BioStar Performance Whole Food

Wellness Wednesday is brought to you this week by BioStar EQ. Despite their diminutive size, Kiwi fruits are nutritional powerhouses; providing more vitamin C than an orange, as much potassium as a banana, plus vitamin E, Beta Carotene...

Although we know it’s better to hydrate with water rather than with soft drinks, a walk around any showgrounds will reveal that many riders drink sodas. For some it’s to get some additional caffeine, for others it’s the taste, and for some it’s...

A couple of years ago a European dressage judge who was judging for the first time in the US, looked out to the warm up arenas and commented to the scribe: “there are a lot of fat dressage horses in America.” The number of fat horses in the US...

German native Gundi Younger, a USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medalist describes the journey to a whole food diet for her horses. Raised in Hamburg, Germany, Gundi  got her first pony, a Shetland, when she was four years old. Gundi: We didn...

The meteoric rise of Lauren Sammis and the dutch gelding Sagacious (owned by Al Guden and Hyperion Farm) from training level to Grand Prix took an abrupt detour when Sagacious began resisting and struggling in his work. Lauren: I got into a rut...

There are many oils that are commonly fed to horses. These include corn oil, soy oil, canola oil, flax seed oil, coconut oil, fish oil, and vegetable oil (a blend of corn and soy bean oils). Hemp  oil is a relative new-comer to the group...

Tyberius an 11-year-old, FEI Oldenburg gelding by Jeannie Macdonald’s stallion, Tantris, has battled summer skin allergies for most of his life. Owned and trained by Toi Trent of Aiken, South Carolina, Tyberius came into Toi’s life when he was...

Before landing at Double H Farm, Torey worked for some of the most famous and prestigious riders & trainers including: John and Beezy Madden, Lauren Hough, and Laura Kraut. Since his start at Double H in 2010, Torey has gotten to know the...