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Featured · Supplement GuidanceSenior Horse Supplements: How Nutritional Needs Change With Age
Senior horse feed alone won't cover every gap. Here's how nutritional needs actually shift with age — and what targeted supplements your older horse needs.
Nutrition BasicsHow Much Should You Feed a Horse? A Nutritionist's Practical Guide
Most barns guess at how much a horse eats. Here's the actual math — forage baseline, workload adjustment, and when grain is genuinely needed versus optional.
Nutrition BasicsThe Complete Guide to Feeding a Senior Horse: Forage, Dental Care, and Building a Program
Feeding a senior horse well starts with forage and teeth, not a supplement shelf. Here's how to build a real feeding program as your horse ages.
Nutrition BasicsFeeding the Growing Horse: Nutrition for Foals, Weanlings, and Yearlings
Growth mistakes made at six months show up as joint problems at six years. Here's how to feed a young horse for sound, steady development — not fast development.
Nutrition BasicsFeeding the Easy Keeper and Metabolic Horse: Managing Weight Without Restricting Nutrition
An easy keeper holding too much weight isn't a horse that needs to eat less — it's a horse that needs to eat differently. Here's how to manage condition without shortchanging nutrition.
Supplement GuidanceHorse Hoof Supplements: Biotin, Zinc, and What the Research Actually Says
A nutritionist breaks down hoof supplements for horses — what the research supports, what's marketing noise, and realistic timelines for results.
Gut HealthThe Forage-First Foundation: How Your Horse's Digestive System Actually Works
Understanding the horse digestive system is the single most important step in feeding well. Here's how forage drives everything.
Supplement GuidanceHorse Magnesium Supplement: The Most Underrated Mineral in Your Horse's Diet
A horse magnesium supplement can transform muscle function, stress response, and focus — but only if your horse is actually deficient. Here's how to know.
Supplement GuidanceHorse Electrolyte Supplements: When Your Horse Needs Them and When They Don't
Electrolytes for horses aren't always necessary. Learn when your horse actually needs supplementation, what's in their sweat, and how to measure whether it's working.
Supplement GuidanceHorse Calming Supplements: Do They Actually Work?
Horse calming supplements promise a quieter ride, but most owners have no way to measure results. Here's what the evidence actually says.
Supplement GuidanceHorse Vitamin E Supplements: Why Most Horses Are Deficient and What to Do About It
Most stalled and dry-lot horses are vitamin E deficient and their owners don't know it. Here's how to test, what to supplement, and which forms actually absorb.
Supplement GuidanceHow to Choose Horse Supplements: A Guide From an Independent Nutritionist
How to evaluate horse supplements without the marketing — the PURE Method framework, the categories that matter, and how to tell whether any of it is working.
Supplement GuidanceHorse Joint Supplements: What Works, What Doesn't, and How to Know the Difference
Horse joint supplements are everywhere, and most are underdosed. A nutritionist's guide to what works, what doesn't, and how to measure the difference.
Nutrition BasicsEquine Nutritionist: What We Do, Why It Matters, and How to Find One
What an equine nutritionist actually does, why credentials and independence matter, and how to find one who measures whether their advice is working.
Supplement GuidanceIs Your Horse's Supplement Actually Working? A 30-Day Objective Test
A practical 30-day protocol for evaluating any supplement, using the same biometric markers Pure Horse uses with consulting clients.
Wearables & DataThe Wearable-Informed Feeding Plan: How HR, HRV, and Stride Data Should Reshape Your Feed Room
Five specific ways biometric data from a chest strap can change real feeding decisions in a real barn — without any guesswork required.
Wearables & DataHeart Rate Recovery Is the Most Honest Trainer You'll Ever Hire — And Your Feeding Program Is Half the Answer
Heart rate recovery is the closest thing the equine world has to an honest scoreboard. Here's why it deserves more attention from the feeding side of the program.
Western DisciplinesReining and Cow Horse Nutrition: An AQHA World Show Approach
What I learned about feeding the AQHA performance horse from competing at the world level — and what I'd change today, with biometric data in the mix.
Nutrition BasicsEquine Nutritionist in Missoula and Western Montana
Working with horses in western Montana — what's locally available, what gets missed, and how to build a feeding program that fits this landscape.