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Futurity Precise 

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                  Many of the ingredients in cheap feed are not very digestible to horses. The end result is that you have to feed a lot of the stuff to get any results. That costs money. On the other hand, if you feed top quality feed, the manufacturer has a reputation to uphold and the price reflects that. They pay for good ingredients that your horse can digest easily. Bag to bag the feed is of consistently high quality. If the bag says fresh oats, then you know there are fresh oats in there, not left over oat husks from making oat flour for the bakery down the road. The end result is that you feed far less top quality feed than cheap feed by volume, and you get better results and a healthier horse, quite often for the same or even less money.

Another aspect of feed is the vitamin/mineral pack that is added to the grains. Take calcium for example. One feed may use ground limestone to meet the calcium requirement, while another may use bone meal, or better quality calcium. Horses cannot digest rocks and don’t do real well with bones either. If the calcium and other minerals are chelated, they are very absorbable but cost more. The vitamins and minerals may be in the the feed, but if your horse cannot process them, they go to waste. No volume of poor quality feed can fix that. So before you go out and spend money on a hoof supplement, make sure your horse is getting good groceries.

How is this mineral different from regular salt blocks or trace mineral salt blocks?

 Salt and trace mineral blocks (95-98% salt) are not complete dietary supplements. These blocks do not provide necessary macro-minerals such as calcium and phosphorus to the horse. While a trace mineral block does provide trace minerals, consumption is usually low due to the high salt content and horses rarely receive adequate levels of these trace minerals. In addition, these blocks do not provide any vitamins needed by horses. In contrast, FUTURITY PRECISE® supplements deliver balanced levels of both minerals and vitamins in addition to salt. FUTURITY PRECISE® auto-regulated consumption technology ensures that horses will consume proper amounts of nutrients to meet their needs.

Not Just Mineral ........

Along with diet, good farriery is the building block for good feet. Poor farriery can cause bad feet. Horse's feet are designed by nature to deal with stress and load in certain ways. If your horse's sneakers are preventing his feet from doing what Ma Nature designed them to do, they may fall apart. Long toes and low heels will contribute to this problem. So will lack of heel support. If the shoe does not reflect the shape of the hoof, but instead, the hoof reflects the shape of the shoe, this can also cause hoof problems. Flares that get out of control can redirect stresses to the wrong places, causing cracks and splitting. Too small or too narrow a shoe can lead to bruising and other problems.

See the difference- before and after of AQHA MIsty Eyed Reynolds. Now what do you think?