Racing/Harness
“Only the best for a million dollar investment.” Much of the innovative developments in the Equine industry can be attributed to the racing fraternity. Trainers have long been acutely aware of the nutritional & psychological requirements of these high performance athletes. The uptake of optimum nutritional requirements of the race horse is often received through high volumes of grain products & are known to pose long term digestive issues including ulcers. The longevity of the successful race horse can be prematurely ended by the horses being very gut sensitve; the automatic horse feeder is designed to work with your sensitve athletes needs & can feed your champions around the clock with regular feeding intervals.
Did you know? A small hard feed 3-4 hrs prior to morning training, will significantly improve lap times, training performance, which equates into winning races.
Fact: not ony does slug feeding cause stomach ulcers in horses it is also responsible for many behavoural problems in stabled horses. In a recent study conducted by KER Research behavour of horses being fed several small feeds a day have provided concrete evidence that horses are more psychologically stable than their limited feed counterparts. “Boredom & hunger are possible reasons for poor behavour in stabled horses.” (Gill, et. Al 2006) Some coman behavour problems found in horses are wind suck, crib bite, weave, and other behavours that can result from stomach ulcers. Being a top trainer how do you find enough hours in the day to fulfil training commitments & feed your horses several small feeds per day over an 18hr period? Finding reliable & knowledgable stable hands are hard to come by & even more expensive to keep. An automatic horse feeder is your mechanical stable hand feeding your race horses around the clock portioned feeds at regular feeding intervals, for the fraction of the price.
Particular importance is the practice of glycogen loading which improves the sustatinability of energy stores through small frequent feeding, giving your horses the power to win. There is also growing understanding of the need to include oils in the diet, however slug feeding of oils can cause scouring & other non-conducive digestive disturbances such as colic & laminitis which leave the horse in severe pain. With the automatic nosebag feeda multiple small feeds per day allow for the inclusion of high oil levels into the daily diet, something that has never before been achievable.
Being the best, you know what your horse needs. So we work harder to ensure we meet the standards of the best in Racing & Harness.