great post, and great to read about pigeons lol,,
for my pennith worth ;D in the past ive seen no advantage in racing yb,s to the bitter end , i always stopped a few after the hundred mile mark, off course being well trained , among these stopped yb,s i have often found my best ob,s ,, but its hard to stop them when their comming well, but, as i say , if stopped when comming well, these are the ones for the future,, only ny opinion,, good luck all in yb racing