Case study 9: feeding the older horse
Mandy Twynham & Moses
How did you hear about WINERGY Equilibrium?
I was at Burghley Horse Trials in 2006 when we were handed a leaflet to visit your stand, which we then did!
Why did you decide to try WINERGY Equilibrium?
There has been an awful lot of research gone into this feed and the benefits far outweighed any feed that I’d already looked into and it seemed very convenient to have just one bag instead of several to use.
What did you think of the physical form of WINERGY Equilibrium?
It’s great! It’s all together so it still bulks out the feed and Moses really loves it, plus is smells great too!
Did your horse find WINERGY Equilibrium palatable?
In one word yes! I’ve not actually seen him as excited to get any feed like he does when he is on WINERGY Equilibrium!
Did you see any improvements in your horse whilst using WINERGY Equilibrium? If yes, what were they?
Moses condition has improved no end, his coat is shining, his attitude has greatly improved and he is a lot more interested in everything! Before using this feed everyone said he is so steady and dependable, which was good, but I noticed that he lacked the sparkle he used to have when I first bought him. Now that seems to have come back and he is acting like a 10 year old again instead of the age he is (20)!
Will you recommend WINERGY Equilibrium to your friends?
I have already recommended WINERGY Equilibrium to many friends who are now trying the feed and are having great results and I will continue to recommend it highly!
Last year WINERGY were kind enough to let me trial the feed with Moses and just at the start of the trial he came down with quite a bad virus and the vets recommended a few months rest but just after a few weeks he seemed to have made almost a complete recovery and even the vets were surprised!
Then just a few months ago Moses was diagnosed with an ethmoid haematoma in his sinus cavity and has already had several operations to help sort this out.
During the first visit he had to have a hole drilled through his skull to enable the vets to put a scope in, take a sample and also inject it with formalin. After just a matter of days Moses was getting back to normal faster than I thought. 3 weeks later he was back at the vets to be x-rayed and injected again and we were all pleasantly surprised to find that the haematoma had shrunk by almost 30%! The next visit to the vets for a further x-ray is the 6th December and we are hoping that he will either need one more injection or that he will be out of the woods and be ok again!
For a few months prior to diagnoses he has seemed extremely laid back, not really getting sparked up about anything like he used to and just generally down, which is not surprising with the haematoma almost filling the entire sinus cavity! Just under two weeks after his second visit to the vets he is more chirpy and cheeky than ever and he is looking so well and is so healthy is great to see! He is enjoying going out hacking and is taking an interest in absolutely everything again, it’s like my boy has had the clocks turned back a fair few years!
I’m certain WINERGY Equilibrium has helped no end to get Moses back to his normal happy daft self again despite everything he has gone through and we are now looking forward to competing again next year with great results!
Thanks WINERGY!