A healthy gastrointestinal tract and strong hooves are essential for the overall well-being of any equine athlete. Conditions that impact these vital structures can result in drastic consequences that cause discomfort and limit performance.
Barrel horses are notoriously sensitive. Perhaps this is a necessity to achieve those quick bursts of speed and impressively tight turns required to shave seconds off the clock in such a highly contested sport.
From the very moment a foal drops, healthy digestion becomes central to many aspects of that horse’s well-being—and it’s at that moment the newborn’s GI tract begins to face ongoing challenges.
Without SUCCEED, I’m not sure our 5-year-old, homebred National Hunt racehorse Cloudy would still be here. That, or we would be drowning under vets bills whilst we tried to work out how we could help him.
Canadian native Veronica Deans is an NRHA Non Pro reiner and ranch owner in northern Texas. She’s been riding since age four, reining since the mid-90s, and claiming NRHA wins since 2010.
