A fancier contacted us and said that he had been struggling for more than three years, but he still sold some of his ultra-long-range pigeons, leaving only five of his favorite pigeons to give them a pension. Having said a lot of things about his participation, you can hear that ultra-long-distance events are indeed his feelings. Finally, he asked, is it really hard for ultra-long-range events to become mainstream? I didn't know how to answer. Because I do think it's harder, at least in the short and medium term.
In fact, the reason is also very simple, the reason why short distance events are popular now is mainly for several reasons. Fun, high prize money, exciting, the pigeons can basically go home on the day, the time is short, don't have to endure too long, wait for the pigeons to have fun, and not so much that no pigeons can go home at all. For a total reason, it is not surprising that short- and medium-distance events have become mainstream events.
After all, people nowadays are basically impatient, spending a few days, or even half a month, waiting for a pigeon that is likely not to come back, and many fanciers do not have the patience. This is also very normal, after all, now everyone is in a hurry to make money, everything needs money, and if you can get rich overnight, you can't wait for the next day. Naturally, there are more fanciers in sprint races than fanciers in ultra-long distance races.
And now the mainstream events are like this, and the events that can be participated in are mainly short- and medium-distance events. Most new fanciers also enjoy exciting races. Therefore, although there are still ultra-long-distance events, it is still difficult to become a mainstream event.