only you can decide. as you can see opinions vary. yes he is only a young bird for one season but he could get killed by a bop at the first race next year. i find the good ones always come home if they avoid accidents
the pigeon papers are full of products to make your birds go faster. do any of them work? nobody knows but probably not because there are more guys who dont win using the stuff than those who do win
if your comparing with football then each team starts with 11 players so to make doo racing fair each member should be limited to say 10 birds to count for prizes. (and theres as much chance of that happening as aberdeen winning the spl lol)