When horses are competing at higher-level competitions, their energy needs increase — after all, they are athletes!
When horses are competing at higher-level competitions, their energy needs increase — after all, they are athletes! Increasing your horse’s energy intake sounds simple enough, but the truth is not all energy sources are the same; some are more effective than others.
Rice bran- based feeds are a great choice when looking to increase your horse’s energy consumption. Rice bran is comprised of 20% oil, which is a dense source of highly digestible energy. Using the energy in rice bran oil conserves glycogen reserves in muscles, helping to delay fatigue and improve stamina — an important factor when fast work is required, for example in showjumping, eventing or racing.
Rice bran also has a number of other benefits that contribute to keeping high performance horses in top shape. It’s a great source of B-group vitamins, which are vital for efficient metabolism (converting food into energy); monounsaturated fatty acid, which contribute to heart and blood vessel health; trace elements that are important for bone, cartilage and joint health; essential amino acids, including methionine for hoof integrity, and lysine for building muscle protein; and gamma oryzanol (a natural anabolic plant compound) for promoting muscle development and definition.
CopRice strategically uses rice and rice bran in its feeds to produce balanced, consistent and highly digestible rations for horses and ponies. There are two nutritionally complete products in the equine range designed specifically for performance horses undertaking high intensity work.
CopRice ‘M’ Maximum Performance
An energy dense complete feed, formulated for moderate to hard working equine athletes across competitive disciplines.
Its unique combination of carbohydrates, digestible fibre and oils, provides fast and slow release ‘low fizz’ energy, making it ideal for endurance and intensive work, allowing horses to compete at their highest levels.
- Energy dense feed
- For sustained energy, stamina and endurance
- Ideal for Dressage, Jumping, Endurance, Harness and Racing
This product is part of CopRice’s Steam Pelleted Range. These high quality feeds have been developed to nourish young foals, yearlings, breeding, leisure, sport, and senior horses. Blending Australian cereal grains and rice bran with age and lifestyle tailored additives, they deliver optimum nourishment for health and fitness to achieve conditioning and performance targets.
CopRice Performer
A nutrient-dense complete stabilsed and extruded feed, formulated to provide superior sustained energy for horses in moderate to heavy exercise including endurance, eventing, show jumping, dressage and racing.
It contains a high level of rice bran oil, which increases the energy density of the diet and helps delay fatigue and improve stamina. It is also rich in antioxidants including gamma oryzanol and tocopherols, which assist with post-exercise muscle recovery and muscle repair.
- Extruded for superior digestion
- Rich in stabilised rice bran and oil
- High in extra cool ‘no fizz’ energy
- Source of essential amino acids
This product is part of CopRice’s Stabilised & Extruded Range. High quality ingredients combined with extrusion technology delivers superior digestibility and improved availability of nutrients in every mouthful. Containing no other cereal grains but Australian rice and/or stabilised rice bran, these extruded feeds are gluten free and high fat, satisfying the nutrient requirements of your horse without any fizzy behaviour.
Make the switch to rice bran
You can find out more about CopRice’s equine range here
This article was written in conjunction with CopRice.
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