Supplements

Mycosorb Toxin Binder

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$39.99

Fixine Probiotic

(1)

$42.00

Salt - Fine 2kg

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$7.50

Linseed Oil

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$16.50

FourFlax Flaxseed Flake

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$56.95

Equilibrium B1 Cool Mix

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~~$175.00~~ $80.00

Dynavyte Microbiome Support ™

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$50.00

Magnesium Oxide 2Kg

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$13.00

Nutritech EquiGuard™ Plus Pellets

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$58.25

Granulated Garlic - 1Kg

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$19.00

Graze Ezy

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$54.90

NPC Hydra-Flex HA Active

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$79.50

Hydraflex Active joint supplement for horses protects and maintains joint health with high potency ingredients; Glucosamine, Chondroitin, Green lipped mussel, Hyaluronic acid (HA).

This high strength formula helps to support, repair and maintain active equine joints.

The perfect choice for performance horses, horses in training, to the leisure horse.

Supports joint health in all active horses.

Hydraflex Active is manufactured in a quality assured facility, so can be used in confidence and does not contain any prohibited substances for the competition horse.

Hydra-flex Active – joint supplement for horses’ effectively supports the joints of performance horse or horses in training.

This tried and tested joint supplement for horses is competition safe for horses competing under FEI and racing regulations.

Hydra-flex Active is also popular amongst equestrians for all horse sports from barrel racing to horseracing.

Hydra-flex Active Joint Supplement for horses supports joint health, mobility and overall healthy function in all active horses.

Nutritional breakdown of Hydra-flex ACTIVE:

Ingredients per 30-gram dose.

Glucosamine Sulphate 12,000 mg, Hyaluronic acid (sodium) 180 mg, Chondroitin Sulphate 250mg, Green lipped mussel (New Zealand waters) 2,000 mg, Vitamin C 200 mg, apple flavouring

Green lipped mussel is a natural source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin. The extract form is highly concentrated.

Benefits of Hydra-flex Active:

Potent science backed ingredients:

Hydra-flex Active joint supplement for horses provides essential ingredients proven to assist joint health in horses: Glucosamine Sulphate, Chondroitin Sulphate, Green lipped mussel and Hyaluronic acid (HA).

This combination of ingredients is scientifically proven to nourish cartilage and provide hydration. Glucosamine and Chondroitin known as Glycosaminoglycans, the substances made naturally by the body to maintain healthy joints.

Providing GLA’s helps for ongoing joint repair and maintenance in healthy joints.

Science shows the body requires more after trauma, which includes the vigour of joint stress, wear and tear, and also as the horse begins to age.

Glucosamine Sulphate and Chondroitin Sulphate also work synergistically together to promote a more viscous synovial fluid, the lubricant that provides the frictionless surface between cartilage and bone.

Encouraging healthy cartilage and synovial fluid, in turn ensures healthy joint support.

Understanding joint care and why it is necessary:

Equine joints suffer wear and tear from movement. However, un- natural mechanical forces such as galloping and jumping carrying a rider impact joints much more.

The stresses and strains from poor conformation or working on uneven or hard surfaces together with the extra exertion required on the joints to perform and carry a rider, gradually wears away cartilage, narrowing the joint space to eventually bone on bone results, also known as osteoarthritis.

This is a natural process with aging and often seen in older or stiff horses, but now crucial to maintain athletic performance and a sound competition horse.

The cartilage between joints is therefore very important as this is what cushions the bone ends and prevents these from touching. It is these structures that must be kept healthy to maintain healthy joints.

The ingredients in this potent formula for horses consists of Green lipped mussel of the highest grade and purity to support joint health and reduce inflammatory reaction within the joint capsule.

The added Green lipped mussel together with the additional Chondroitin in this formula gives extra joint nutrition by raising natural Chondroitin and Glucosamine levels and also offering omega 3, a natural anti-inflammatory.

Why use Hydra-flex Active Joint supplement for horses?

In this joint supplement for horses we include ingredients with anti-inflammatory support as this is beneficial to the equine joint by preventing damage by the body’s own enzymes which attack cartilage when the area experiences trauma, inflammation, pain or discomfort. It is always important to control inflammation in the equine joint and to also provide more comfort to the horse. The performance horse is an athlete so maintaining joint health is priority in caring for your horse, as a prevention and also to support and provide comfort to joints.

This unique fortified formula, in addition contains Vitamin C in its stabilized ascorbate form, to provide antioxidant properties that help to support joint as well as muscle health. Vitamin C neutralizes free radicals (that cause oxidative damage) and has a role in supporting healthy cartilage and the manufacture of collagen cells. This is further enriched with Chondroitin Sulphate, Sodium Hyaluronate (Hyaluronic acid or HA) and Glucosamine Sulphate supplying your equine all the ingredients for healthy cartilage and synovial fluid. Perfect for the performance horse.

**Hydraflex Active joint supplement for horses uses an exceptionally high grade of green lipped mussel powder to preserve the unique anti-inflammatory properties.

These are often lost in lower grade green lipped mussel powders.

We insist only on the highest grade to ensure these valuable properties remain to serve in protecting your horse’s joints.

Hydraflex Active joint supplement for horses is a popular equine joint supplement for joint nutrition of the sport horse.

Mag-Eze Regular

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$85.00

NPC Chasteberry (Pure)

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$69.00

Chaste berry for horses can help alleviate mare moods, regulate hormones and supports Cushings and metabolic health in horses.

This top-quality natural remedy derived from the Chaste tree berry.

Moody mares and those with hormone issues over the cycling season may benefit.

It is useful for Cushing disease where it may also offer support in body regulation.

Chaste berry is highly palatable and is 100 % natural.

Our Chaste berry is of exceptional quality, kept fresh in airtight packaging and is finely milled and ready to add directly into feed.

We offer premium quality Chaste berry and in the correct fine powder form that is most bioavailable for absorption.

Chaste berry for horses offers the highest quality, pure fine milled powder for maximum bioavailability to alleviate mare moods and support hormonal health, behaviour to Cushing’s disease and metabolic conditions in horses.

Chaste berry for horses; this herbal remedy also known as Vitex angus-cactus offers a natural and more holistic approach and care of your horse.

Benefits of Chaste berry for Horses
Hormonal issues- may support the pituitary gland and therefore assist with hormonal balance
may reduce the production of prolactin, a hormone involved in lactation and other reproductive functions
may be useful for mares with irregular season cycles, stallions with overly aggressive behaviour, or geldings exhibiting hormonal imbalances
may also mares in season, moody mares and other hormone fluctuations

Behavioural Support:
by offering hormonal support it may reduce aggressive behaviour, irritability or frustration
may help mares who experience difficulties during cycling

Supports the Pituitary Gland
may have an effect on dopamine receptors that regulate the function of the pituitary gland and play a central role in regulating hormones throughout the body
may offer support to horses with PPID (Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction, also known as Cushing’s disease)
may reduce minor symptoms associated with cushing’s disease such as long coats, difficulty shedding coats or minor hoof lameness
How does pure chaste berry work?

Chasteberry has an effect on the dopamine production in the brain.

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that inhibits the release of prolactin and other hormones that may be out of balance.

By increasing dopamine levels, chasteberry helps restore normal hormonal function, particularly in horses suffering from hormone-related issues.

What is the dose of pure chase berry?

Dosage can vary depending on the horse’s weight, age, and the issue being treated.

Generally, 10–30 grams per day of chasteberry powder is the recommended dose for most horses,

The dosage may be given over a period of weeks to months, and the response will often be gradual.

Some horses may show improvement within a few weeks, while for others, it might take longer.

Chasteberry is a natural herb that can help manage hormonal imbalances in horses, particularly those related to reproductive health, mood swings, and behavioural issues.

It is a useful option for mares, geldings, and stallions experiencing hormonal fluctuations or conditions like PPID.

However, if your horse or pony exhibits more serious issues with cushings such as regular laminitis a blood test is recommended, and a veterinary medication may be required.

Alleviate C SOS

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$62.80

Equine Supplements Electrolytes Orange

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$17.00

Vetpro Equine Athlete Digest Rite - Sport

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$49.99

Equine Athlete Digest-Rite Sport Formula is a nutritional supplement formulated for both sport and pleasure horses whose diets are based on pasture and some hard feed.

Digest-Rite provides a combination of scientifically proven pre-biotics, digestive enzymes, toxin binders and rice bran, all enhance digestion and at the same time help maintain a healthy digestive tract. It also helps prevent the absorption of harmful toxins and acids resulting from the digestion of some grasses and grains.

Horses are browsing animals with very selective grazing habits. Their digestive systems are well adapted to handling grass and forage based diets. The quality and quantity of pastures that horses have access to in New Zealand are generally quite different from those of a natural habitat.

Fresh or actively growing pasture is most often a problem. Horses often lack enzymes necessary to break down the soluble sugars (fructans) found in young grasses, they pass undigested into the large intestine (hindgut) where they undergo bacterial fermentation. Excess lactic acid is generated causing Hindgut Acidosis. This acid kills good bacteria, which as they die , give off a toxin that enters the bloodstream and causes Laminitis. Preventing that occurring by proving enzymes that assist the sugars to be digested more effectively before reaching the hindgut, assist the horse to avoid the possibility of those diet based issues.

Most sport and pleasure horses are kept in situations where the amount of available grass is not sufficient to meet dietary requirements. A mix of concentrates is usually fed to provide the necessary extra energy. Oats and barley are ideally suited because of their high starch content; most pre-mixed feeds contain one if not all of these grains, some even contain maize the most energy intensive grain. As they are not part of a natural diet, horses are limited in the amount of grain they are able to digest at one time. Like grass, if too much is fed at once, or if the passage through the small intestine is too rapid, an undigested amount passes through to the hindgut where it creates the same issues as poorly digested grass sugars.

These issues can also manifest in the horse’s behavior affecting both temperament and performance; over-excitability, seemly difficult to handle , also muscle type-up can be aresult. Feeding a product like Digest-Rite that will enhance digestion of grasses and grains has obvious advantages for sport and pleasure horses, especially those prone to these problems.

Ryegrass Staggers is another common grass related problem. It occurs when horses graze pastures containing certain types of perennial ryegrass. As the name suggests, affected horses develop a staggery gait, most noticeable at the walk. The symptoms are caused by the toxin Lolitrem b, released by a fungus called an endophyte, that is found in the grass stem and mature leaves during the late summer/early autumn. Horses become affected when they ingest these parts of the plant . Other grasses such as Paspalum and Kikuyu can also create toxin type problems.

Being able to feed a product that contains a toxin binding agent has obvious advantages for horses grazing problem pastures. The silicate oxides in Digest-Rite have a high capacity for binding harmful fungal and grass toxins . Once bound, the toxins cannot be absorbed and are passed out in the faeces.

Digest-Rite is more than just a simple digestive additive – (like those containing live yeast cultures). Digest-Rite contains pre-biotics (mannan oligosaccharides), digestive enzymes (α amylase and β glucanase), rice bran and binding silicated oxides.

It has a 4 way action:

Firstly by slowing the passage of food through the small intestine, allowing more time for the horse’s own digestive enzymes to work.

Secondly, by enhancing digestion through the inclusion of enzymes that break down sugar and starch.

The inclusion of the pre-biotics helps maintain a functional gut wall and ensures that nutrients are absorbed efficiently following digestion.

Finally the silicated oxides help prevent the absorption of potentially harmful toxins .

Digest-Rite should be fed to sport and pleasure horses receiving a grass and grain diet or those grazing pastures where conditions are likely to cause nutritional problems such as over-excitability, muscle tye-up, laminitis or are grazing on fresh pasture or containing endophyte rye grass , paspalum or kikuyu.

Digest-Rite contains no prohibited substances so can be safely fed before and during competition.

Daily Dose Rate:
20gm per Kg of hard feed (grains or pre-mixes) or 50gms per day for horses whose food intake is predominately forage (fibre) and pasture . Available in 2kg, 5kg and 20kg bags

The science references :
Equine x-Amyase : Richards,N:Choct,M;Hinch,GN;Rowe,JB
Feeding Non Starch Polysacchrides Choct,M.
Yeast Cell walls in animal nutrition; differentiation & specific properties of MOS &beta1, 6-glucans. Detlef Kampf, Marc Rovers, Felipe De Conti Horta
Effects of dietary Short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides on the intestinal microflora of horses subjected to a sudden change in diet. F. Respondek, A.G. Goachet, V. Julliand
Dietary fructans carbohydrate increases amine production in the equine large intestine : Implications for pasture-associated laminitis C. Crawford, M.F. Sepulveda, J. Elliott, P.A. Harris & S.R. Bailey.
Dietary supplementation with short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides improves insulin sensitivity in obese horses. F.Respondek, K.Myers, T.L. Smith, A. Wagner & R.J. Geor
Effects of feeding a blend of grains naturally contaminated with fusarium mycotoxins ….. the efficacy of a polymeric glucomannan mycotoxins absorbent. S.L. Raymond, T.K. Smith, & H.V. Swamy.

Read about carbohydrate digestion and sugars in grasses

Read about behavioural issues, causes and solutions

View our 'Laminitis from Dietary Intake' article here

NPC Health Electrolytes

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~~$98.00~~ $42.00

Horslyx Original Balancer

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$36.50

Horslyx Original Balancer

Sizes: 5kg, 15kg

Horslyx Original Balancer will balance any nutrient deficiencies in forage and grazing, helping to ensure your horse stays healthy and happy all year round.

When fed at the recommended intake level for your horse, Original Balancer can counteract nutrient deficiencies in grass and forage whilst also being cost effective and extremely low in starch. Feeding Original Balancer costs from just 47p per day when feeding a 15kg Horslyx Balancer at the recommended intakes for an average 500kg horse.*

Original Balancer is suitable for all horses, from those at rest requiring a low calorie diet to performance horse who may require additional supplementation to meet their nutritional requirements.

Horslyx Original was the debut Horslyx product back in 1997 offering horse owners the opportunity to encourage natural, trickle feeding patterns whilst ensuring the diet is nutritionally balanced for optimum health and condition.

All Horslyx Balancers are extremely low in starch making them suitable for horses which can react unfavourably to traditional cereal based diets.

Why should I feed Horslyx Original Balancer?

When fed at the recommended intake level for your horse, alongside the correct amounts of good quality forage, Original Balancer removes the need for buckets of hard feed so is cost effective and will save you money.
To provide a weatherproof feeding solution which is perfect for use both in the stable and in the field.
There is no need to feed additional balancers and many horses and ponies thrive on a diet of just Horslyx and forage.
Licking takes time and patience, which is perfect for horses that are stabled for long periods of time and can help reduce stress and boredom.
Licking enhances saliva production, which helps support the digestive system.
Perfect for older equines with poor dentition that struggle to eat hard feed.

Key Ingredients:

Linseed Oil: Linseed oil is rich in Omega-3 oil and can help in producing a healthy glossy coat, healthy skin and boost the immune system. A horse’s natural diet can be low in Omega-3 so horses often need an additional source to provide these essential fatty acids for optimum health.

Hoof Package: For optimum hoof support all Horslyx Balancers contain a hoof package. This includes Biotin, a water soluble B vitamin that is produced as a by-product of the breakdown of fibre in the hind gut, or must be provided by the diet. It has been shown in several studies to be essential for hoof health, however adding zinc, methionine and providing a full balanced diet is often found to be more effective than biotin alone.

Protein: Protein is important to all horses since it provides the building blocks (amino acids) required for muscle tissue synthesis. Some amino acids can be manufactured by the horse (these are called “non essential” amino acids) and some have to be provided by the diet (“essential” amino acids) because they cannot be produced by the horse.