Healthy Horse
Nutrition
The
Right Choice for
Your Horse
Hoffman’s Horse Ration contains protein, cool energy, specific fatty
acid profile, complete mineral / vitamin package with B Complex
Vitamins. This ration DOES NOT contain any grain; the major
ingredients are soybean hulls (high in digestible fibre),
rice bran and steel cut flax (high in cool energy). This is what
makes the Hoffman’s Horse Ration a healthy choice for your horse.
High Fibre
The Horse has
evolved as a continual grazing animal that requires digestible fibre
to maintain a healthy diet. Today’s horses are not consistently
exercised. High starch diets can cause imbalance in the horse’s
digestive tract. Hoffman’s Horse Ration contains high fibre
to ensure the horse maintains a healthy metabolism.
Cool Energy
Hoffman’s Horse
Ration was designed to keep our horses calm. A hot headed horse can
be caused by high starch diets and these horses are no fun to work
with. This is why we requested this ration contain “cool energy
sources, derived primarily from digestible fibre
and vegetable source fat. Fat has triple the amount of energy for a
horse than starch, or grain such as oats. Many research studies
show horses metabolizing fat energy have higher performance over
grain fed horses.
No Grains / No
Molasses
Hoffman’s Horse
Ration contains no grains. Equine research results show
feeding excess grain can lead to a higher risk of stomach ulcers,
founder (laminitis), colic and tying up.
Hoffman’s Horse
Ration contains low levels of NSCs (non-structural
carbohydrates). There are no added sugars or starches. Horses at
risk for insulin resistance and laminitis are safe to eat Hoffman’s
Horse Ration.
Balanced Ration
with Minerals Included
This ration was
designed to compliment Alberta hay and meet the nutritional needs of
your horse. Hoffman’s Horse Ration contains a mineral formulation
similar to Hoffman’s Mineral built right into it. You can be
confident that this feed, when fed at 3-4 lbs./day, will provide the
minerals and vitamins your horse needs without the fuss of
topdressing any other mineral or supplement
Senior Horses
Hoffman’s Horse
Ration is a pelleted feed which makes us
confident that every bite is going to be the same as the last. It
is also ideal for horses which are “hard keepers.” The pellets
allow even older horses to easily chew and digest the feed, helping
your horse absorb available nutrients.
Hoof Growth
“No hoof, No
horse” is a common saying amongst horse people. Hoffman’s Horse
Ration contains the building blocks for the best possible hooves;
organic zinc, copper, biotin and lysine are all balanced within the
feed.
Amino Acid
Balanced
Amino acids are
balanced to build muscles, enzymes and hormones. Hoffman’s Horse
Ration is balanced for the essential amino acids like lysine,
methionine and threonine which are often limited in a horse’s diet.
Proper levels of lysine are critical to prevent body soreness in
hard working performance horses.
Diamond V Yeast
Culture
Diamond V Yeast is
a unique “processed” culture added to Hoffman’s Horse Ration. It is
all natural, yeast fermentation metabolites which “feed the bugs”.
This means it provides nutrients for the bacteria found in the
digestive tract of the horse. The health and nutrition of the
bacteria improve the digestibility of the forages (hay and grass).
Research on Diamond V Yeast has shown performance is enhanced when
using Diamond V Yeast culture.
