THE INGREDIENTS FOR
FIRST-PLACE PERFORMANCE
How to win with equine nutrition
So, the drive to win is there. What is the next
ingredient for first place? At the foundation is
proper nutrition.
Perform, recover, repeat
with nutrition
Horses are athletes, just like humans.
Whether in practice or in competition,
performing at the level of an athlete requires
proper fuel. What goes into the body has a
significant impact on what the body can do.
At Nutrena, we design feed that’s
specifically geared to meet the high
demands of performance horses. We keep
two main goals in mind: supply the nutrients
needed to be the best, and support the
essential recovery that follows hard work.
The science shows that recovery can be
well-supported by nutrition. Done right and
you can avoid muscle fatigue, more quickly
rebound to 100% and get back to training
with your horse.
In Nutrena’s ProForce® line of equine feed,
we deploy a new Rebound Technology™
that’s tailormade to
reinvigorate performance
horses. Comprised of
a proprietary blend of
chromium and branch
chain amino acids (BCAAs)
to help support healthy
exercise recovery, Rebound
Technology helps restore
energy to muscles after
competition or a workout.
The BCAAs in ProForce’s
Rebound Technology work
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EQUINE Health
Winning takes hard work. It’s hours
of practice, meticulous planning and
unwavering commitment that make it
possible to go the distance. We revel all
the time in elite athletic performance in
human sport, praising the work and talent
that go into achieving greatness. And it’s
these same feats – of skill and will – that we
revel in a true champion horse.
Owners of performance horses know well
the challenges that lie along the path to
greatness. But if getting into the winner’s
circle was easy, it’d lose its luster.
to reduce muscle
fatigue from exercise
by helping to reduce
delayed onset muscle
soreness. Additionally,
thanks to amped up
available protein –
especially Leucine – horses supplemented with BCAAs may see
an improvement in protein synthesis as well as a reduction in
protein breakdown.
Chromium takes a different path to helping improve horse
performance. Involved in carbohydrate metabolism and other
insulin-dependent processes, chromium helps improve the body’s
ability to move nutrients into muscle cells. This helps keep muscle
cells functioning efficiently during exercise and allows for ample
rebuild afterward. Additional research has shown that chromium
supplementation can help with overall protein synthesis, thanks
to glucose being more readily available due to improved
insulin sensitivity.
Together, these technologies provide the fuel horses need to
keep going. After all, it’s more than just the actual competition that
can be exhausting and performance limiting.
The winning feed formula
To get the leg up in competition, combining the benefits of
supplements like BCAAs and chromium can help make it possible.
ProForce feeds make it easy for horse owners to deploy these
technologies by making them standard in every bag.
Additionally, ProForce includes Topline Balance® technology –
Nutrena’s unique approach to topline health
– Nutri-Bloom Advantage® technology to
improve total fiber digestion, and marinesourced
calcite to support gastric health.
By building a strong nutritional foundation,
horse owners can set up their horses for
high-power, sustainable performance. In
the end, it’s the nutrition that just might
make the difference between a champion
and second place.
Learn more about how to fuel your next win
at NutrenaWorld.com/ProForce.
By Russell Mueller,
U.S. retail equine marketing manager, Cargill
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/ProForce