Nico Reynders (Sluizen) has the fastest pigeon of the whole province of Limburg on Vivonne (Poitiers)

Sluizen - Nico Reynders from Sluizen won the first provincial victory on Vivonne (Poitiers) with his dark-checkered cock BE22-5109203. This remarkable performance was achieved against a field of 398 old pigeons, with his pigeon proving to be the fastest of the entire province of Limburg against 666 pigeons.

Nationally, Nico's pigeon clocked 57th out of 9.015 old birds and achieved 97th place in the combined category of 19.589 old birds and yearlings.

The winning pigeon was bred by Nico's brother, Ludo, and descends from two original Jos Thoné pigeons. The father is a full brother to "Gaggan", the base pigeon for the long distance discipline at Thoné, and winner of a.o. 2x 1st Nat.Z, 3rd Nat. Ace pigeon 2019 (Pipa Ranking) and 4th Nat. Ace pigeon 2018 (Pipa Ranking). The mother is a daughter of "Kajo", the base pigeon for the speed discipline at Thoné and winner of 1st Prov. Ace Pigeon Speed KBDB, crossed with "Kirin" who has already achieved some impressive national results including:
11th Nat. Bourges against 14.571b
15th Nat. Tulle against 7.333b 
62nd Nat. Limoges 17.735b

System Thoné 
Jos Thoné is Nico Reynders' mentor. Thoné has taught Nico the tricks of the trade and remains an important point of contact for advice and support. The influence of Thoné's methods and pigeons is evident in Reynders' succes. 

Nutrition & supplements 
When caring for his pigeons, Nico uses Beyers' Premium Thoné Olympic mixture, supplemented with Beyers' Galaxy Sport Energy. For longer distance flights, he adds Beyers' Galaxy Long Distance T.T.. As for supplements, he swears by Pigeon Health & Performance's range, better known as Pigeon HP. Carbo, T-Tonic and Recup Fast are some of the products regularly served to the pigeons.

This combination of excellent pigeon lines, expert guidance, and carefully selected food and supplements led to Nico Reynders' impressive victory over Vivonne.

Nico, congratulations once again on this beautiful victory from the entire Herbots team!

Maarten Herbots