Steffen Peters
EQUINE Lifestyle
with LA Sokolowski, equinista Treasures His Trove
Steffen Peters, 54, of San Diego, CA, is no stranger
to pressure. The first rider – of any discipline – to
be named US Equestrian of the Year three times
(2008, 2009, 2011), he has contributed to two
(1996, 2016) US Olympic dressage team bronze
medals and (since 2010) earned 135 wins out of
233 competitive starts, placing him consistently on
the FEI Standings as one of the world’s top riders.
Steffen and Avignon.
Photo by Deborah Carter
“It’s not just about competition. It’s a serious love for
animals. When I train, 75% of what I’m doing is training
the horse mentally. The other 25% - getting a horse fit and
developing muscles – really isn’t that complicated,” admits
the German-born horseman. Like fellow German athlete,
Arnold Schwarzenegger (whom Steffen once told Sports
Illustrated was the person, past or present, he’d most like
to have dinner with) he saw the role fitness contributed to
finding success.
Mental tone has been important as muscle tone. So meet
Steffen’s fifth natural riding aid: Trove CBD products and
its remarkable origin story of uniting horses and humans on
similar journeys of compassion and relief.
Trove CBD was founded by a determined horse owner,
Deborah Carter, who had exhausted all veterinary diagnostic
and traditional treatment options in the search for a
solution to her beloved filly Star’s debilitating neuromuscular
tremors.
Deborah’s diligence kept leading to encouraging anecdotes
but few hard facts, so with the support of Star’s veterinarians,
she instituted her own trial, using oral CBD as an
alternative and (she feared) final effort to save her horse.
The results were nearly immediate. Star made a dramatic
turn for the better and today, at age five and with the help
of an ever-reducing dose of CBD, shows virtually no signs
of her prior condition. Inspired by Star’s story, Trove LLC cofounders
Deborah and Samuel Carter have investigated
and documented the results of CBD trials in people, horses,
dogs and cats, and the results are overwhelmingly positive.
The benefits they’ve found include promoting calm,
addressing soreness, supporting the nervous, immune and
musculoskeletal systems, and bypassing gastrointestinal issues
commonly experienced using products like Banamine
or bute.
“Additional benefits continue to be revealed as awareness
grows and formal clinical trials are sanctioned,” says Deborah.
A portion of every Trove sale is earmarked to help fund
health studies to explore, determine and define the most
effective uses, dosages and administration options of CBD
while Trove continues to offer premium THC-free CBD products
for adult people, and adult horses, dogs and cats.
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Steffen with his medal in London,
Photo by Shannon Brinkman.
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