Western Open Homing Pigeon Race.

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Western Open Homing Pigeon Race. An opportunity for revitalizing long-distance open-style pigeon racing in the West. Both races will be released 30 min after the official sunrise.

THE
WESTERN OPEN
The Regional Race of the Western States

Two Races
Winnemucca, NV
Carson City, NV
Dry Lake,NV

This is an AU race and we will follow the AU rules. Overall and Section winners. Sections: 100-199,200-299, 300-399, 400-499, 500-550, 600 & Longer. We already have commitments from the states of California, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. We have had over 80 lofts from 7 states entering over 1000 pigeons. There are no Western Open fees. Participating Clubs will coordinate shipping their birds to the release point for a joint release. The Western Open will provide section and overall results. National Publicity will be given through the Racing Pigeon Digest with profiles on winners and AU trophy. This is an AU race and we will follow the AU rules. If you have any question look at AU Yearbook or click here http://www.pigeon.org/racerules.htm

If your club decides to join us,please let us know so that I can add you to this list. As we get a listing of clubs we can start working on collaborating with transportation.

Congratulations to Chris Chambers from Boise, ID, for his overall win and 100-199 miles section with a speed of 1380 ypm...
05/30/2026

Congratulations to Chris Chambers from Boise, ID, for his overall win and 100-199 miles section with a speed of 1380 ypm and a distance of 193 miles.

The section ection winner for 200-299 miles was Mike Green from Boise, ID, with a speed of 1377 ypm and a distance of 209 miles.

The section winner for 300-399 miles was Luis Lopez from the Sacramento, CA, area, with a speed of 1362 ypm and a distance of 302 miles.

The section winner for 400-499 miles was Dusan Smetana from Bozeman, MT, with a speed of 1214 ypm and a distance of 465 miles.

This year's Western Open from Winnemucca NV, had 52 lofts and 665 pigeons entered from CA, ID, and Montana.
Results have been posted to the AU NDB. Thank you all for your dedication.

05/24/2026
05/24/2026

Good morning. Our 18th annual Western Open race birds up at 6:00 PST at Winnemucca NV. They all bunch up and after while broke up in groups and head different direction.
Clear, 50 slight breeze. Thank you Cheyanne, Josey and Chris for driving and all that are helping to make this race possible. Good luck!

Good morning. Our 18th annual Western Open race birds up at 6:00 PST at Winnemucca NV. They all bunch up and after whi...
05/24/2026

Good morning. Our 18th annual Western Open race birds up at 6:00 PST at Winnemucca NV. They all bunch up and after while broke up in groups and head different direction.
Clear, 50 slight breeze. Thank you Cheyanne, Josey and Chris for driving and all that are helping to make this race possible. Good luck!

Western Open race from Winnemucca NV, is going to be on May 24th 2026. Montana mountain pigeons are getting ready. Hope...
03/15/2026

Western Open race from Winnemucca NV, is going to be on May 24th 2026.
Montana mountain pigeons are getting ready. Hope you can join us this year.

Montana pigeon racers compete from Western Open races.
07/23/2025

Montana pigeon racers compete from Western Open races.

To the untrained eye, it might look like Smetana has simply let his birds fly free, never to return. But that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Two day birds from Western Open Winnemucca NV to Bozeman MT 465 miles. Two year old hen 807 and four year old hen 250 co...
06/15/2025

Two day birds from Western Open Winnemucca NV to Bozeman MT 465 miles. Two year old hen 807 and four year old hen 250 come together after 13 hours, 1076 ypm.
Blue bar hen AU 2021 BMT 250 was send three times to WO Winnemucca and twice was a day bird 1st in 2023, 6th in 2024 and 2nd in 2025 in 400 -499 mile section.

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