If you’re planning a sporting career for your horse, you’ll need to make sure he’s in good physical condition. First of all, he needs regular veterinary check-ups. His diet must be perfectly adapted to provide him with all the energy he needs for the discipline you’re planning for him. To complete his diet, you can add food supplements to meet all his nutritional needs.
What is a feed supplement for sport horses?
By definition, a feed supplement is not a substitute for a ration. Rather, it complements the ration with a range of supplements, to make sport horses more comfortable in their activity. Dietary supplements can be made up of minerals (calcium, magnesium, sodium, etc.), vitamins, trace elements, pre- and probiotics, antioxidants, chondroitin, L-carnitine, glucosamine, MSM, etc. Each component is designed to support the horse’s growth and development.
Each component is designed to support the horse’s efforts and help it recover. Feed supplements for sport horses can be administered in several forms. For example, as a top feed (for several weeks and repeated several times a year), or in oral syringes for fast-acting flash actions the day before or the day of the competition. They can be supplied in powder, paste or granulated form.
These dietary supplements for horses are designed to support a particular weakness in your horse, helping him to achieve the sporting goals you’ve set. In particular, they support your horse’s efforts to improve his physical condition, from the training phase through to the competition season.
Why use feed supplements for my sport horse?
Dietary supplements for sport horses can have several actions. To provide an occasional energy boost (for a competition, for example), use vitamin supplements, enriched with vitamin B12 in particular. To enrich your horse’s ration with protein, use Royal Horse C200 supplementary feed. It provides extra protein, which will be necessary for a sport horse’s efforts. But it also contains prebiotics to promote good digestive health. It also provides minerals and vitamins that may be lacking in conventional cereal-based rations.
What feed supplements can I use to improve my sport horse’s physical condition?
To aid recovery, use electrolytes. They quickly rehydrate a horse that has eliminated mineral salts through perspiration.
To support your horse’s muscular and/or cardiac effort, use feed supplements for horses rich in anti-oxidants such as vitamin E and vitamin C, often accompanied by selenium.
These anti-oxidants will help limit muscle stiffness caused by repeated efforts over several days of competition.
Royal Horse’s C600 dietary supplement is largely composed of a micro-algae rich in DHA (a specific fatty acid of the omega 3 family), which possesses significant antioxidant power and improves cardiac function. It is also supplemented with AOELITE® (a plant complex with very high antioxidant power), which protects the horse’s muscles during exercise and enables him to prolong his effort in optimal conditions.
To promote joint elasticity, Royal Horse’s C500 Joint Safe Guard from Royal Horse combines MSM and glucosamine (non-animal origin) for suppleness, with chondroitin (non-animal origin) to help maintain cartilage integrity. This combination of elements has been specifically designed for sport horses whose joints are subject to intense stress.
Which nutritional supplements should I use to strengthen my sport horse’s hoof horn?
To strengthen hoof horn, use dietary supplements enriched with biotin, such as C400, which not only strengthens the horn but also activates its regrowth thanks to Prokeratin® (exclusive to Royal Horse). This food supplement for horses also gives your horse’s coat a shinier appearance. Always a plus in competition! It’s also a welcome addition during the changing seasons, when horses’ coats tend to be dull.
