1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:11,839 --> 00:00:13,839 . 4 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:44,120 # 5 00:00:55,839 --> 00:01:02,239 (AUCTIONEER SPEAKING IN CHINESE) 6 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:19,160 "As far as you're concerned, this pigeon may be one of those 7 00:01:19,279 --> 00:01:22,199 cooing nuisances that blights city streets, 8 00:01:24,919 --> 00:01:28,239 but to thousands of people all over the world, he's a lot more." 9 00:01:29,199 --> 00:01:30,360 With pigeon racing, 10 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,319 you have this little bird that has a brain the size of a pea. 11 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:40,279 You take 600km away from home - how does a pigeon know where home is? 12 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:43,400 It's a mystery. 13 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,599 "It's the sport of kings and queens, millionaires and movie stars, 14 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:49,400 of presidents and peasants. 15 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,160 That's the real attraction and the secret of the sport's popularity. 16 00:01:53,239 --> 00:01:54,800 It's classless." 17 00:02:21,239 --> 00:02:23,480 (BIRDS WHISTLING) 18 00:02:28,519 --> 00:02:30,160 Wayno. 19 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,279 You're in... Yeah, you're in for the rest of the week, pal. Yeah. 20 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,160 You're in for the rest of the week. 21 00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:37,480 Sweet, sweet. 22 00:02:37,519 --> 00:02:39,080 Right, I'm flat out, so... 23 00:02:39,879 --> 00:02:42,559 I'll let you go and I'll see you in there tomorrow. 24 00:02:44,519 --> 00:02:46,279 John O'Brien. 25 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:51,120 I work for a company and I do deliveries, collections. 26 00:02:51,199 --> 00:02:56,000 Fix this, break that. Whatever they want, it gets done. 27 00:02:57,519 --> 00:02:59,639 One day it's mad and the next day it's not. 28 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,639 I just go with the flow, you know what I mean. 29 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,680 I'm always looking for a flow state. 30 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,000 I have two kids! 31 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,720 And 60 pigeons. 32 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:14,720 (SCRAPING SOUNDS) 33 00:03:17,319 --> 00:03:21,120 A shaman guy that I know said to me that they were going to 34 00:03:21,199 --> 00:03:24,199 the Hill of Tara to do a few mushrooms. I was, like, "Let's go." 35 00:03:25,519 --> 00:03:27,519 We took the DMT first. 36 00:03:28,839 --> 00:03:31,319 That was... crazy. 37 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,639 Leonardo da Vinci came to me as the Vitruvian Man. 38 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,559 Once I started looking up and finding out that he had pigeons, 39 00:03:41,639 --> 00:03:44,639 there were so many connections that I had with Leonardo da Vinci. 40 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:48,319 It was like... It was like he told me that I'm on the right path now. 41 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:52,199 There is no wrong path, it's just the path that you're on. 42 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:56,160 I'll show you Big Balls. 43 00:03:56,239 --> 00:03:58,160 He's an absolute beast to go. 44 00:03:58,239 --> 00:04:00,080 His feathers are all perfect. 45 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,519 This fella has a belly like a baby's arse. 46 00:04:02,599 --> 00:04:05,319 It's a nice pigeon. Nice and soft. 47 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,199 Most big towns will have a racing pigeon club. 48 00:04:13,279 --> 00:04:16,760 The old typical pigeon fancier in the UK in the early days 49 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,120 was a cloth cap guy. 50 00:04:19,199 --> 00:04:21,360 You train your pigeons to your own loft. 51 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,160 You take them down the road - 5, 10, 15 miles. 52 00:04:26,238 --> 00:04:28,680 Then at the weekend, you take them to the club 53 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:30,400 and the club will basket them. 54 00:04:31,559 --> 00:04:33,680 (JOHN) They say it's an old man's sport. 55 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:35,599 I'm very young in pigeons. 56 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:37,480 And hopefully I can win this year. 57 00:04:37,519 --> 00:04:40,160 Anything is possible. Everything is possible. 58 00:04:40,238 --> 00:04:42,199 (STAN) They get picked up on the transporter, 59 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:44,160 taken to the liberation point. 60 00:04:44,238 --> 00:04:47,000 "Get ready! Ready! Pull!" 61 00:04:51,519 --> 00:04:53,519 (PAUL) 80 miles from Dublin here. 62 00:04:53,599 --> 00:04:56,319 Probably an hour and 10, an hour and 15 minutes. 63 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,440 Birds were liberated at 10:45. 64 00:05:01,519 --> 00:05:03,519 Birds are out, buddy. Birds are out. 65 00:05:03,559 --> 00:05:06,839 So when the pigeons land right here, we're in. 66 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,279 When you're throwing a knee, block your face. 67 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,080 So they don't see the knee coming. Look at my hands. 68 00:05:14,599 --> 00:05:16,040 See? You didn't even see the knee coming. 69 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,680 Yeah, but I can't do it because I'm in a dress. 70 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:20,680 -Hello! -Oh yeah, sorry. 71 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:25,519 What's happening, bud? 72 00:05:25,559 --> 00:05:27,319 How's the hair style going? 73 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,360 It has a bit of an Elvis look about it there now. See that? 74 00:05:35,199 --> 00:05:37,160 It's their first race. Are they good enough? 75 00:05:37,238 --> 00:05:40,279 That top cock, Big Balls, he should come home. 76 00:05:41,319 --> 00:05:43,360 But we'll see. 77 00:05:51,238 --> 00:05:52,879 Come on. 78 00:05:54,238 --> 00:05:55,519 Where are yis? 79 00:05:55,559 --> 00:05:56,919 Could be any minute. 80 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,160 The feeling you get when a bird comes in, the excitement. 81 00:06:01,238 --> 00:06:03,040 I'm on a buzz out there. 82 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,519 I'd love for everyone to be into it the way I'm into it. 83 00:06:05,599 --> 00:06:07,120 My hearts racing. 84 00:06:07,199 --> 00:06:11,400 There's so much research into how does a pigeon know where home is. 85 00:06:13,199 --> 00:06:17,760 By geomagnetic forces, by the position of the sun, 86 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,599 by the sound of the wind going through the loft. 87 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:21,919 Come on the boys. (Rattles) 88 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,440 (MICHAEL) There are so many theories 89 00:06:28,319 --> 00:06:31,319 but nobody can say this is why. 90 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,800 There's a batch right there, look. There's the first batch. 91 00:06:33,879 --> 00:06:35,480 That's into Mick. 92 00:06:35,519 --> 00:06:37,839 There's pigeons coming everywhere now. There's batches there. 93 00:06:37,919 --> 00:06:39,839 We're well out lads. 94 00:06:39,919 --> 00:06:42,279 (WHISTLES) 95 00:06:44,238 --> 00:06:47,000 (WHISTLES) 96 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:48,480 Big Balls' son. 97 00:06:58,879 --> 00:07:03,480 The problem is pigeon racing is old, from the old school. 98 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,279 We lost our youth to technology. 99 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:15,080 Our average age for our sport is probably in their 40s, 50s. 100 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:16,680 Mostly older. 101 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:19,919 Hey everybody. 102 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,639 First place, D & C McGuirk! 103 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,319 (LOUD CHEER) 104 00:07:28,279 --> 00:07:30,480 -Over the bridge again. -Get up outta that! 105 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:33,400 At the current time, 106 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,440 there isn't a lot of youngsters coming into the sport. 107 00:07:37,559 --> 00:07:39,800 A lot of clubs have fallen by the wayside 108 00:07:39,879 --> 00:07:41,879 because of loss of membership. 109 00:07:42,599 --> 00:07:46,120 This is the trouble. If you've got no youth, you've got no future. 110 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,360 That's where one loft racing has picked up. 111 00:07:54,599 --> 00:07:55,879 (CROWD MURMURING) 112 00:08:02,279 --> 00:08:04,680 There's lots to eat and drink here, isn't there. 113 00:08:09,319 --> 00:08:12,199 Pigeon fanciers are attracted to the shows they have 114 00:08:12,279 --> 00:08:14,639 all over Europe, all over the world. 115 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,559 They come to see what everybody is doing. 116 00:08:16,639 --> 00:08:19,080 They come to say, "Hey, if I come to your race next year, 117 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,599 how does it work, how can I get my birds to you?" 118 00:08:23,319 --> 00:08:24,760 Yeah, exciting. 119 00:08:25,519 --> 00:08:27,559 My name is Sara Blackshaw 120 00:08:27,639 --> 00:08:31,519 and I'm the MD of the South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race. 121 00:08:31,559 --> 00:08:35,040 I'm very pleased to be with you today to meet you all 122 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,760 and explain what we do down in Africa. 123 00:08:38,599 --> 00:08:41,800 In 1996, a colleague of mine rang me and he said, 124 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:48,440 "I have a client who wants to look at setting up a world pigeon race." 125 00:08:48,519 --> 00:08:50,160 He's the pigeon whisperer. 126 00:08:50,239 --> 00:08:53,319 We had a lovely lunch. We had a few bottles of wine as well. 127 00:08:54,199 --> 00:08:55,879 And the Million Dollar was born. 128 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,000 Real name is Alexander. 129 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,239 Zandy, they call him Zandy. Zandy Meyer. 130 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,559 An excellent, intelligent person. You can't believe. 131 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,760 Zandy was one of the most famous pigeon fanciers 132 00:09:10,839 --> 00:09:12,319 throughout the world. 133 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:14,000 And this race was his vision. 134 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,440 Take pigeons from all over the world, bring them into one loft. 135 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,559 One loft racing is a beautiful thing. 136 00:09:23,639 --> 00:09:25,720 All the birds come to one central spot. 137 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:29,080 One guy's place. One guy does the training. One guy does the feeding. 138 00:09:30,879 --> 00:09:34,679 One loft racing - you send your pigeons to the race. 139 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,040 They manage the pigeons, they train the pigeons. 140 00:09:40,319 --> 00:09:43,360 They're all fed the same, trained the same. It's equal. 141 00:09:44,519 --> 00:09:48,440 Where in a club race, you might have five miles longer than me 142 00:09:48,519 --> 00:09:50,080 or ten miles shorter. 143 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,239 Allows everyone to sort of play fair. 144 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,279 It's easy to teach the birds if you know the way. 145 00:10:03,239 --> 00:10:05,040 Each creature talks to you. 146 00:10:07,239 --> 00:10:12,279 The birds that arrived here are a minimum, about a half year old. 147 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:16,679 We train them to land there on that ramp where the traps are. 148 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,879 And the first bird that runs in wins the race. 149 00:10:20,519 --> 00:10:24,919 If you win here, or make it here, you can make it anywhere. 150 00:10:28,239 --> 00:10:33,239 It sounds easy. You bring pigeons in, get them orientated, 151 00:10:33,319 --> 00:10:34,639 train them and race them. 152 00:10:35,839 --> 00:10:38,319 By training, you go out a little way 153 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,400 and then you let them go and they fly back to the loft. 154 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,599 (MAN CALLING OUT) 155 00:10:46,279 --> 00:10:47,720 (MAN CALLING OUT) 156 00:10:48,919 --> 00:10:51,000 Treat them as athletes. 157 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,400 Race horses, greyhounds train every day. 158 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,720 That's how you build the muscle up on them. 159 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,199 So take a mile, two, three times. 160 00:11:02,279 --> 00:11:06,120 And then five miles, and then you just keep going farther and farther 161 00:11:06,199 --> 00:11:08,160 and they work their way out. 162 00:11:08,239 --> 00:11:11,839 Pigeons, it has become my life. 163 00:11:14,239 --> 00:11:19,519 We started on it in 1996. I was 20 years old at the time. 164 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:23,519 I am the race director. 165 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,040 You have clients right across the world. 166 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,120 You have to be available 18/19 hours a day. 167 00:11:31,599 --> 00:11:34,639 Sara jokes of me that I send her emails at 3am 168 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,559 but that's what time I'm awake! 169 00:11:39,199 --> 00:11:40,760 -You've got five in this one. -Yeah. 170 00:11:40,839 --> 00:11:43,360 -You've got six in this one here. -Okay, mate. 171 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,199 I hope you've got a winner there. 172 00:11:45,279 --> 00:11:47,559 Good, good, good. Come on. 173 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:52,639 I'm the UK race shipper and co-ordinator. 174 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:57,000 I've held that position from the first race way back 24 years ago. 175 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:58,919 I'm involved from the beginning. 176 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:03,480 Sara come here to my house and ask me if I want to do it. 177 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,559 I've known Sara basically since the race started. 178 00:12:06,639 --> 00:12:09,279 A lot of people have a lot of respect for her. 179 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,800 She's a very shrewd business person, there's no doubt about it. 180 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,120 When you sit somebody down and say, 181 00:12:17,199 --> 00:12:21,319 "We're gonna race for a million dollars", they go, "Are you stupid?" 182 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:25,400 There was nothing like it in the world. 183 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,400 The 1,000 dollars per pigeon, it's not cheap to enter. 184 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,160 When we set up the Million Dollar, 185 00:12:30,239 --> 00:12:32,720 I don't think we made a penny for about 10 years. 186 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:34,440 But we got there. 187 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:42,040 Over 9,000 pigeons, 40 different countries. 188 00:12:42,919 --> 00:12:44,400 It just grew and grew. 189 00:12:45,519 --> 00:12:49,919 All this anticipation, there's this build up and build up and build up 190 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,160 and that atmosphere. 191 00:12:53,599 --> 00:12:58,199 When that first pigeon is seen, you have 15,000 people go dead quiet. 192 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,239 You can hear people breathing. 193 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:05,040 # 194 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:07,080 (Cheering) 195 00:13:11,239 --> 00:13:13,160 There's this eruption of euphoria. 196 00:13:17,599 --> 00:13:20,639 They have won the greatest pigeon race in the world. 197 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:23,279 I thank God that we win the race. 198 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:27,319 It's incredible. To win a pigeon race is unbelievable. 199 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:29,519 Thank you. Thank you! 200 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,559 We're called the South African Million Dollar 201 00:13:32,639 --> 00:13:34,360 but our prize money is well in excess of 1.5 million. 202 00:13:34,519 --> 00:13:36,120 We don't want to change our name 203 00:13:36,199 --> 00:13:39,000 to the 1.5 Million South African Dollar Race. 204 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:40,519 We'll just leave it at that. 205 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,199 We call it inflation! 206 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:47,000 That sense of accomplishment. We did it. 207 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:51,160 We changed the way pigeon racing works in the world. 208 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:55,120 (Cooing) 209 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,360 -This is my wife. -Hi. 210 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,440 Hi! Sara. 211 00:14:02,519 --> 00:14:05,199 -Sara Blackshaw. -That's right yeah. 212 00:14:05,279 --> 00:14:09,000 We're enjoying the race for 13 years now. 213 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,160 But we really do trust you. And you do a good job. 214 00:14:12,239 --> 00:14:14,040 Thank you. Thank you very much. 215 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:21,160 Zandy died in 2013, the middle of the race season. 216 00:14:21,239 --> 00:14:25,199 A lot of people came to me and said, "Sara, what can we do?" 217 00:14:25,279 --> 00:14:27,839 I said, "I was always the one that did everything 218 00:14:27,919 --> 00:14:29,480 but look after the pigeons. 219 00:14:29,519 --> 00:14:32,080 The pigeon side is really not me." 220 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,199 I'm your friend. 221 00:14:34,279 --> 00:14:35,559 I'm your friend. 222 00:14:35,639 --> 00:14:38,400 He was the one that everybody looked up to and respected. 223 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:40,000 We'd lost the leader. 224 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,480 She was thrown in the deep end with his passing 225 00:14:44,519 --> 00:14:46,160 but she did pretty good. 226 00:14:46,239 --> 00:14:48,519 I thought I was tall until I came to Holland! 227 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,199 -Thank you very much. -I don't participate. 228 00:14:52,279 --> 00:14:54,720 That you very much indeed. See you soon now. 229 00:14:55,599 --> 00:15:00,800 That's how we came forward from 2014 and over that hiccup, 230 00:15:00,879 --> 00:15:02,919 that terrible hiccup of Zandy's death. 231 00:15:04,639 --> 00:15:07,000 We have a great race. We're very proud of it. 232 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,680 I hope we don't come across as being arrogant. 233 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:12,760 We're still the number one race in the world. 234 00:15:17,559 --> 00:15:19,639 Do you know anyone doing the Million Dollar Race? 235 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:21,440 -The Million Dollar? -Yeah. 236 00:15:21,519 --> 00:15:25,599 I'm looking to get in on a syndicate or start one. 237 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,199 I don't know. Ask the members of the club and see. 238 00:15:28,279 --> 00:15:30,239 -And we all jump on it? -Why not? 239 00:15:30,319 --> 00:15:32,519 Can we put that put to the club? 240 00:15:32,599 --> 00:15:35,000 Entering the club into the Million Dollar Race? 241 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,199 There's 47 members now? 242 00:15:38,319 --> 00:15:39,559 41. 243 00:15:39,639 --> 00:15:43,160 So between 40 people, you're looking at about 110 each. 244 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,680 It's a discussion anyway. See you later alright. 245 00:15:48,559 --> 00:15:50,000 See you later. 246 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,000 They'll be boxing the head off each other next week over it! 247 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:55,760 But if you don't ask you don't get. 248 00:15:55,839 --> 00:15:58,080 You definitely won't get if you don't ask 249 00:15:58,160 --> 00:15:59,720 So, we'll see. 250 00:16:08,559 --> 00:16:12,639 No pigeon club is sending pigeons to South Africa. Nobody. 251 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,839 We can be the first pigeon club, all of us coming together. 252 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,519 You look at the working-class people trying to keep pigeons. 253 00:16:21,559 --> 00:16:24,279 It's very very hard for them to compete against 254 00:16:24,319 --> 00:16:26,239 the rich pigeon men. 255 00:16:27,319 --> 00:16:30,680 The thoughts of going to South Africa and having a team over there 256 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:34,440 with all the top lads, pigeon men from China and all over the world, 257 00:16:34,519 --> 00:16:36,800 and just being a part of something like that. 258 00:16:36,879 --> 00:16:38,559 You just don't know. Anything is possible. 259 00:16:39,519 --> 00:16:41,760 A show of hands who's in favour of it. 260 00:16:42,199 --> 00:16:43,199 Hello, Frank! 261 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,160 I'm thinking if you want to go for it, 262 00:16:47,239 --> 00:16:49,919 take the four best pigeons between the lot of us. 263 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,360 This opportunity is not going to come along again. 264 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,040 We've just as much chance as anyone at the minute. 265 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,080 There's great pigeons in this club. 266 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,400 We can definitely find four solid pigeons 267 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:02,519 between all the fellas in here. 268 00:17:02,559 --> 00:17:05,879 Racing against these Belgians, they're professionals. 269 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,199 Listen, I'll tell you there's professionals in this club. 270 00:17:09,279 --> 00:17:10,760 There's great pigeons in this club. 271 00:17:10,839 --> 00:17:12,638 Yeah but the pigeon men are shite! (Laughs) 272 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:14,599 Speak for yourself. 273 00:17:16,559 --> 00:17:19,199 To tell you the truth, you haven't got a chance. 274 00:17:19,279 --> 00:17:21,879 These are not amateurs like us playing around. 275 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,160 They're in a different league to us. 276 00:17:24,239 --> 00:17:26,080 Ah yeah, they're having a moan. They're having a moan. 277 00:17:28,279 --> 00:17:30,279 It is what it is. It's the way they are. 278 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:32,160 We're really against the odds. 279 00:17:32,239 --> 00:17:35,480 It's like you getting into the ring with a professional boxer. 280 00:17:35,519 --> 00:17:37,199 You might be a good old fighter 281 00:17:37,279 --> 00:17:39,480 but he's going to knock the shit out of you. 282 00:18:03,638 --> 00:18:06,199 12 years old, I asked my mom and dad 283 00:18:06,279 --> 00:18:09,000 if I can start up with racing pigeons. 284 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:13,638 My father was totally against it. My mother she was all for it. 285 00:18:18,519 --> 00:18:22,480 I'm always one of the fanciers that are on top of the list. 286 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,239 A lot of people know who we are. 287 00:18:25,319 --> 00:18:30,760 We go to the race now and, not bragging, but it's like celebrities. 288 00:18:30,839 --> 00:18:33,199 "There's Ganus!" 289 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:36,279 I feel like I'm the target. 290 00:18:44,319 --> 00:18:47,040 We met in high school, our junior year. 291 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:49,800 It was in a business typing class. 292 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,800 He was the only boy in a class of probably 30 girls. 293 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:58,400 We started dating. "There's something you should know about me." 294 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,919 I'm thinking, "Is there a killer in the family a serial killer or what?" 295 00:19:02,839 --> 00:19:06,199 And then he introduced me to the racing pigeons. 296 00:19:09,919 --> 00:19:14,760 And as I walked down the aisle, the first thing out of my mouth was 297 00:19:14,839 --> 00:19:18,638 "I just won the 400-mile combine" because we had a race this same day. 298 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:24,480 I've won hundreds of races. It's the greatest feeling in the world. 299 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:26,680 Brother! 300 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,040 Thank you! Thank you very much. 301 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,160 Thank you very much. Thank you very much. 302 00:19:34,239 --> 00:19:37,199 Everything I ever did in my life, I wanted to be the best. 303 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:41,879 There's nothing wrong with it. It's just something I was born with. 304 00:19:42,839 --> 00:19:44,440 Winning the Million Dollar Race, 305 00:19:44,519 --> 00:19:46,599 that definitely put the icing on the cake. 306 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,800 2016 South African Million Dollar Race First Place Winner. 307 00:19:55,519 --> 00:19:58,680 One loft racing is the route for the future. 308 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:03,720 If there was no one loft racing I think the sport would dive. 309 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,400 This is the winner of the Million Dollar Race, 310 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,119 the most expensive bird that ever left Africa. 311 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,680 This one cost me 119,000. 312 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,080 For out of the last 9 years with the South African Million Dollar Race 313 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,720 I've bought eight of the winners out of nine. 314 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:22,519 That's how you stay on top. 315 00:20:22,599 --> 00:20:24,599 You have to put the best with the best. 316 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,440 And the best are always winners. 317 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:34,440 This is Marvel. He won the Victoria Falls Final Race by 54 minutes. 318 00:20:34,519 --> 00:20:37,559 One pigeon that everybody in the world are after are his children. 319 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:43,919 Not bragging, because I don't like to brag, but the prices I get 320 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:49,160 for babies are probably in the top 10 people in the world. 321 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:54,519 There's a lot of jealousy. 322 00:20:54,599 --> 00:20:57,919 Jealousy is one of the biggest evils in the pigeon sport. 323 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,199 That's only a part of my trophies. 324 00:21:01,279 --> 00:21:04,519 If I left them all here, the whole room would be full up. 325 00:21:05,559 --> 00:21:09,480 If you race well, all the pigeon fanciers around are jealous. 326 00:21:09,839 --> 00:21:12,199 When it's their time, they'll put the knife in your back. 327 00:21:12,279 --> 00:21:13,879 That's the real truth. 328 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,800 It's a problem in our sport. 329 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,440 They're all sound until they start winning. 330 00:21:22,519 --> 00:21:24,760 There's a lot of ego with men. 331 00:21:24,839 --> 00:21:27,239 Don't start. Don't fucking start! 332 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,160 One minute they all love each other 333 00:21:29,239 --> 00:21:31,040 and the next minute they're all killing each other. 334 00:21:32,519 --> 00:21:34,080 We had a very big club. 335 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,599 I think I had about four years where I dominated. 336 00:21:37,199 --> 00:21:40,359 In the end, the fanciers got so fed up, they signed a petition 337 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,199 to get me out of the club. 338 00:21:42,279 --> 00:21:45,760 My own father and my brother-in-law also signed the petition 339 00:21:45,839 --> 00:21:48,638 for me to get kicked out. 340 00:21:56,839 --> 00:21:59,080 Today is a very important day. 341 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,638 300 people coming to my hunting property. 342 00:22:06,879 --> 00:22:08,440 I've 80 pigeons for sale. 343 00:22:09,839 --> 00:22:11,839 People are coming from around the world. 344 00:22:11,919 --> 00:22:13,760 There are people from every state. 345 00:22:13,839 --> 00:22:16,359 I am looking at couple of pigeons here. 346 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,879 But I also have my wife looking at one that she likes. 347 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,080 She just picked it because of the name. 348 00:22:23,559 --> 00:22:26,480 But to be honest, she has as good a chance as anybody. 349 00:22:26,519 --> 00:22:29,519 Everybody in this room thinks they know, but they don't know. 350 00:22:29,599 --> 00:22:32,119 Because if they all knew, they would all be number 1. 351 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,519 5,400 dollar bid. 352 00:22:34,599 --> 00:22:38,080 (AUCTIONEER TALKS QUICKLY) 353 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:40,279 600. 76-7. 354 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:41,559 8. 355 00:22:41,638 --> 00:22:44,400 9,000 dollars. 9-9. 356 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:45,599 10,000! 357 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:47,040 11,000! 358 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:48,160 11-1-2. 359 00:22:48,239 --> 00:22:49,519 11-4. 360 00:22:49,599 --> 00:22:51,680 5! 5! 11-5! 361 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,519 11-4, in the room. 11-4. 362 00:22:54,559 --> 00:22:57,519 I'm gonna sell that bird right here 11,400 dollars. 363 00:22:57,599 --> 00:22:59,680 On buyer number 167. 364 00:23:00,919 --> 00:23:02,879 Thank you, thank you, thank you. 365 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,638 Lot 5! Lot 5! 366 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,720 Last year I bred about 900 babies. 367 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,040 325 went to races and the rest of them I sold. 368 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:13,839 13-1, 13-1. 369 00:23:13,919 --> 00:23:17,080 Sold right. 13,100 dollars. 370 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,519 Lot number 13. 13, this beauty. Sexy. 371 00:23:20,559 --> 00:23:22,760 If I didn't have a wife, I'd but her. 372 00:23:22,839 --> 00:23:26,839 If you were in the sport and tried to make a living winning races, 373 00:23:26,919 --> 00:23:29,400 you probably wouldn't be successful. 374 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,519 Seller's in the room. 18,800 dollars. 375 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,000 You're big money is in breeding. 376 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,319 38,060 dollars. 377 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:41,879 I want 38-5. 378 00:23:50,199 --> 00:23:52,440 Oh we're doing good. Give me a kiss. 379 00:23:53,638 --> 00:23:54,800 Oh God. 380 00:23:54,879 --> 00:23:57,480 Good auction today. I think we're going to push 350 381 00:23:57,519 --> 00:24:00,519 which will be the highest auction ever in this country. 382 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:08,080 I can get top dollar for the birds that I sell but the reason for that 383 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,519 is because of my race results. 384 00:24:12,519 --> 00:24:14,680 This is my pick to win the race. 385 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,279 It's got a good shot. 386 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,919 If you're serious in winning a race like the Million Dollar Race, 387 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:23,599 you have to go with an army. 388 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,680 A thousand dollars a pigeon, these birds have to fly 389 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,440 from 350 miles in 90-degreee weather. 390 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,760 Too many things can happen where that pigeon is not going to make it. 391 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:36,879 Yeah, this is good. 392 00:24:40,279 --> 00:24:42,680 Yeah, I'll send 50 or 100 pigeons. 393 00:24:44,519 --> 00:24:47,519 That's my idea - go with an army or stay home. 394 00:24:50,199 --> 00:24:53,160 When somebody can say "I'm gonna send three pigeons to this race 395 00:24:53,239 --> 00:24:56,400 and I'm gonna win it", they're just dreaming. 396 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,000 I've always thought that you come to a one loft race and you think you're 397 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:05,519 going to win it, you're going to get a nasty shock. 398 00:25:19,199 --> 00:25:21,839 Work, pigeons, work, pigeons. 399 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:23,879 All his money goes on that. 400 00:25:24,919 --> 00:25:27,319 I'd say, "Would you not get yourself a new pair of runners? 401 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,720 Or a new top?" "No, I have to get this for the pigeon." 402 00:25:31,279 --> 00:25:32,879 Just leave him to it. 403 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,519 No one is actually coming up to me and saying, "It's fucking stupid." 404 00:25:39,599 --> 00:25:42,239 Well, one or two have but the rest of them 405 00:25:42,319 --> 00:25:44,160 are just talking under their breath about it. 406 00:25:45,839 --> 00:25:49,119 There's enough lads in there that can spare 100 quid in a week. 407 00:25:51,519 --> 00:25:54,599 Don't go to the pub tonight. Keep your money and put it into this. 408 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,760 Until them 20 spaces are filled, you won't get a smile on my face. 409 00:26:00,199 --> 00:26:02,119 I need 20, minimum. 410 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,680 There needs to be a decision made. 411 00:26:11,638 --> 00:26:12,879 -"Hello?" -Hello, Alan? 412 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,599 Hello, Mick? Joseph? 413 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:16,119 Frankie? Vincent McCann? 414 00:26:16,638 --> 00:26:19,080 "How ya, what's the story?" 415 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:20,239 How ya getting on? 416 00:26:20,319 --> 00:26:22,519 How are we for the Million Dollar? Are you in or what? 417 00:26:22,599 --> 00:26:24,040 Have you any interest? 418 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:25,800 -I'll think about it. -Think about it. 419 00:26:25,879 --> 00:26:27,839 -Eamonn? -I just don't wanna go into it. 420 00:26:27,919 --> 00:26:30,839 I've Friday to get up as much money as I can. 421 00:26:30,919 --> 00:26:33,000 If I don't get 20, it's not going ahead. 422 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,040 How about yourself? What do you think? 423 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:36,720 -No! -No, you're alright, yeah? 424 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,839 It definitely won't work if we don't try. 425 00:26:40,919 --> 00:26:44,638 That's how it's definitely not gonna happen. If you don't do anything. 426 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,000 If you don't change, nothing changes. 427 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:48,440 What do you think, Paddy? 428 00:26:48,519 --> 00:26:51,160 -Fair play if you want to go in. -Do you want to jump on it? 429 00:26:51,239 --> 00:26:52,760 It depends on how many you get. 430 00:26:52,839 --> 00:26:54,040 I need names so... 431 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:55,559 "I don't give a fuck. I'm just in it for the craic!" 432 00:26:55,638 --> 00:26:57,160 Good man, exactly. 433 00:26:57,239 --> 00:26:59,400 We're guaranteed one fella. Tick. 434 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:00,800 Name and number. 435 00:27:00,879 --> 00:27:02,839 It'd be just great if a pigeon did come in. 436 00:27:02,919 --> 00:27:05,760 All the naysayers would be silenced straight away. 437 00:27:07,279 --> 00:27:08,359 Good man. 438 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,760 -Denis? -No. No. -You're going to abstain, yeah? 439 00:27:10,839 --> 00:27:12,480 But you're in 100%? 440 00:27:12,519 --> 00:27:14,720 "Yeah, yeah, I'm in 100%." 441 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,800 What's your issues, like? What would get you in? 442 00:27:18,519 --> 00:27:20,480 Do you know what? You're a fucking legend. 443 00:27:20,519 --> 00:27:23,800 That's the best decision. Don't be putting yourself out. 444 00:27:23,879 --> 00:27:27,000 This is actually going better than I thought it was going to go. 445 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,080 I rang the right people you see! 446 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,400 Ray is in as well, aren't you, Ray? 447 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,279 This is what's called a gamble. 448 00:27:35,199 --> 00:27:37,440 Yeah? Do you wanna gamble your money? 449 00:27:37,519 --> 00:27:41,519 You can have 100 euro and spend it and get whatever you want with it. 450 00:27:41,599 --> 00:27:43,279 -Alright, Eamo. -Are you going in? 451 00:27:44,879 --> 00:27:46,000 Yeah, I'm in it? 452 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:47,919 When I win, I'll get the money. 453 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:50,199 If we win! 454 00:27:50,279 --> 00:27:51,839 If we win! 455 00:27:51,919 --> 00:27:53,720 When we win I get the money. 456 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:55,800 Yeah, you're in it. Go on. 457 00:27:56,559 --> 00:27:58,119 I need that on Friday, okay? 458 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,080 We're gonna pick out four birds between the lads. 459 00:28:14,319 --> 00:28:16,839 There will be four birds found. Four good birds found. 460 00:28:16,919 --> 00:28:18,119 Definitely. 461 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:19,800 Pull four of them out, Ray. 462 00:28:21,919 --> 00:28:23,119 R & J Nolan. 463 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,519 Your pigeon Paddy Dandy. 464 00:28:25,559 --> 00:28:27,559 Third pigeon - Jason Waldron. 465 00:28:28,319 --> 00:28:29,638 Denis Desmond. 466 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,199 If you're putting in a youngster that you only got in the nest now, 467 00:28:32,279 --> 00:28:33,599 you're wasting your time. 468 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:35,559 Have we got the bird? Let us see the bird. 469 00:28:35,638 --> 00:28:37,160 It needs to be about eight weeks at the moment at least. 470 00:28:37,239 --> 00:28:38,919 The Germans will have them five months old 471 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:40,360 before they go down there. 472 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,400 They're not known for giving their money away easily. The Germans. 473 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,080 They're going in three weeks. 474 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,160 So, the plot thickens major here. 475 00:28:55,199 --> 00:28:56,479 Now. 476 00:29:00,119 --> 00:29:02,159 In my club I'd be one of the better fliers. 477 00:29:02,239 --> 00:29:04,919 But I wouldn't class myself as a top flier just yet. 478 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,159 But I'm getting there. 479 00:29:06,919 --> 00:29:09,839 It's funny, when you're an average flier, everybody likes you. 480 00:29:09,919 --> 00:29:11,680 When you become a good flier, 481 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,239 you're about as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit. 482 00:29:15,199 --> 00:29:17,080 Where are these special ones? 483 00:29:17,119 --> 00:29:18,519 They're inside there. 484 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,320 I've picked the half Szegedin and the three quarters Szegedin. 485 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,799 I think we might have the luck of the Irish. 486 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,280 If we get into the final, there will be 487 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:28,919 a lot of last-minute tickets going to South Africa! 488 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,040 -They're pretty calm aren't they? -We're in with a shout. 489 00:29:34,119 --> 00:29:37,720 -Alright. -Good man. -Cheers, John. Thank you. See you later. 490 00:29:41,159 --> 00:29:42,799 How's Paddy anyway? 491 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:44,839 I'm alright, man, yeah. 492 00:29:44,919 --> 00:29:46,119 This is the loft anyway. 493 00:29:46,159 --> 00:29:48,720 -One of the lofts. -One of them. Nice and clean. 494 00:29:48,799 --> 00:29:51,360 It's just the way things is. Some people spend their time in the pub. 495 00:29:51,439 --> 00:29:53,000 I'd spend time out in the lofts. 496 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:57,400 The mother of this, three times top ten out of 30,000 pigeons. 497 00:29:57,479 --> 00:30:00,680 We're giving ourselves the best of chances I think now. 498 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:02,720 Just as much chance as anybody. 499 00:30:02,799 --> 00:30:05,199 Next time we see her, she'll be coming across the finish line. 500 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,879 First place. Good luck! Thanks. 501 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,879 I wasn't getting excited about winning. 502 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:13,239 Or coming anywhere. 503 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,199 The only thing I was getting excited about was being a part of it. 504 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:20,600 Now, after seeing them two, that's making me excited. 505 00:30:45,239 --> 00:30:48,280 When the birds come to us, it's summer in Europe. 506 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:52,199 We train them from babies up to fully fledged warriors 507 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,799 to do a final race at the end of January of 600km. 508 00:30:59,839 --> 00:31:00,879 (Loud fluttering) 509 00:31:51,199 --> 00:31:55,320 There's no other race in the world that can compete with us. 510 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,199 It costs a lot of money but you can also win a lot of money. 511 00:31:59,799 --> 00:32:03,919 So the pigeon fanciers all over the world want to win that race. 512 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,720 It was a little easier years ago. 513 00:32:09,799 --> 00:32:13,400 But people see that the prize money is going up. 514 00:32:14,159 --> 00:32:19,119 The last three or four years, it seems like everybody wants a winner. 515 00:32:36,839 --> 00:32:39,879 Belgium is the Mecca of the pigeon sport. 516 00:32:42,519 --> 00:32:46,960 People all over the world come here to buy pigeons because they believe 517 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:50,320 that the best pigeons in the world are in Belgium. 518 00:32:52,159 --> 00:32:54,479 There's one of my favourite pigeons. 519 00:32:55,519 --> 00:32:58,839 He and his sister won the first and the second prize on the day 520 00:32:58,919 --> 00:33:02,119 that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle married. 521 00:33:02,879 --> 00:33:05,280 So we call them Prince and Meghan. 522 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,360 We believe that he will become a super breeder. 523 00:33:08,439 --> 00:33:12,400 He already has some children that performed very well. 524 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,519 This is a very special place. 525 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,879 This house is two parts. 526 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:21,760 One is a house where we lived. 527 00:33:26,519 --> 00:33:29,239 The other part was where the pigeons lived. 528 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:34,640 -That is the prize winner? -Yeah. 529 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,600 Barcelona is the most important race at that time. 530 00:33:41,919 --> 00:33:44,879 It was crazy. My grandfather won like the Olympic Games 531 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,760 and I was watching it from the first row. 532 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,519 The telephone didn't stop ringing. 533 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,879 People wanted to buy the pigeon. 534 00:33:55,519 --> 00:33:58,879 From then on my interest in pigeons became more intense. 535 00:34:08,479 --> 00:34:13,000 PIPA originally is founded in 2000 as a news website 536 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:14,919 about the pigeon sport. 537 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,479 Then I asked my father if he had a pigeon 538 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:20,479 that I could auction on internet. 539 00:34:22,199 --> 00:34:26,199 I took a picture, put it on the website for a fixed price. 540 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,799 It was sold very quickly. 541 00:34:30,159 --> 00:34:34,439 We did four pigeons, ten pigeons and that's how it started. 542 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,280 We were like the pioneers on the internet. 543 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:42,040 And there were big pigeon racers that said "don't sell with PIPA". 544 00:34:42,119 --> 00:34:45,000 So, like, we really had to fight our way. 545 00:35:04,199 --> 00:35:06,119 Every weekend we have auctions. 546 00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:12,360 They see the picture of the eye and we describe how it handles. 547 00:35:12,439 --> 00:35:15,000 They just trust that it's a beautiful pigeon. 548 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:23,000 "In 2009, Ludo Claessens was the Lionel Messi or Ronaldo 549 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:26,760 of the pigeon sport and he sold his entire colony. 550 00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:31,479 It's like an artist and all his paintings would be sold. 551 00:35:34,879 --> 00:35:38,199 Very rich and wealthy people at that moment in China 552 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,360 started buying pigeons on our website. 553 00:35:41,879 --> 00:35:46,640 The Ludo Claessens auction, 900,000 euro for the whole colony. 554 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:47,799 That's crazy. 555 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:54,119 (AUCTIONEER IN CHINESE) 556 00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:58,320 Nearly all the top pigeons now go to China. 557 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:02,439 China is crazy. 558 00:36:02,518 --> 00:36:06,119 (AUCTIONEER IN CHINESE) 559 00:36:09,159 --> 00:36:14,159 People see the success you can have. It's really fierce. 560 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:18,600 I think I bid up to 118,000 on a pigeon. 561 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:22,479 There was a Chinese guy that never put his card down. He just held it. 562 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:23,839 He just held it. 563 00:36:23,919 --> 00:36:26,040 I figured he ain't gonna quit. 564 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:28,119 So I might as well get out. 565 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:35,159 People started to pay 300,000 and 400,000 and it's insane. 566 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,600 Then Armando came. 567 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,960 VOICEOVER: "Armando is Belgium's greatest long-distance bird ever." 568 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:48,080 "Have you ever seen a pigeon worth more than a million dollars? 569 00:36:48,119 --> 00:36:49,879 Well, you're going to." 570 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:52,400 "The high price was as a result of a bidding war. 571 00:36:52,479 --> 00:36:54,879 The most expensive bird ever sold." 572 00:36:58,119 --> 00:37:02,719 "Why on earth would someone pay 1.4 million dollars for a pigeon?" 573 00:37:02,799 --> 00:37:05,439 "It's been described as the Lewis Hamilton of the skies. 574 00:37:05,518 --> 00:37:06,919 I love the description." 575 00:37:12,119 --> 00:37:15,280 You couldn't predict that this would happen. 576 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,839 From Armando on, newspapers like the Wall Street Journal, 577 00:37:20,919 --> 00:37:22,600 they started to approach us. 578 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,280 Then you really think, "Wow, it's for real." 579 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:30,400 Never so many new registrations on our website. 580 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:34,400 The sport is getting more and more professional 581 00:37:34,479 --> 00:37:37,159 and more and more worldwide. 582 00:37:38,479 --> 00:37:42,879 In the Hoosier Classic, this year I believe we have over 700 breeders. 583 00:37:43,479 --> 00:37:44,479 (Whistle) 584 00:37:45,439 --> 00:37:48,000 The prizes are gonna keep going higher. 585 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,239 The first place prize is 250,000. The second place is 100,000. 586 00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:58,919 No, I got it. 587 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,199 You didn't do anything wrong. 588 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,600 Everybody, in America you can laugh at the fat guy. 589 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:08,479 Big pay outs. Prize money brings in younger people to the sport. 590 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,320 You're getting richer people. 591 00:38:10,839 --> 00:38:13,879 People that say, "Hey, this is now getting interesting." 592 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,280 I had a young guy here that wanted to become 593 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:17,839 a professional pigeon racer. 594 00:38:17,919 --> 00:38:20,040 I want to also breed my own Armando. 595 00:38:24,479 --> 00:38:26,439 In the pigeon world, things are going mad. 596 00:38:26,518 --> 00:38:28,518 Sometimes things are getting so crazy 597 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,879 that people don't believe it anymore. 598 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:35,000 It's horrendous, it's crazy how the market is going. 599 00:38:36,119 --> 00:38:40,400 It's that 1% that can afford that kind of money. 600 00:38:41,119 --> 00:38:43,400 You've got to remember, we're only working men. 601 00:38:43,479 --> 00:38:45,239 We're not millionaires. 602 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,439 The think, what is the best that could happen 603 00:38:47,518 --> 00:38:48,760 with these kind of sales? 604 00:38:48,839 --> 00:38:50,839 It brings us small pigeon fanciers. 605 00:38:50,919 --> 00:38:53,199 Otherwise the sport is dying. 606 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,719 Too much money orientated. 607 00:38:56,799 --> 00:39:00,119 I think that's not the way pigeon sport was meant to be. 608 00:39:00,159 --> 00:39:02,719 The prices were actually crazy. 609 00:39:03,839 --> 00:39:05,000 Crazy prices. 610 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:07,879 It's like the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. 611 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:12,360 I can imagine that some people have their own opinion. 612 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:15,600 But that's not my opinion. 613 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:39,799 From England a message. 614 00:39:39,879 --> 00:39:43,360 They send me always many messages from sick pigeons. 615 00:39:45,159 --> 00:39:47,119 Young birds maybe from the one loft. 616 00:39:47,199 --> 00:39:49,680 And there we see the problems. 617 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,119 There's the eyes. 618 00:39:52,159 --> 00:39:54,518 So now I need to find out what is the problem. 619 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,119 That's my job. 620 00:39:59,199 --> 00:40:02,479 Sometimes when you are travelling a lot and sitting in planes 621 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:05,320 and they say, "What are you doing?" I say "I'm a vet." 622 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,719 "What kind of field?" "Racing pigeons." 623 00:40:07,799 --> 00:40:10,119 Then they look at you and they say "Poor boy", 624 00:40:10,199 --> 00:40:12,000 that you more or less don't succeed. 625 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:18,239 I said, "Well, we treat pigeons from 200,000, 300,000, half a million." 626 00:40:19,199 --> 00:40:21,199 It's very nice. Really very nice. 627 00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:24,320 But you know the problem. These pigeons are sick. 628 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,839 You need to give the birds three times 10ml. 629 00:40:26,919 --> 00:40:28,119 Yes. 630 00:40:28,159 --> 00:40:30,119 This one has a tumour. 631 00:40:30,159 --> 00:40:33,360 The owner call me and says "Can you save my best bird?" 632 00:40:33,439 --> 00:40:36,159 We try to save his life. 633 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:39,680 Night and day, I'm with pigeons. 634 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:41,640 People call me from all over the world. 635 00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:43,159 There's a guy from Israel. 636 00:40:44,119 --> 00:40:45,439 With problems with pigeons. 637 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,159 My father, within ten questions, 638 00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,119 he knows what the problem with a pigeon is. 639 00:40:50,159 --> 00:40:53,159 What he loves to do is making pigeons better. 640 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,479 This one had... 641 00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:00,040 Sorry, sorry. 642 00:41:02,119 --> 00:41:04,960 I started my career in 1972. 643 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:09,600 Especially in the last ten years, we grew tremendously. 644 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:12,119 Especially in the new countries like China. 645 00:41:12,799 --> 00:41:16,479 No, no, no, no. This is the only way to save the pigeon. 646 00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:18,760 Listen to me. Vaccinate, vaccinate. 647 00:41:19,199 --> 00:41:21,640 If you don't vaccinate then you lose them all. 648 00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:23,640 All the money in the pigeon sport, 649 00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:26,760 I could never have imagined this ten years ago. 650 00:41:26,839 --> 00:41:28,239 Good girl. 651 00:41:28,919 --> 00:41:30,600 Recover well. Take care. 652 00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:32,159 Be good. 653 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,719 For normal people who are outside the sport, they say 654 00:41:37,799 --> 00:41:41,199 "Everybody is crazy. How can you pay so much money for an animal 655 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:45,119 that can drop dead at anytime and can get sick at anytime. 656 00:41:45,199 --> 00:41:46,600 How is that possible?" 657 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:51,080 I think that is a very normal perspective. 658 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:58,400 A one loft race, people go there 659 00:41:58,479 --> 00:42:00,799 and they think they're going to get rich. 660 00:42:00,879 --> 00:42:02,680 They want to get away from life. 661 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,439 But they're gonna to lose more than they're going to win. 662 00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:10,839 At the end of the day, 663 00:42:10,919 --> 00:42:14,119 it's basically just going to the casino and rolling the dice. 664 00:42:20,479 --> 00:42:22,799 Right lads, I have a bit of an announcement 665 00:42:22,879 --> 00:42:25,799 about the South African Million Dollar. 666 00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:28,839 This is the email that I sent them. 667 00:42:29,199 --> 00:42:30,799 Hi my name is John O'Brien. 668 00:42:30,879 --> 00:42:33,919 Could you please tell me how many pigeons you received from us 669 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:35,719 into the loft in South Africa? 670 00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:37,680 This is what he sent back. 671 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:40,280 "According to my records, we received four pigeons, 672 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:42,600 three of which died in quarantine." 673 00:42:44,839 --> 00:42:48,239 It's just shocking that three of them are dead. 674 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,159 I haven't got any information off them, 675 00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,199 only the fact that there's one left. 676 00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:57,439 And I don't know if this is true, but what I heard was that over 677 00:42:57,518 --> 00:43:02,159 3,000 of the 6,000 birds that were in it altogether are gone. 678 00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:04,239 There's something going on with them. 679 00:43:05,439 --> 00:43:07,600 We weren't told. Nobody rang us. 680 00:43:08,159 --> 00:43:12,159 Never, ever heard of that in my life. So many pigeons dying. 681 00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:15,000 So that's our race you might as well say over. 682 00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,680 -When did they die? -A couple of weeks ago. 683 00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:19,760 It'd put you off racing. 684 00:43:19,839 --> 00:43:21,239 Them races anyway. 685 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,080 I almost wish we never went into the fucking thing. 686 00:43:24,119 --> 00:43:26,919 But I tell you what, it doesn't bode well for them. 687 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:35,600 Welcome everybody. 688 00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:37,439 Thank you for coming 689 00:43:37,518 --> 00:43:40,839 to the 2020 South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race. Cheers! 690 00:43:44,919 --> 00:43:48,960 I'm not sure that everybody knows the difficulties in pigeon racing. 691 00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:51,320 First off, thank you that you are coming to help us. 692 00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:53,760 We will start with two lines first. 693 00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:58,119 The problem with any one loft race is disease 694 00:43:58,199 --> 00:44:01,000 because you're getting pigeons from 40 different countries. 695 00:44:02,159 --> 00:44:04,839 We aim to get the birds to the race 696 00:44:04,919 --> 00:44:06,960 who are able to do the race distance. 697 00:44:07,439 --> 00:44:09,119 What's the problem? 698 00:44:09,159 --> 00:44:10,760 People don't take the time to vaccinate them 699 00:44:10,839 --> 00:44:12,119 and do the proper things. 700 00:44:12,199 --> 00:44:13,799 So you get all these pigeons. 701 00:44:13,879 --> 00:44:15,479 It's like when you went to school. 702 00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:18,320 Thierry's got the chicken pox, the other one's got the mumps. 703 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:20,080 Kids got snotty noses. 704 00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:24,199 You have ten birds. Two to three will be perfect 705 00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:26,080 and the rest forget about it. 706 00:44:26,119 --> 00:44:29,119 They're just not capable of doing this kind of thing. 707 00:44:29,159 --> 00:44:32,799 We lost about 1,400 birds from about 6,500. 708 00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:37,280 You're gonna lose some, but to lose over a thousand pigeons 709 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:39,199 is an unfortunate situation. 710 00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:43,439 It should never have gone that far. 711 00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:47,479 They really made a misjudgement in my opinion. 712 00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:49,439 They should have called me. 713 00:44:50,199 --> 00:44:51,760 The disease is paramyxo. 714 00:44:51,839 --> 00:44:54,119 Pigeon paramyxovirus number one. 715 00:44:55,119 --> 00:44:58,199 If you find out you got it, immediately you revaccinate. 716 00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:01,479 We tested pigeons here. Some of them recovered completely. 717 00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:06,280 Why you don't give phone call and ask. I've done it many times. 718 00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:09,119 You can save lots and lots of pigeons. 719 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:15,000 You know what I'm seeing - big prize money, big names. 720 00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:18,919 I'm not getting a millionaire's number one athlete. 721 00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:23,360 The fanciers need to have the right pigeons. It's difficult. 722 00:45:24,199 --> 00:45:27,518 Now you have five multi-million dollar one loft races 723 00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:28,879 around the world. 724 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:30,760 We have been there for 25 years. 725 00:45:30,839 --> 00:45:32,360 None of the others have. 726 00:45:32,439 --> 00:45:35,680 Copying is the greatest form of flattery at the end of the day. 727 00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:37,479 This is the major problem. 728 00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:39,400 If they don't win in the Million Dollar, 729 00:45:39,479 --> 00:45:41,439 I'll have a go in the one in Thailand. 730 00:45:41,518 --> 00:45:43,439 It's like the mouse and the cheese. 731 00:45:43,518 --> 00:45:46,360 You're constantly thinking how to reinvent yourself. 732 00:45:46,919 --> 00:45:49,719 To those of you who are our loyal guests, welcome back. 733 00:45:49,799 --> 00:45:54,000 You're now going to experience race day 2020. Come on over to the boss! 734 00:45:54,879 --> 00:45:58,360 The race programme showed it as 535k. 735 00:45:58,439 --> 00:46:00,119 That's usually a good steady race. 736 00:46:00,159 --> 00:46:05,760 This year has been special, bringing our pigeons up to a top condition. 737 00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:10,320 Measure it quickly. Measure. Let me have a look quickly. 738 00:46:11,199 --> 00:46:12,719 I'll measure distance. 739 00:46:12,799 --> 00:46:16,719 We've had six weeks longer for the training programme which is why 740 00:46:16,799 --> 00:46:20,159 we're going back to our old distances that we used to do. 741 00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:22,040 600k's. 742 00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:25,640 Tomorrow morning, I'll take the truck and then liberate the birds. 743 00:46:25,719 --> 00:46:26,760 Perfect. 744 00:46:26,839 --> 00:46:29,000 The Tuesday before the race, 745 00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:31,518 I got a SMS to say we're changing the distance. 746 00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:33,518 I did not agree with it. 747 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:37,280 We had words about it and was told it's not my decision. 748 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:45,879 One of the initial objects of the Million Dollar was that it was 749 00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:49,199 the best race in the world and the longest race in the world. 750 00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:51,879 You used to race 600k. 751 00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:54,879 They were only getting, like, four pigeons on the day. 752 00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:58,960 The prize presentation would go in and there were no winners there. 753 00:46:59,839 --> 00:47:01,640 You need to have a pigeon home somewhere 754 00:47:01,719 --> 00:47:03,518 between 2:30 and four o'clock. 755 00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:09,919 Our rule is the birds have to fly eight to nine hours. 756 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:12,400 That's what we want to have. 757 00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:17,879 I brought it down to 535k, which is absolutely ideal. 758 00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:23,760 I would suggest we would put a distance of 550, not 600. 759 00:47:23,839 --> 00:47:26,640 If we don't get pigeons in, the race can't continue. 760 00:47:26,719 --> 00:47:29,600 You can agree not to agree, you can agree to disagree. 761 00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:32,119 But we are the most difficult race in the world. 762 00:47:32,159 --> 00:47:33,680 It should be challenging. 763 00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:36,119 We've already got problem with the animal rights people anyway. 764 00:47:36,159 --> 00:47:37,960 We're just playing into their hands. 765 00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:41,518 They're looking for more and more excuses to close this race down. 766 00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:44,518 Because it's the biggest and if they can close you down, 767 00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:46,360 they can close them all down. 768 00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:49,879 With it gotten a bit longer now, 769 00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:52,640 what is the time on wing that they will usually spend? 770 00:47:52,719 --> 00:47:55,199 Probably seven, eight hours. Six hours maybe. 771 00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:00,680 It's gonna be an absolutely amazing time. 772 00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:04,400 Here's to the birds. I think it's going to be very exciting tomorrow 773 00:48:04,479 --> 00:48:06,239 to see what happens. 774 00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:48,239 The pigeons were up at 6:05. Head wind nearly all the way. 775 00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:51,159 Getting up to up to 34 degrees. 776 00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:54,680 I think it's going to be a very testing day. 777 00:48:56,119 --> 00:48:58,640 Now we can only wait and see. 778 00:49:04,839 --> 00:49:08,079 Once again, the South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race 779 00:49:08,159 --> 00:49:11,159 is entering another year in its 24 year history. 780 00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:15,559 So far so good. It's a great day for racing, no cause for concern. 781 00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:17,559 And long may that continue. 782 00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:19,360 We're looking forward to it. 783 00:49:22,518 --> 00:49:25,239 All of a sudden, out of the blue sky a bird comes. 784 00:49:26,079 --> 00:49:27,759 That's it. 785 00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:30,439 That little bird finds a way 786 00:49:31,518 --> 00:49:34,079 and wins against thousands of other birds. 787 00:49:34,159 --> 00:49:37,799 That's something that makes me very excited all the time. 788 00:49:37,879 --> 00:49:39,960 And if I lost that feeling, I'd stop it. 789 00:49:40,040 --> 00:49:41,559 Until now I got it. 790 00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,479 I'm very sure that the birds make it today. 791 00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:52,320 There's a lot of controversy at the moment about the extra distance. 792 00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:54,518 There's cause for a bit of concern. 793 00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:56,839 We can't step back is someone says, 794 00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:59,239 "Oh it's too tough for me and my bird." 795 00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:03,680 People at the lofts are confident that the pigeons will come. 796 00:50:03,759 --> 00:50:05,320 So I believe in them. 797 00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,119 Hic Rhodes, hic salta. 798 00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:10,518 Here you have to dance. 799 00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:13,920 Otherwise you can talk, talk, talk. You must bring birds in. 800 00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:15,600 Then we see. 801 00:50:19,719 --> 00:50:22,799 "It's the first of February 2020, and you're with us here 802 00:50:22,879 --> 00:50:25,119 at the Olympic Games in the pigeon world. 803 00:50:25,239 --> 00:50:26,479 But what's the weather like? 804 00:50:26,559 --> 00:50:29,960 We're currently 32 degrees at the Loft here 805 00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:33,960 and it's quite hot for 12:22 in the day. 806 00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:35,759 32 degrees Celsius. 807 00:50:35,799 --> 00:50:38,759 Worse still, it's 34.5 inside. 808 00:50:38,839 --> 00:50:40,439 This is worrying to me. 809 00:50:40,518 --> 00:50:43,920 200k's away and it's showing 39 degrees Celsius. 810 00:50:45,759 --> 00:50:49,518 So, I'm hoping it's somebody who hasn't calibrated 811 00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:51,559 their weather station properly. 812 00:50:52,518 --> 00:50:54,799 We always have guys who think we are brilliant 813 00:50:54,879 --> 00:50:56,719 and people who think we are idiots. 814 00:50:56,759 --> 00:50:59,439 Everybody liking you is just as bad as everybody hating you. 815 00:50:59,518 --> 00:51:01,518 But this year there's a nice balance. 816 00:51:07,759 --> 00:51:11,719 Four o'clock in the afternoon, and I expect the birds in one hour. 817 00:51:12,799 --> 00:51:14,680 We liberated the birds at six o'clock. 818 00:51:14,759 --> 00:51:17,559 There's a fair chance they arrive here on the day. 819 00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:21,479 The pigeons are flying now ten hours. 820 00:51:21,559 --> 00:51:25,640 It's hard for any pigeon to keep going. It's getting tough now. 821 00:51:25,719 --> 00:51:28,879 The heat, the wind, the mileage, all against them. 822 00:51:31,799 --> 00:51:35,680 Forecasting weather, they try and make it out to be an exact science. 823 00:51:35,759 --> 00:51:38,360 Over the Free State, it changes hourly. 824 00:51:39,839 --> 00:51:42,280 There are thunder storms on the way. 825 00:51:43,879 --> 00:51:45,439 Obviously everybody is tense. 826 00:51:45,518 --> 00:51:47,839 They're will probably be only 20 birds in tonight. 827 00:51:52,159 --> 00:51:54,159 They reckon we'll get a pigeon today. 828 00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:55,360 Not gonna happen. 829 00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:00,759 You find it in pigeon fanciers, always. 830 00:52:00,839 --> 00:52:02,600 Too short, too long. 831 00:52:02,680 --> 00:52:04,640 Too early, too late. 832 00:52:04,719 --> 00:52:07,600 If we get a pigeon today, it's a flipping good pigeon. 833 00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:22,479 "And as you can see, look at that. We have got the first bird home. 834 00:52:30,759 --> 00:52:32,759 And the winner for 2020. 835 00:52:33,479 --> 00:52:34,960 Stuck that one. 836 00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:38,159 Let's see if there's anymore going to be coming through. 837 00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:39,640 Congratulations." 838 00:52:44,839 --> 00:52:48,680 It's very disappointing it is. It's really a shame. 839 00:52:48,759 --> 00:52:52,079 You can feel the atmosphere in the hall dropping. 840 00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:05,559 I think the pigeons probably weren't ready to fly 600km. 841 00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:08,680 They'll come home eventually but they've already gone down. 842 00:53:08,759 --> 00:53:12,079 There's no pigeons that have been flying for 12 and a half hours. 843 00:53:12,159 --> 00:53:16,000 It would be nice to hear what the loft managers would say now. 844 00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:29,320 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 845 00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:42,518 It's dark. 846 00:53:44,799 --> 00:53:47,680 Congratulations to the three gallant pigeons. 847 00:53:47,759 --> 00:53:51,439 We've got three pigeons home so we've got a first, second and third. 848 00:53:51,518 --> 00:53:54,119 -It's been a tough race. -Really hard race. 849 00:53:54,719 --> 00:53:56,799 Yeah. 850 00:54:05,559 --> 00:54:09,040 The birds are blocked by a thunderstorm over there. 851 00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:17,400 That's pigeon racing. 852 00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:20,320 What can you do? 853 00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:24,159 There's a chance that they sit and come tomorrow morning. 854 00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:25,518 You will see. 855 00:54:27,879 --> 00:54:29,159 Yeah. 856 00:54:32,479 --> 00:54:34,280 I'm not disappointed. Why? 857 00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:41,360 Let's wait for tomorrow. 858 00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:43,640 For the good ones. 859 00:54:43,719 --> 00:54:45,479 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 860 00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:54,518 I don't have ten minutes. I have to be out there. 861 00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:56,719 I've been waiting 15 minutes to get served. 862 00:54:56,759 --> 00:54:58,360 So we're gonna go. 863 00:54:58,439 --> 00:55:02,839 We're gonna go but let it be known that you screwed up. 864 00:55:17,360 --> 00:55:20,559 Well, it's been a hot day. Everyone cooled down a little bit? 865 00:55:22,719 --> 00:55:24,680 Good evening to you, ladies and gentlemen, 866 00:55:24,759 --> 00:55:27,159 and welcome to tonight's celebration dinner. 867 00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:30,079 As usual, we always then go on to the awards for this evening, 868 00:55:30,159 --> 00:55:31,839 and report backs to you. 869 00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:33,640 And we call on the boss herself. 870 00:55:42,479 --> 00:55:43,960 Good evening everybody. 871 00:55:46,799 --> 00:55:51,759 Em, obviously today was not what we would have wanted 872 00:55:51,839 --> 00:55:53,360 in a perfect world. 873 00:55:53,439 --> 00:55:58,320 Em, that having been said I think we need to give you an explanation 874 00:55:58,400 --> 00:55:59,960 as to why we did what we did. 875 00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:02,040 Anyway, em,... 876 00:56:03,119 --> 00:56:05,479 I think I'm gonna have a glass of water. 877 00:56:07,799 --> 00:56:14,119 So, to create this wonderful race, we used the, the, the, the... 878 00:56:15,719 --> 00:56:17,479 the, em, we've em... 879 00:56:19,119 --> 00:56:20,518 I've got such a bad voice. 880 00:56:23,479 --> 00:56:25,960 In order to prove we were better than the rest, 881 00:56:26,040 --> 00:56:28,600 we went to long distances. 882 00:56:29,439 --> 00:56:32,879 It was me that took the decision, in consultation with my trainers, 883 00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:35,559 in consultation with people I respect 884 00:56:35,640 --> 00:56:39,320 within the South African pigeon community, 885 00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:44,559 obviously Michael who is my race director, an amazing guy. 886 00:56:45,159 --> 00:56:47,759 Yeah, it is what it is. 887 00:56:49,079 --> 00:56:54,000 In third place, Gerard Koopman, Netherlands. 888 00:56:56,239 --> 00:57:00,559 I'm not sure we've got any of the entrants here. 889 00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:03,040 Does anybody want to come up or shall I just ship it to him? 890 00:57:04,479 --> 00:57:07,479 Then in second place, the Beko Loft from the USA. 891 00:57:08,759 --> 00:57:13,719 And first place from Slovenia, Team Barbara. 892 00:57:16,280 --> 00:57:17,519 (Scattered applause) 893 00:57:20,240 --> 00:57:22,519 Do I need to say anything else or can we disappear? 894 00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:25,159 Okay? 895 00:57:41,159 --> 00:57:42,920 (WHISTLES BLOWING) 896 00:57:59,040 --> 00:58:01,920 Yeah, we got them. They came pretty fast today. 897 00:58:02,479 --> 00:58:05,439 The birds were conditioned and really cool weather. 898 00:58:05,519 --> 00:58:07,360 Today the first day they had to fly in the heat. 899 00:58:07,439 --> 00:58:09,119 They had to bust their ass today. 900 00:58:09,240 --> 00:58:11,439 Winner, winner, chicken dinner! 901 00:58:12,240 --> 00:58:13,799 I beat him again. 902 00:58:13,879 --> 00:58:15,280 That's the news. 903 00:58:15,360 --> 00:58:16,479 That's the news! 904 00:58:16,559 --> 00:58:18,360 That's old news, but it's news. 905 00:58:19,119 --> 00:58:21,320 We needed that Million Dollar Race. 906 00:58:21,400 --> 00:58:24,439 We've sent to it pretty much every year. 907 00:58:24,519 --> 00:58:27,879 It was kind of a prestigious kind of a race for the whole world. 908 00:58:29,479 --> 00:58:32,640 It's a shame that what's happened happened. 909 00:58:32,720 --> 00:58:37,079 You're trusting people not only with your birds, but with your money. 910 00:58:38,439 --> 00:58:40,600 You know how people are about their money. 911 00:58:40,680 --> 00:58:43,159 They're pretty touchy about that stuff. Yeah! 912 00:58:56,000 --> 00:58:59,720 The Million Dollar Race for 24 years was the biggest in the world. 913 00:58:59,759 --> 00:59:02,479 But it's not turned out like we thought it would. 914 00:59:02,559 --> 00:59:04,280 Alright buddy. 915 00:59:04,360 --> 00:59:06,320 They've not answered any of the questions 916 00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:08,400 about the prize money and the bill money. 917 00:59:08,479 --> 00:59:10,240 How are you? Where's the beard gone? 918 00:59:14,040 --> 00:59:15,640 You hear about that, didn't you? 919 00:59:15,720 --> 00:59:17,920 So the race went ahead and the winners got nothing. 920 00:59:18,040 --> 00:59:20,280 Sean Hunt - 42 grand he's owed still. 921 00:59:20,360 --> 00:59:22,640 I was talking to him last week. He still didn't get it. 922 00:59:22,720 --> 00:59:26,519 We're owed 65,000 dollars. Yeah. It's very sad. 923 00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:29,559 I don't know where the funds are at, that everybody paid her. 924 00:59:29,640 --> 00:59:32,439 A thousand pound a pigeon, 4,000 pigeons, four million pound. 925 00:59:32,519 --> 00:59:35,240 They have a nice chunk of change of my money, 926 00:59:35,320 --> 00:59:37,559 whatever has been done with, I don't know. 927 00:59:37,680 --> 00:59:39,759 Why they didn't pay out, I don't know. 928 00:59:39,799 --> 00:59:42,159 I know I'm one of the people that didn't get paid. 929 00:59:42,280 --> 00:59:45,360 I don't think there's been a report gone on the Million Dollar website 930 00:59:45,439 --> 00:59:46,879 for three months now. 931 00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:49,040 They have speculations where they think she's at 932 00:59:49,119 --> 00:59:51,600 and what was happening. I don't know. 933 00:59:51,680 --> 00:59:53,439 I don't even know if there's going to be another race 934 00:59:53,519 --> 00:59:54,879 judging from what's going on. 935 00:59:54,960 --> 00:59:57,119 She'll meet a pigeon fancier again some day. 936 00:59:57,759 --> 01:00:00,000 They're all gangsters in pigeons. 937 01:00:00,079 --> 01:00:01,759 Especially the ones that go into that. 938 01:00:01,799 --> 01:00:03,119 Where's all the money? 939 01:00:03,240 --> 01:00:04,400 Where has it gone? 940 01:00:04,479 --> 01:00:06,040 She's the only one that knows 941 01:00:06,119 --> 01:00:08,360 and that's the only place that we'll hear anything. 942 01:00:09,240 --> 01:00:12,839 At the end of the day it's only money but it was our money. 943 01:00:15,079 --> 01:00:18,360 I'd never enter it again. Lesson learned. 944 01:00:20,879 --> 01:00:22,960 That's pigeons though. 945 01:00:23,040 --> 01:00:25,479 It's the whole sport, there's so much mad shit. 946 01:00:25,839 --> 01:00:29,439 I just think it's hilarious. It's the best thing ever. 947 01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:33,519 It's all meant to be - all the good and the bad. 948 01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:34,839 All just comes together. 949 01:00:35,519 --> 01:00:37,400 Now I'm going to Thailand. 950 01:01:31,519 --> 01:01:34,240 (WHISTLING) 951 01:03:57,240 --> 01:03:59,519 No offence to anyone in South Africa, but fuck South Africa! 952 01:03:59,600 --> 01:04:00,920 I'm going to Thailand. 953 01:04:03,159 --> 01:04:07,040 The Thailand dream is much better and the fact that its women only 954 01:04:07,119 --> 01:04:08,799 working in the loft, that's brilliant. 955 01:04:09,360 --> 01:04:12,000 A little bit sexist, but eh... 956 01:04:12,479 --> 01:04:14,240 It is a little bit sexist though. 957 01:04:14,320 --> 01:04:16,280 What do you mean they handle the pigeons better? 958 01:04:19,240 --> 01:04:23,240 Because I'll be moving out of this house, 959 01:04:23,320 --> 01:04:25,759 I have to get rid of the pigeons. They have to go. 960 01:04:29,839 --> 01:04:33,280 To keep your pigeons in your gaff, you kind of have to own the house. 961 01:04:33,360 --> 01:04:36,759 I own this house but because of relationship breakdown or whatever, 962 01:04:36,839 --> 01:04:40,720 I don't wanna go too far into it, but they just can't stay here 963 01:04:40,759 --> 01:04:43,360 because I'm not gonna be here. Simple as that. 964 01:04:44,400 --> 01:04:47,839 Robyn, when you're ready, babe, yeah? 965 01:04:50,079 --> 01:04:52,439 Robyn is my pigeon protégée. 966 01:04:54,439 --> 01:04:57,920 So, we have to pick five pigeons out for Thailand. 967 01:04:58,000 --> 01:05:00,519 Which one do you like the look of the most? 968 01:05:02,799 --> 01:05:07,519 It's so hard to choose and there's no mistakes really. Just pick one. 969 01:05:09,559 --> 01:05:11,559 I haven't had enough time with them 970 01:05:12,680 --> 01:05:15,000 but there's as good as they're gonna get and they're going. 971 01:05:19,079 --> 01:05:24,960 If my pigeon came first, sort the family out, have me kids paid 972 01:05:26,360 --> 01:05:29,000 through whatever school they need to be paid through. 973 01:05:32,759 --> 01:05:34,559 That's the five. 974 01:05:34,640 --> 01:05:36,040 Come on. 975 01:05:38,240 --> 01:05:41,040 Pay me debts off. Just a clean sheet. 976 01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:45,559 Dad! What are you doing? 977 01:06:01,400 --> 01:06:03,239 This is my pride and joy. 978 01:06:05,559 --> 01:06:07,839 As you can see, her name is Mona Lisa. 979 01:06:09,000 --> 01:06:13,199 I have many children of her still in the loft. 980 01:06:15,320 --> 01:06:19,559 Probably won 300-400 first prizes off her children and grandchildren. 981 01:06:20,280 --> 01:06:22,040 It's remarkable. 982 01:06:23,239 --> 01:06:25,239 The whole world knows of this hen. 983 01:06:26,080 --> 01:06:28,439 It's like losing a family member. 984 01:06:28,479 --> 01:06:32,720 It was one of the hardest days of our life. I think of her all time. 985 01:06:32,799 --> 01:06:36,119 She was so special that I had her fully mounted. 986 01:06:37,080 --> 01:06:39,920 And she'll be here for the rest of my life. 987 01:06:46,400 --> 01:06:48,720 The downfall of the Million Dollar 988 01:06:48,799 --> 01:06:51,320 has been beneficial to other one loft races. 989 01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:55,199 This whole loft here are going to Pattaya, Thailand. 990 01:06:56,839 --> 01:06:58,960 It's a tough race but one you have to try to win. 991 01:07:01,239 --> 01:07:05,080 The Pattaya One Loft Race is maybe the biggest one loft race 992 01:07:05,159 --> 01:07:07,040 in the world one day. 993 01:07:08,040 --> 01:07:09,680 It's still too early to say. 994 01:08:59,198 --> 01:09:02,640 (UPBEAT SONG IN THAI) 995 01:13:02,238 --> 01:13:03,559 Let's do dough! 996 01:13:05,600 --> 01:13:07,400 Come on the fucking pigeons! 997 01:13:11,320 --> 01:13:12,960 Every fucking gram of it. 998 01:13:13,920 --> 01:13:16,000 I buzz off dough. 999 01:13:16,640 --> 01:13:18,439 I love dough. I love it. 1000 01:13:19,920 --> 01:13:21,680 I enjoy going to work every day. 1001 01:13:21,759 --> 01:13:23,600 They go, "I need you to make four batches!" 1002 01:13:23,680 --> 01:13:25,680 I'm like "So there's nothing else but dough getting made?" 1003 01:13:25,759 --> 01:13:27,080 "Yeah." I'm like "Yes!" 1004 01:13:27,159 --> 01:13:29,839 And you can fuck it up. That's what I love about this. 1005 01:13:29,960 --> 01:13:31,439 You can fuck it up easy. 1006 01:13:31,479 --> 01:13:34,759 If it's not exact, down to the gram. That will do ya. 1007 01:13:35,559 --> 01:13:37,280 I make dough making dough. 1008 01:13:38,600 --> 01:13:41,439 There's never enough dough. Or dough! 1009 01:14:37,439 --> 01:14:40,839 I'm going for the win. I'm not going for second place. 1010 01:14:45,198 --> 01:14:48,559 I get so nervous the day of the final race. 1011 01:14:49,960 --> 01:14:53,519 I mean, second place, it ain't like first. 1012 01:15:02,198 --> 01:15:03,198 #(Drum beats) 1013 01:15:22,519 --> 01:15:24,400 The Thais are mad, aren't they? 1014 01:15:46,920 --> 01:15:49,680 # 1015 01:15:56,320 --> 01:15:57,799 Nerve-wracking. 1016 01:16:04,519 --> 01:16:06,839 Whoa, whoa, whoa. No! 1017 01:16:06,960 --> 01:16:08,960 Just a bird flying past the camera! 1018 01:16:09,040 --> 01:16:12,159 There's other birds in Thailand as well. Fuck! 1019 01:16:12,238 --> 01:16:13,439 Me nerves are gone, man! 1020 01:16:52,360 --> 01:16:53,400 Hold on a minute! 1021 01:16:55,000 --> 01:16:57,198 That looks like an Irish pigeon. 1022 01:16:57,280 --> 01:16:59,238 Who is it? Who is it? 1023 01:17:05,920 --> 01:17:08,519 Brockamp. A German pigeon won it. A European pigeon won it. 1024 01:17:23,119 --> 01:17:24,119 Come on! 1025 01:17:24,198 --> 01:17:26,320 They pay to 256th place. 1026 01:17:26,960 --> 01:17:28,400 It's not about the money. 1027 01:17:28,439 --> 01:17:29,839 But it is. Because I'm broke. 1028 01:17:46,080 --> 01:17:47,839 Shit! Dough! 1029 01:17:47,960 --> 01:17:51,198 Look at that dough though. Look at the fucking ripples in that. 1030 01:17:51,280 --> 01:17:52,759 Come on. What do you want? 1031 01:17:52,839 --> 01:17:54,320 Here's a big group of them now. 1032 01:18:00,920 --> 01:18:02,439 Come on! 1033 01:18:02,519 --> 01:18:06,320 Mike Ganus, 56th place. First Ganus pigeon there now. 1034 01:18:07,360 --> 01:18:08,640 Come on, get some more. 1035 01:18:08,720 --> 01:18:10,400 He sent about 100 pigeons. 1036 01:18:11,159 --> 01:18:12,439 Thought you were the best. 1037 01:18:12,920 --> 01:18:14,320 This drives you crazy. 1038 01:18:16,920 --> 01:18:19,600 They're dropping in now quickly, fairly sharpish. 1039 01:18:22,720 --> 01:18:24,159 Come on Team Warrior! 1040 01:18:28,280 --> 01:18:30,479 But you know what - what's meant to be will be? 1041 01:18:30,559 --> 01:18:32,400 If I get one back, I get one back. 1042 01:18:37,559 --> 01:18:39,839 Pigeons are dropping in now, bro. 1043 01:18:57,360 --> 01:19:00,920 That's it. Done and dusted. 256 and we're out of the money. 1044 01:19:04,320 --> 01:19:08,280 I didn't win anything anyway, but it was good to be a part of. 1045 01:19:09,960 --> 01:19:12,198 That's that over and done with. 1046 01:19:12,280 --> 01:19:15,040 It was a great buzz, man, wasn't it? Good craic. 1047 01:20:02,920 --> 01:20:05,519 Okay, em, em, em. The yeast. 1048 01:20:08,799 --> 01:20:12,159 Where am I? 598th! That will do. 1049 01:20:12,720 --> 01:20:14,839 And it was my pigeon that I bred! 1050 01:20:14,960 --> 01:20:16,640 Get up! 1051 01:20:16,720 --> 01:20:21,839 Lovely! Even though it's fucking 600th place, 598th! 1052 01:20:22,680 --> 01:20:24,040 I'm happy out. 1053 01:20:26,400 --> 01:20:31,159 Considering being on a budget, being a common man, 1054 01:20:32,198 --> 01:20:36,400 working me fucking arse off, you know. 1055 01:20:39,680 --> 01:20:41,640 Delighted with that now. Lovely. 1056 01:20:56,320 --> 01:21:01,839 "Covid-19 has posed some challenges to the equity partners 1057 01:21:01,960 --> 01:21:04,799 in the South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race. 1058 01:21:04,920 --> 01:21:07,360 And they are committed to finding a solution." 1059 01:21:08,000 --> 01:21:11,799 We are in the months afterwards now 1060 01:21:11,920 --> 01:21:15,479 and everybody is still waiting for their payments to come through. 1061 01:21:33,238 --> 01:21:35,559 We were told there's a financial issue 1062 01:21:35,640 --> 01:21:38,080 but there's a new partner coming on board. 1063 01:21:38,159 --> 01:21:41,680 There won't be any problems so carry on as normal. 1064 01:21:44,080 --> 01:21:46,960 All the information I got, it was all lies. 1065 01:21:49,280 --> 01:21:52,040 And it was becoming more obvious that the investor 1066 01:21:52,600 --> 01:21:54,559 was not coming on board. 1067 01:21:55,759 --> 01:21:59,439 The phone was off and the email address was also off. 1068 01:22:01,280 --> 01:22:03,600 We tried. There have been several lawsuits. 1069 01:22:03,680 --> 01:22:06,960 No one has been able to achieve anything out of it. 1070 01:22:07,280 --> 01:22:10,640 Those that ran the race didn't run the money. 1071 01:22:12,439 --> 01:22:16,238 What the entrants need to realise is that we didn't get paid either. 1072 01:22:19,238 --> 01:22:21,119 We didn't have money for the diesel. 1073 01:22:21,559 --> 01:22:23,640 We had to pay out of our pocket the diesel 1074 01:22:23,720 --> 01:22:27,000 because we had to train the birds. It was a disaster. 1075 01:22:29,080 --> 01:22:32,159 We used to pay the local accounts that had to be paid 1076 01:22:32,238 --> 01:22:34,799 for the pigeon race and get paid back. 1077 01:22:36,159 --> 01:22:40,640 During that time, I invested basically 1078 01:22:42,198 --> 01:22:45,640 20 years of savings into the event. 1079 01:22:48,559 --> 01:22:51,119 I got told there's been a freeze on payments. 1080 01:22:51,799 --> 01:22:54,080 We lost everything. 1081 01:23:00,080 --> 01:23:04,640 The staff, when you work with them for 20 odd years, 1082 01:23:04,720 --> 01:23:06,519 they become your family. 1083 01:23:12,320 --> 01:23:17,119 The loft workers, that money was being paid to them to feed families. 1084 01:23:18,720 --> 01:23:20,720 I can't afford to pay you anymore. 1085 01:23:23,519 --> 01:23:25,680 (Voice breaks) I couldn't do it anymore. 1086 01:23:29,400 --> 01:23:31,759 For a good two-thirds of my life, 1087 01:23:31,839 --> 01:23:34,839 this is what I've done. This is who I am. 1088 01:23:36,559 --> 01:23:40,198 You wake up and the race isn't there anymore. 1089 01:23:43,439 --> 01:23:45,159 It was death. 1090 01:25:19,720 --> 01:25:22,080 The only thing that counts are the results. 1091 01:25:25,238 --> 01:25:27,119 There is a lot of pressure on you. 1092 01:25:28,000 --> 01:25:30,238 Everybody expects us to do well. 1093 01:25:30,320 --> 01:25:33,479 For us not to do well, it wouldn't look too good. 1094 01:25:36,559 --> 01:25:39,799 People look at that sheet and if your name ain't on top 1095 01:25:39,920 --> 01:25:44,238 and you're supposed to do good, they get you. They're kind of ruthless. 1096 01:25:44,320 --> 01:25:47,320 They'll make fun of you. They'll do all kinds of things. 1097 01:25:49,720 --> 01:25:53,759 I guarantee you I'm coming back a lot harder and stronger next year. 1098 01:25:55,360 --> 01:25:57,000 Let's hope for the best. 1099 01:25:57,839 --> 01:25:59,280 It never stops. 1100 01:26:12,040 --> 01:26:17,119 At the minute, my long-term relationship is breaking down. 1101 01:26:18,198 --> 01:26:22,080 It is what it is. I have to accept it and move forward. 1102 01:26:47,559 --> 01:26:49,238 I love the club. 1103 01:26:50,320 --> 01:26:52,920 It's actually a little bit... I don't want to get too emotional 1104 01:26:53,000 --> 01:26:55,119 because I'm going to have to step away for a few years. 1105 01:26:55,198 --> 01:26:58,040 Here's one of my first wins on the wall. 1106 01:27:01,198 --> 01:27:03,439 There we are there - O'Brien and Meredith. 1107 01:27:03,519 --> 01:27:06,280 Look at the big beard on me. Look at the chin on that thing. 1108 01:27:06,360 --> 01:27:09,559 Pigeon did three hours and 37 minutes from Penzance. 1109 01:27:09,640 --> 01:27:11,519 I got that for it. 1110 01:27:11,600 --> 01:27:13,238 There's a lot of good pigeons in this club. 1111 01:27:13,320 --> 01:27:15,119 I love this club. It's a great club. 1112 01:27:15,198 --> 01:27:17,040 But because of the circumstances, 1113 01:27:17,119 --> 01:27:20,238 I have to do the right thing and get out of it for a while. 1114 01:27:20,320 --> 01:27:22,759 It's sad but I'll get there. I'll be back. 1115 01:27:48,920 --> 01:27:52,439 It was hard letting them go but it had to be done. I had to do it. 1116 01:27:52,479 --> 01:27:54,238 There's no point in holding on. 1117 01:27:55,119 --> 01:27:56,479 It's all meant to be. 1118 01:27:56,920 --> 01:27:59,960 I'm not gonna sit here and go "Poor me, my poor pigeons." 1119 01:28:00,759 --> 01:28:02,119 This is where I'm at. 1120 01:28:02,198 --> 01:28:03,320 Let's move forward. 1121 01:28:03,400 --> 01:28:06,040 I had great fun with the pigeons the last two years. 1122 01:28:06,119 --> 01:28:08,600 But I need to set my life up again. 1123 01:28:14,040 --> 01:28:16,839 As soon as I get settled and I have somewhere to live, 1124 01:28:16,960 --> 01:28:20,479 you'll have two houses you can stay in whenever you want. 1125 01:28:21,238 --> 01:28:23,720 You know, I'll have a pigeon loft there as well, probably. 1126 01:28:26,720 --> 01:28:30,680 Just try and stay positive and believe in change 1127 01:28:30,759 --> 01:28:32,439 and believe in progress. 1128 01:28:34,320 --> 01:28:35,759 That's what we do. Same with the pigeons. 1129 01:28:35,839 --> 01:28:38,159 We got better and better every single year. 1130 01:28:39,159 --> 01:28:41,119 -Can I have a hug, buddy, off you. -Yeah. 1131 01:28:45,640 --> 01:28:47,439 Good lad. 1132 01:28:51,238 --> 01:28:53,280 VOICEOVER: "Though this story got our attention. 1133 01:28:53,360 --> 01:28:56,198 Check out this particularly special pigeon at auction. 1134 01:28:56,280 --> 01:28:59,320 Meet New Kim. The two-million dollar bird." 1135 01:29:01,159 --> 01:29:03,159 I wanted to win, like everybody. 1136 01:29:03,238 --> 01:29:06,280 I'd be lying if I didn't say I got sucked into that as well. 1137 01:29:07,198 --> 01:29:09,559 "Two bidders in China battled over the bird 1138 01:29:09,640 --> 01:29:11,360 and drove up the final price..." (Cheering and applause) 1139 01:29:12,920 --> 01:29:16,640 "The final bid left the previous record Armando well behind." 1140 01:29:16,720 --> 01:29:18,839 That's just ridiculous carry on. 1141 01:29:18,960 --> 01:29:20,680 There's people starving in the world. 1142 01:29:20,759 --> 01:29:24,080 Two million for a pigeon. Relax mate. It's a pigeon.