in addition to my full time job, I am located in Upstate NY where the birds fly from the West crossing over the finger lakes, and 4,000ft of elevation here is what they have been responsible for in the past few years:

2024:

1st One Bird Derby 125 miles

1st at 140 miles

1st One Bird Derby 165 miles

7th, 19th, 21st in Aces Wild Kit Race, first loft in the south

1st, 6th, 9th 10th, 11th at 300 miles

1st, 2nd, 3rd at 365 miles

Here is what others flying our pigeons did:

1st Place Bonanza at 200 miles flown by Ryan Narine

1st Place Bonanza at 167 miles flown by Mike Zuber

2nd Place Wescon Band Race flown by Guy Gagne

3rd at 154 miles flown by Guy Gagne

10th at 111 miles flown by Rich Piazza

11th at 144 miles flown by Guy Gagne

Others who actually let us know what the birds bred reported:

Others who actually let us know what the birds bred reported:

1st Place One Bird Derby 185 miles

E1st 150 miles

1st 200 miles New England Combine

5th Place at 350 miles

I sent 4 birds to OLR to be raced in 2024, two to the AIC which got canceled due to high losses at 9 and 15 miles (I got 1 back) and two to Martinez with one winning 50thon the final vs 625 and in the money.

2023:

1st-11th at 136 miles (A Race)

2nd (lost by .02 seconds), 5th, 6th, 7th, 10th-18th, and 20th at 136 miles (B Race)

1st - 3rd in Five Bird Derby at 200 miles $ winners

4th at 293 miles (893 ypm) longest flyer in concourse with a day bird (9 total day birds), and 10th $ winner

2nd and 4th at 293 miles

1st -5th at 293 miles

2nd Champion Bird in the Combine

2nd Average Speed in the Combine

Here is what others flying our pigeons did so far:

2nd and 3rd at 147 miles (lost by 13 seconds) flown by Hardluck Loft

1st and 2nd in Five Derby at 150 miles $ winner flown by Hardluck Loft

6th in Five Bird Derby at 182 miles $ winner flown by Hardluck Loft

1st and 9th in Aces Wild Kit Race at 280 miles Big Time $ Winner flown by Hardluck Loft

1st at 142 miles flown by Wing & Prayer Loft

3rd (e1st) at 140 miles flown by Wing & Prayer Loft

6th at 126 miles flown by Black Eagle Loft

2nd Champion Bonanza Bird flown by Mark Jolin Loft

4th at 313 miles 1102 ypm with 18 day birds by Mark Jolin Loft

1st vs 550 pigeons (1394 ypm) at 165 miles by Kennier Palmira

7th vs 445 pigeons (1065 ypm) at 142 miles by Kennier Palmira

10th at 254 miles (1060 ypm) by Kennier Palmira

In 2022 we did not race and only sent out 27 pigeons they won:

1st and 3rd (e1st) by 17 minutes in the CT Classic flown by Larry Werth

5th in the CT Classic flown by Larry Werth

3rd in the Wescon Band Race 1 minute and 6 seconds from the win, 5 minutes plus ahead of the 4th place bird flown by Rich Piazza

1st at 143 miles by 2 minutes and 35 seconds flown by Rich Piazza

2nd and 3rd (both e1st) at 236 miles flown by Larry Werth

7th at 236 miles flown by Larry Werth

7th and 11th at 154 miles by Larry Werth

3rd 2022 High Roller NCC (8th 2022 NCC Auction Race) flown by Bernie Gutowski

1st Free Band 2022 Aces Wild Kit Race (10th 2022 Aces Wild Kit Race) flown by Bernie Gutowski

12th and 20th at 107 miles flown by Bernie Gutowski

16th and 17th at 124 miles flown by Bernie Gutowski

In 2021 we were responsible for:

2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 12th, 15th, and 19th Champion Birds (no one had more pigeons in the top 20)

We won Average Speed by over 40 minutes.

1st-5th Five Bird Derby by 4 minutes.

1st and 2nd in the Aces Wild Kit Race winning 16 out of 40 prize positions.

1st Aces Wild Band, 2nd Aces Wild Band

1st through 6th place at 359 miles 34 minutes ahead of the next loft.

8th Last Chance Race with a son of our super pair “Sultan” and “Sultana”.

Others won the following with our birds:

1st at 184 miles flown by Bernie Gutowski

2nd (e1st) at 220 miles (first drop) flown by Bernie Gutowski

3rd and 4th at 149 miles (first drop) flown by Bernie Gutowski

1st Aces Wild Free Band (16th in the race) at 300 miles (first drop) flown by Bernie Gutowski

14th at 350 miles (first drop) flown by Bernie Gutowski

8th Champion Young Bird flown by Bernie Gutowski

Champion Old Bird Southern Rhode Island Club flown by Keith DelPozzo

1st at 300 miles in Old Birds flown by Nick Verdicchio

2nd at 283 miles in Old Birds flown by Keith DelPozzo

3rd at 370 miles in Old Birds flown by Keith DelPozzo

3rd at 462 miles in Old Birds flown by Keith DelPozzo

In 2020 we were responsible for:

1st Average Speed by 9 minutes.

1st, 2nd, 4th, etc. at 163 miles

1st,5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, etc. at 159 miles

1st at 234 miles

1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. NCC Auction Race

1st NCC Last Twenty

1st NCC Red Bird

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 9th in the Last Chance Race (taking 6 out of 10 prize positions)

1st Last Chance High Roller 

3rd Five Bird Derby at 234 miles

8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, etc. at 200 miles

9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, etc. in Aces Wild Kit Race

We took 19 out of 45 prize positions in the Aces Wild Kit Race.

2nd Aces Wild Band, and 3rd Aces Wild Band

Others won with our birds:

1st Aces Wild Kit Race flown by Henry Szady

3rd Aces Wild Kit Race flown by Henry Szady

2nd BMM at 185 miles flown by Keith DelPozzo

2nd BMM at 100 miles flown by Keith DelPozzo

2nd (e1st) at 100 miles flown by Ron Warbach

26th at 100 miles vs 1,056 birds flown by Keith DelPozzo