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SAHPA 2016 Year Book Page 31
Ross Chapman – Sires Produce
Ross trains his birds all the same with no special treatment for the
Sires birds. Not much training before the seasons starts (Pt.
Wakefield), they learn on the job. He likes to put them on the
Southern Fed unit, usually to the longest drop off point and does
this to get cover from the hawks. One toss a week. Fairly regular
racing, every two weeks for most. His Sires birds would have got
three races each before the race.
Ross had 12 birds paid up for the 2016 event. The candidates came
from Ross’s birds and his friend in Newcastle – Alan Limeburner
who he had met some years earlier during the 1 loft races. There
were nine ready for the race, however, unfortunately for Ross one of the eight which was
clocked 2
nd
in the race had missed qualification and was subsequently disqualified from the
race. An oversight that was paintful but as Ross says “rules are rules”. He still ended up with
1
st
and 2
nd
and 9
th
and 10
th
– a pretty good result.
Feed is 20% each of peas, wheat, milo, maize and safflower. Medications are Turbosole for
four days every three weeks.
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Brian Donovan – Alice Springs
Her sire was 1
st
SAHPA Temora and her dam is half sister to 1
st
Alice Springs. Lead up was a
Stirling North race and a long toss from Roxby Downs (bit of a blow home) but did get all
tosses available. Feed is 30% peas, 30% wheat and 30% maize and 10% small seed. In the
two weeks leading up to the Alice the selected birds get extra small seed. No special
medications except for Turbosole before the race and at least twice during the year.