Provide enough building materials from a young age.

For a strong physique, horses need building materials in the form of minerals ( silicon, calcium, magnesium etc). This starts in the womb. During pregnancy, the mare must receive enough building materials so that the unborn foal can absorb and use them. If pregnant mares have insufficient building materials, the foal will already start with a disadvantage. As a result, the entire physique will be weaker and more prone to injuries.

It is therefore extremely important to ensure that your horse always receives enough building materials. Pregnant mares will benefit from additional minerals (such as concentrated Bering Sea water) and extra silicon (in hydrolyzed form). She passes on these building materials to her foal, allowing it to make a strong start. It is also important to provide your horse with building materials during the rearing period. A average horse grows until the age of 7. During that time, extra building materials are needed. Therefore, feed enough vitamins and minerals so that the horse can utilize them optimally. Balancers are very suitable for this, as you only give a small amount of food, but it is high in concentration.

Don't forget about unburdened, natural movement!

Building materials are extremely important, perhaps the most important to obtain strong bones and a strong body. Muscle building, coordination, strong tendons, strong ligaments, and healthy hooves require more than just building materials. Movement, movement, and more movement. Horses that stand still in a stable all day or come out for a maximum of 3 hours do not have the opportunity to maintain their bodies. Horses are made to cover many kilometers throughout the day, searching for food. Therefore, they are not made to stand still in a stable for 21 hours or even longer.

By walking, sprinting, playing, or grazing, the horse gains strength and strengthens its physical condition. Perhaps even more importantly; this also provides a mentally stronger condition! Movement is extremely important for muscle building and development. Moving on different (uneven) surfaces helps strengthen tendons and ligaments and improve coordination. This is also extremely important to optimize blood flow in the hooves!

Horses really benefit from unburdened, natural movement for extended periods throughout the day, as it improves their entire physique.

Still an injury?

It can always happen that a horse sustains an injury. This can happen in the stable, during training, during turnout, or during transportation. It happens and cannot always be prevented. However, you can help your horse recover as quickly as possible if an injury does occur. Of course, it depends on the nature of the injury, but in general, all horses need building materials for recovery and something that has an anti-inflammatory effect.

Silicon is a very good building material to give when a horse has an injury, especially for injuries to tendons, hooves, or bones/joints. Silicon is an important mineral for all connective tissue and for the production of endogenous glucosamine. Another very interesting herb is black cumin. The substance thymoquinone in black cumin has very large healing effects. If you use black cumin, combined with cannabinoids from cloves, you have a product that you can use for many injuries. This combination is in fact:

• Pain relieving

• Anti-inflammatory

• Maintains balance in body and mind

• Antiviral

• Antibacterial

• Antifungal

• Antiparasitic

Do you want to reduce the risk of injuries?

You cannot prevent an injury, but you can reduce the risk of injuries. By ensuring that the physique has as many opportunities as possible to become strong, you reduce the chances of injuries. The physique can then withstand a blow and will recover faster if something does happen. Reduce the risk of injuries by:

• Putting your horse outside with at least 1 companion for at least 8 hours.

• Providing multiple feeding places, so the horse is forced to move.

• Taking regular walks on paved ground.

• Limiting stall time. The longer in the stable, the weaker the physique will become.

• Providing enough building materials (minerals, vitamins, proteins). For example, a balancer or vitamin pellet.

• Supporting with extra silicon, this mineral strengthens the skeleton.

• Support starts with the pregnant mare and during the rearing period. Start on time.