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To ride or not to ride, that is the question. Temperature alone is not a good guide when it comes...

Summer Games® Plus: What’s Inside the Tube?

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Why can’t I just feed salt as my source of electrolytes?

Electrolytes are a group of minerals that perform critical functions in the horse’s body. They are sodium (Na), potassium (K),...

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Ensure Your Horse is Getting Enough Water in the Winter

Horses need to drink a minimum of 10 to 12 gallons of water a day to stay healthy, no matter...

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Electrolyte Use in Fall and Winter

“I have only a few weeks’ worth of electrolyte supplement left in my bucket. With fall and winter approaching, do...

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The Scoop on Electrolytes and Hydration

What are electrolytes? Imagine you are riding your horse on a hot summer day. If you do more than walk,...

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The Importance of Hydration

Interesting fact: Water makes up about 65% of a mature horse’s body weight. For a 15.2-hand, 1,000-pound horse, that amounts...

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My horse won’t drink. What should I do?

This is post 9 of 28 in the series “Pro Tips” By Joe and Penny Most, equine clinicians and owners...

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Summer Games® Electrolyte: What’s Inside the Bucket?

Electrolytes play a significant role in supporting hydration (thirst response), muscle function, and the cellular water balance within your horse’s body.

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How to Check If Your Horse Is Dehydrated

Sweating is the process horses use to cool themselves when their body temperature rises. When a horse sweats they...

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Electrolytes for Top Performance

If you’ve spent any time around a stable during the summer months, then you are probably acquainted with the smell...

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3 Easy Tips to Ensure Your Horse Is Getting Enough Water This Winter

Dehydration can be as much of a problem in winter as it is in the summer. Horses need to drink...

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Horse Electrolytes: Sweetened or Unsweetened?

Electrolytes are necessary for horses that sweat. Without proper electrolyte supplementation, horses are at best unable to perform optimally, and...

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Travel Tips for Horses – Part 2: Nutritional Support While Traveling

Travel Tips for Horses- Part 2: Nutritional Support While Traveling

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Developing the Sport Horse: Part 2 the Importance of Hydration

Article re-posted with kind permission by Equine Guelph: http://equineguelph.ca/index.php Story by: Dr. Brianne Henderson As we move through the height...

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Keeping Horses Cool in Summer

Hey everyone. Hope you’re staying cool in this hot weather, which for me means I’m either riding at 5:30 a.m....

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Is Your Horse at Risk for Dehydration?

When it’s hot out, exercise and other stressors can lead to dangerous dehydration. Horses generate a tremendous amount of heat...

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Electrolytes – Who Needs Them?

Electrolytes perform critical functions within your horse’s body. They help regulate nerve and muscle functions by carrying electrical impulses between...

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Dehydration in Horses

Horses generate a tremendous amount of heat in their bodies when they exercise or when they are stressed.

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Beat the Heat with Summer Games® Electrolyte

Summer Games is a unique blend of both electrolytes and trace minerals specifically formulated to replenish critical electrolytes in the...

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Dangerous Dehydration

When it is hot out, exercise and other stressors can lead to dangerous dehydration. Horses generate a tremendous amount of...

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Electrolytes—Who Needs Them? Your Horse, That’s Who.

Electrolytes perform critical functions within your horse’s body. They help regulate nerve and muscle functions by carrying electrical impulses between...

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