Horse Care

By: Jessica Drexler, PAS As we head through fall, it’s time to plan for the changing nutritional needs of your

By: Jessica Drexler, PAS When you own horses, your feed program can be a big time and money commitment. Don’t

High Fiber Options to Combat Drought & Meet Your Horse’s Forage Needs     By: Jessica Drexler, PAS This summer’s

Tips For Safe & Stress Free Travels With Your Horse By: Jessica Drexler, PAS The warmer months bring horse shows,

By: Jessica Drexler, PAS While we may enjoy the hot, hazy days of summer, we need to consider the additional

    Triple Crown Nutrition consultants often receive emails and calls from customers that sound like this “My horse is

  Using bran mash as a weekly ‘cleanser’ is a common practice among horse owners and stables. It is believed

                  The nutritional requirements and management of growing horses has probably been

            By: Eric Haydt, Triple Crown Feed I ask this question because I often say,

  By: Jessica Drexler, PAS We all know of a beloved old school horse or two at the barn; they

  By: Eric Haydt, Triple Crown Nutrition It is hard to imagine when looking at your chubby companions that they

  By Jessica Drexler, PAS It is shortly after meal time, you look over to find  your horse acting uneasy,

By: Jessica Drexler, PAS Caring for a hard keeper can be frustrating and finding the right feed plan can take

Now available at Tractor Supply Co nationwide — Safe Starch® Forage, Senior, Complete and Lite feeds. Printable PDF Contact: Rob

  Studies indicate that the prevalence of gastric ulcers in performance horses is 80% or more[1]. That means there’s a

            By: Dr. Bill Vandergrift- International Equine Consulting There’s no such thing as a horse

  By: Jessica Drexler- Triple Crown Feed Winter is coming and most horse owners in the northern states can agree,

  By Triple Crown Intern- Rachel Voelker Are you up to date on dealing with internal parasites and the proper

  Hot horses come in all shapes and sizes and they express their energy in several different ways. Sometimes these

  By: Jessica Drexler Don’t fall for those cute faces and long ears, donkeys and mules don’t “need” many treats

  By: Triple Crown Intern- Alex Porter Hay, or another source of fiber, is absolutely necessary to maintain a healthy

As part of our commitment to providing superior nutrition for horses, Triple Crown adds mannan oligosaccharide, or MOS, to our

By: Triple Crown Intern – Alex Porter Meet Your Rescue Horse Trainer’s Challenge Teams!    Team Serenity (Rennie) Paired with

How Probiotics Help The Gut You’ve probably heard lots of buzz about whether to feed your horse probiotics as part

When looking for the best horse feed, one important thing to look for is the inclusion of minerals that are

By: Triple Crown Intern – Alex Porter Meet The Horses In The Midwest Rescue Horse Trainer’s Challenge From The Hooved

By: Triple Crown Intern – Alex Porter Meet The Rescue Horses From The Animal Rescue League Of Iowa!    Charlie

By: Triple Crown Intern – Alex Porter Meet The Horses From The Midwest Horse Welfare Foundation!    Elsie Doll Elsie

By: Triple Crown Intern – Alex Porter Need to keep your horse conditioned during show season, but want to see

By: Cody Swan, Equine Division Manager, Kemin Animal Nutrition and Health Is your horse acting off lately? He may be

Triple Crown Nutrition is proud to sponsor the 2nd Annual Midwest Rescue Horse Trainer’s Challenge The Midwest Rescue Horse Trainer’s

                  Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis (HYPP) is an inherited genetic defect that affects

            How to tell if your horse has gastric discomfort and what you can do

                You’ve probably heard a lot about probiotics and the benefits they provide

              Obesity is an epidemic in the equine population. In a recent study by

              By: Triple Crown Insider- Tori Ramirez The Day We Met In the spring

              There’s a large number of misrepresented topics online and beet pulp is surely

Why Does My Alfa-Lox Forage Smell Like Peppermint?                        

  By: Eric Haydt- Triple Crown Feed Recently there has been more discussion about incorporating prebiotics and probiotics into horse

Foaling Time Is Exciting, But Also A Time To Rethink Your Mare’s Nutrition   By: Triple Crown Insider- Terra Mitzel

For Immediate Release Contact: Kelly Payne kpayne@triplecrownfeed.com (800) 451-9916 www.triplecrownfeed.com   Adam Steffens & Zicomo De Grand Win the Intermediare

By: Triple Crown Insider- Amanda Russell Effects of Stress Triple Crown Senior is great for horses that are hard keepers, and

By Triple Crown Insider: Erin Long                   Professor Sid With 100 Questions

By Triple Crown Intern Rachel Voelker Providing the correct nutrition for your mare and foal can be considered a preventative

Triple Crown Nutrition is proud to sponsor the 1st Annual Midwest Rescue Horse Trainer’s Challenge The Midwest Rescue Horse Trainer’s

                By Triple Crown Insider- Erin Long Trailering Your Horse Doesn’t Need To

  We at Triple Crown love the transformation stories shared from our followers! Check out what Ron Syrko has shared

For Immediate Release: Contact: Kelly Payne kpayne@triplecrownfeed.com 800-451-9916 www.triplecrownfeed.com Jennifer Hannan and Mindful Finish the Winter Equestrian Festival with Derby

By: Triple Crown Insider- Amanda Russell Have you ever wondered why your horse acts the way he does? Besides what

By: Sally Flis, Ph.D., CCA Feed And Crop Support Specialist Of Equi-Analytical/Dairy One Laboratories Chemical analysis of your horse hay

For Immediate Release: Contact: Kelly Payne Triple Crown Nutrition (800) 451-9916 kpayne@triplecrownfeed.com   Small But Mighty: Triple Crown Excellence Award

By: Kaylee Van Winkle   Heading into the United States Pony Club Eventing Championships, my horse and I felt prepared,

    As Triple Crown® Nutrition scouted the arenas at The Colorado Horse Park for the most deserving candidate for

If you have never been around a foal, their growth in the first year is dramatic. Within the first year,

By: Triple Crown Insider- Chelsea McEvoy Remember the day you bought or received your first horse? I was fortunate that

By: Triple Crown Insider- Kaylee Van Winkle Aside from water, forage is the most important nutritional component of a horse’s

  (Danielle riding her OTTB- Royal Letters)  By: Triple Crown Insider- Danielle LaMarre So, you’re interested in buying an Off-the-Track

By: Triple Crown Insider- Kaylee Van Winkle Carbohydrates, We All Hear About Them And Have A Basic Idea Of What

  By: Triple Crown Insider- Sammi Majors In my last blog, I discussed the various predicates for Friesians. To follow

                By: Triple Crown Insider- Sammi Majors I have the great opportunity to

                  By: Triple Crown Insider- Amanda Russell Have you ever placed second

By: Triple Crown Insider- Laura Kurth                   Making Sense Of Your Horse’s

By: Triple Crown Insider- Hannah Young An abscess is a centralized, blocked off infection in the hoof, causing inflammation and

  Upward Fixation of the Patella: Treatment, Prevention, and Testimony – Part 2 By Kaylee Van Winkle, Triple Crown Insider

Upward Fixation of the Patella: Structure of the Stifle and Causes- Part I By: Kaylee Van Winkle, Triple Crown Insider

By: Triple Crown Insider- Emily Kelly As most thoroughbred owners know, our horses tend to be a bit on the

By: Triple Crown Insider- Danielle LaMarre Feed Your Mare Right A foal’s nutrition doesn’t start once it’s born—it starts before

By: Triple Crown Insider- Sammi Majors Thermoregulation is simply the ability of the body to maintain or return to its

By: Triple Crown Insider- Sammi Majors Who doesn’t love an adorable foal frolicking around the pasture? We all love to

    By Triple Crown Intern- Angie Smith With summer here and temperatures rising across the U.S., it is important to

  By: Dr. Bill Vandergrift Many horse feeds and supplements include probiotics, prebiotics, yeast cultures, digestive enzymes, organic minerals, and/or

Just like people, no two horses are alike‰ – breed, personality, performance… But no matter how different they are, the importance of warming up and cooling down remains the same.

By: Hannah Young- Triple Crown Insider Battle The Cold And Keep Your Horse Performace-Ready All Year-Round Now that the cold

  By: Madison Nichter, Triple Crown Insider As the days get cooler and shorter, many of us come to the

By: Emily Kelly, Triple Crown Insider Follow along with my goals for my winter riding, and hopefully get some inspiration

  Giving Thoroughbred Racehorse’s a Second Chance Phillip Dutton riding OTTB, Icabad Crane 2014 America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred winner By:

Triple Crown Senior Is Our #1 Seller And Is One Of The Most Recommended Senior Feeds On The Market Check

What Is The Difference Between Prebiotics And Probiotics? All this talk of prebiotic and probiotics leaves many people asking, “What

As American Pharoah prepares to make his first debut since winning the Triple Crown at the Haskell Invitational in NJ,

If you missed our previous blogs in the Post-Exercise care series, check them out here: Bathing Icing the Legs Applying

If you missed our previous blogs in the Post-Exercise care series, check them out here: Bathing Icing the Legs Applying

If you missed our previous blogs in the Post-Exercise care series, check them out here: Bathing Icing the Legs Check

If you missed our previous blogs in the Post-Exercise care series, check them out here: Bathing Applying Stable Wraps Check

As the summer heat starts to hit and the competition season begins, horses and riders alike are more susceptible to

  By: Eric Haydt Fiber  Feeding recommendations cannot be made properly without first asking about fiber, which should be the

                  By: Eric Haydt Over recent years, shredded beet pulp has become

  Story by: True Blue Animal Rescue Roman had a great life living in a field full of grass. As

By: Eric Haydt What You Should Know About Senior Feed  When senior feeds first appeared on the market, they were

  By: Eric Haydt, PAS What Is A Complete Feed? We had a very good question from a customer asking,

      By: Dr. Bill Vandergrift, EquiVistion, Inc. Managing horses in cold weather is not difficult, but there are

By: Paul Sirois, MS, PAS – Manager – Equi-analytical/Dairy One Laboratories You’ve heard that having your hay or pasture analyzed

By Dr. Bill Vandergrift, EquiVision, Inc. Download PDF Retired Thoroughbred race horses coming directly off the track usually benefit from

Download PDF The bigger the horse, the more you need to feed it-correct? Not always so Draft horse diets are

By: Molly Lass Download PDF With summer in full swing, it is the prime time to horseback ride. Here are

What is a performance horse? Certainly, we would all consider racehorses and 3-day event horses as horses that are performing

Have you been thinking about the lush spring grass and how you’re going to catch your horse when it’s time

By: Lauren Ross Having a behaved horse means being an aware horse owner. It might seem cute or funny when

Dr. Amy M. Gill As we head into fall, it’s time to plan for changes in the nutritional needs of

What causes botulism? Toxins produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum cause botulism. Horses can consume bacterial spores from soil and

Fresh, Cool Water Is Important For Avoiding Horse Health Problems Such As Colic And Heat Stress. By Dr. Amy M

Understanding the Fine Details Behind Horse Feed Nutrient Labeling Can Help Minimize Serious Equine Health Risks. With so many products

Keeping horses healthy and disease/disorder-free are hot topics on the Internet and in many popular press journals and magazines.  Suggestions

It Takes More Than Insect Repellent To Manage Fly Allergies & Mosquito Control Issues. Learn How To Prepare Yourself For

  Knowing Basic Equine & Human First Aid Is Also Critical In Equine Emergencies Horse owners can handle many equine

By Amy M Gill, PhD Download PDF The internet contains a plethora of information about every topic under the sun.

Download PDF Once the mare stands after foaling and before the foal nurses, the mare’s udder and perineum should be

Dr. Amy M Gill If you live in a geographic region that turns cold during the winter months, continuing to

Download PDF A Warm, Happy Horse. Feeding and Management of Horses during the Transition from Warm to Cooler Weather by:

As horse owners, many of us struggle with understanding and perfecting our horse’s diets. Horse feed choices depend not only

With all the advances in manufacturing technology, one would think horse feed would be perfect and consistent 100% of the

By: Dr. Amy M Gill Ration management and key ingredients can encourage healthier equine temperaments and “hindgut,” digestion. Forage Forage

By: Dr. Amy M Gill Unnatural Environments Lead To Physical And Mental Stress Domestic horses have not evolved from their

By: Dr. Amy M Gill Managing Horses On Summer Pastures With summer in full swing and temperatures rising, managing your

Finding The Manufacturing Date On Your Feed Bag One of the questions Triple Crown representatives are most often asked is,

Triple Crown Nutrition’s 1st of Two Articles Regarding Definitions of Horse Feed Ingredients While many of the ingredients we use

By: Dr. Amy M Gill Understanding Electrolytes For Horses and The Role That Electrolyte Supplements May Play In Maintaining The

By: Triple Crown Nutrition This Week, We Follow The Young Race Horses As They Settle Into The Routine at The

By: Triple Crown Nutrition In This Segment, We Follow The Young Race Horses In Their First Days At The Training

By Holly Ricotta Barrel Racing Champion, Holly Ricotta, Discusses Some of Her Secrets To Staying In The Winner’s Circle There’s

Understanding Your Broodmare’s Distinctive Nutritional Needs, Throughout Gestation, May Help Improve Foal Health. By: Dr. Bill Vandergrift, EquiVision, Inc. Download

By: Marcia Kulak Even If You’re Traveling South, You’ll Need More Than Flip Flops And Sun Tan Lotion To Help

The World’s Oldest Donkey Is Still Lovable, Kicking & Eager For Companionship Did you know that the oldest horse lived