Rules and Regulations for the President’s Cup for Falcon Lure Racing 2026/2027

Registration Requirements

1. Registration is open to all nationalities.

2. Participants must register using their full three-part name.

3. Emirates ID details must be provided during registration through the registration link designated for each region.

4. Falcons must be registered using their original farm ring. Falcons without farm rings will not be allowed to participate.

5. Wild-caught falcons are not eligible. Only farm-bred falcons may participate.

6. A falcon’s entry will be disqualified if any manipulation is detected, including switching the bird or attempting to enter the same bird again under another participant.

7. The owner or an authorised falconer must attend the competition venue in person and bring an Emirates ID or, for non-residents, a passport to complete the registration procedures for the release (Had).

8. Online registration opens for each qualifying round four days before the round begins, or on another date set by the committee. Entries submitted outside the designated registration period will not be accepted.

9. Each falconer may enter a maximum of one falcon.

10. Participants in this category may be of any age.

11. Ownership of registered and qualified falcons purchased during the qualifying rounds may be transferred to the new owner, subject to the approved ownership-transfer procedures.

12. Each participating falconer must read all the rules and regulations of the Pigeon Lure Competition and is responsible for complying with them and for any breach of the applicable rules and regulations.

13. Questions or objections must be submitted through official channels in a formal written letter, signed by the owner and addressed to the Competitions Committee. The committee will take the necessary action and respond within 24 hours of receiving the letter.

Competition Format

1. Qualifying rounds will use homing pigeons rated at 10 feathers.

2. Final rounds will use homing pigeons rated at 12 feathers.

Qualification Requirements

1. Falcons that make a catch during the qualifying rounds may qualify for the final, subject to the Organising Committee’s decision.

2. For public safety and the safety of participants and organisers, no one other than the falcon’s owner may follow the falcon during its release (Had).

3. The Organising Committee may trim a feather from a falcon as a mark indicating that it has participated (isolation). An additional mark will be made on qualified falcons.

4. In the final, falcons will be ranked from first to tenth place according to their total points. The evaluator will award points out of a total of 100, and the scores will be added to determine each falcon’s result. Priority will be given to falcons that make a catch. The evaluation criteria are:

   DistanceTimeWingPersistenceFalcon’s ageAl-MalaqFalcon typeTime aloftPigeon strengthCommittee’s assessment

   These criteria will be measured using a GPS-equipped feather during the final.

General Terms and Conditions

1. The Organising Committee may request a falcon to undergo a substance test at any stage of the competition.

2. If a participating falcon is confirmed to have been given performance-enhancing substances, the following measures will apply:

   1. The falcon’s result will be disqualified, and its prize will be awarded to the next falcon in the final results table.

   2. A fine of AED 10,000 will be imposed on the owner of the falcon found to have been given performance-enhancing substances.

   3. The participant’s entries in all competitions will be suspended for the current season and the following two seasons, unless the fine specified above is paid.

3. If manipulation of a falcon’s entry is proven, both the falcon and the falconer will be disqualified at any stage of the competition, and the falconer will be barred from all future competitions.

4. The Organising Committee may delay or postpone a race if weather conditions disrupt the competition.

5. Farm-bred Gyr falcons from all categories may participate. Wild-caught falcons are not eligible.

6. The Judging Committee’s decision is final. Participants may not appeal any final result.

7. Participants must register by the deadlines set out in the schedule of round dates.

8. Participants may not object to decisions made by the Competitions Committee or Organising Committee concerning the competition start time, the procedures or order of releases, preparation times at the venue, or the acceptance of a catch. Participants must comply with all such decisions.

9. A participant who does not arrive at the competition venue by the announced preparation time will be disqualified.

10. Participants must follow the release schedule according to their number on the list and prepare their falcon for its assigned turn. The Committee may disqualify a falcon if the participant fails to comply or is late, to prevent delays to the competition.

11. Before the release (Had), each participant will select a pigeon by drawing its number.