Performance Equine Nutrition

Performance Equine Nutrition
Is your horse nervous, spooky, unsettled and irritable— even with great training, warm ups and good food?Performance Equine Nutrition has the answers you are looking for!

Who Is Performance Equine Nutrition?

Performance Equine Nutritionis dedicated to bringing performance horses into a state of physical AND mental well being one horse at a time. Our products are made with USP grade compounds. We will NOT use cheap animal stock grade nutrients. We use superior quality ingredients insuring uncompromising quality and purity. This is what sets us apart from other supplement companies and is what makes our product line highly effective. We have the finest quality therapeutic formulations available in the equine market and this is why horses respond quickly and are able to maintain high levels of fitness and performance. We can offer this superior quality at an affordable price because we sell directly to you, the customer. No middle man… we sell Direct so every horse can afford to be their best!

Is Magnesium Really That Important To My Horse?
Very few people are aware of the enormous role magnesium plays in a horse’s body. After oxygen, water, and basic food, magnesium may be the most important element needed to maintain health. It is vitally important, yet hardly known. Magnesium is by far the most important mineral, regulating over 325 enzymes in the body. Magnesium supplementation has been shown to improve performance and allow human athletes to reach exhaustion later in their exercise routine. It increases oxygen delivery to muscle tissue; it promotes muscle strength, endurance and relaxation. Magnesium also activates enzymes necessary for the metabolism of carbohydrates and amino acids which lead to protein synthesis.

How Do I Know If My Horse Is Low In Magnesium?

Horses with magnesium deficiency may have all or only a few of these signs so it is important be aware of them. They may be borderline and only exhibit signs during competition or stress. For instance, horses with magnesium deficiency often have very sore tight backs in spite of excellent saddles and pad, proper fit, conditioning and training. They don’t respond well to chiropractic adjustments and massages or these treatments don’t last more than a couple days and the tension and soreness return. They often resent or even act afraid of being touched leading the owner to ask themselves, ‘Is someone abusing this horse when I am not around?’ Their response to outside stimuli is over reactive and they tend to become fractious, worried, fearful or resistant to training.

* Unable to relax physically or mentally
* Muscle tremors, twitches, flinching skin, or all over body trembling especially after exertion (not heat related)
* Body tension
* Does not tolerate long periods of work– often becoming more excited instead of working down
* Has difficulty with collection or picking his back up under saddle, moves hollow
* Random spooking, running through the bridle, inconsistent from one ride to the next
* Angry about being brushed, blanketed or touched or palpated on either side of spine
* History of tying up
* Fatigue
* Painful heats in mares
* Bucking or rearing 20-30 minutes into a ride for no apparent reason
* Requires long periods of lunging before being able to focus on work
* Would be described as ‘thin skinned’ or over sensitive to sound or movement
* Massage and chiropractic adjustments do not have lasting affects
* Teeth grinding
* Irregular heartbeat or pounding heart- endurance horses often experience this at vet checks

What Kinds of Activities Can Cause My Horse To Loose Magnesium?

Magnesium is assimilated quickly in times of stress, such as traveling or heavy training. Horses lose magnesium through sweat and urine. Many performance horses can become deficient as the season progresses as they are using the available magnesium more rapidly due to stress, travel and competition.

Note: Horses with low magnesium status will often crave salt, which exacerbates the shortfall. Calcium-rich diets can create an imbalance.

Can It Help My Cushings Horse? Many horses with cushings are becoming more comfortable and living longer with Performance Equine Nutrition. Just see the video below!

What Magnesium 3 Products Does Equine Performance Nutrition Offer?

Performance Equine Nutrition is dedicated to bringing performance horses into a state of physical AND mental well being one horse at a time. We are dedicated to your horse’s well being and success. This is our mission. We offer a full line of products specifically designed to keep your horse in balance both physically and mentally.

MagRestore®: MagRestore® is formulated for superior bio-availability and palatability. Magnesium is needed for over 300 biochemical reactions in the body and is vital to nerve and muscle function. MagRestore® is a patented form of magnesium, consists of one molecule of malic acid attached to two molecules of magnesium, and represents an excellent source of magnesium and malic acid, with superior bio-availability. In addition, as malate does not react with gastric acids, it does not upset the digestive system as is sometimes the case with other forms of magnesium. Now available in pellets and made in the USA! 45 Servings! Only $19.99

Focus/ MagRestore Combo: The perfect combination to help restore healthy magnesium levels and encourage a quiet, more focused mind. When a horse has been coping with low magnesium for some time, it can develop a negative association to work, people, the trailer, baths, saddling, brushing etc. They will often start to refuse to work and become difficult to train. That is mental and Focus helps in this area. They often work up instead of down. They are now in a cycle that is hard to break unless we help. Low magnesium creates mental anxiety, anxiety and fear release adrenaline which rapidly depletes available magnesium. This becomes a vicious cycle. Focus quiets a busy, fearful, anxious mind reducing the bodies need to release adrenaline. It also addresses the bad mental habits that have now become part of the horses daily behavior while magnesium addresses they physical symptoms that started this whole cycle in motion. Soon, the horse begins to feel better physically and mentally and coping with everyday things becomes easier.
Now available in pellets and made in the USA!7 Servings of Focus and 45 servings of MagRESTORE--Only $38.99!

FocusEquine : The perfect choice for calming nervous horses! Promotes a willingness to please and a winning co-operative mood. Use prior to competitions, work outs or re-hab. Useful in any stressful situation. Decreases excitability while maintaining energy for work.
7 Servings: Made in the USA! Only $25.99

Is It True That Equine Performance Nutrition Offers Free Consultations?

YES! PEN (Performance Equine Nutrition) offers one on one consultations as a complimentary service to our customers to help choose the best products for the individual needs of their horse. We know the performance horse industry and the high demands placed on today’s competitive horse. We understand that each horse is different with it’s own individual needs and we can help you meet them. Be Sure to take our Questionnaire so that you can see if Your horse can benefit from our amazing products!

What Do Horse Owner SAY About Performance Equine Nutrition Products?

Thank YOU!!! I know for certain that your products helped save ‘Hitch’ and allowed us to become a true team. You helped us when I had no idea where to go or what do to help him. You were able to determine what he needed help his tremors, flinching when I brushed him, and his general ‘grumpiness’. Hitch has been a different horse since starting your products! We’ve now qualified 2 years in a row to the Nrcha World Championship Show. Thank YOU Carla and Performance Equine.
Diane

Sorry I took a while to write this! I had talked to Carla about my barrel horse having “Thumps” which is equine hiccups! I thought I was doing everything right! Thumps is usually a calcium,potassium and magnesium deficiency! I never thought he needed magnesium! But, that was exactly what he was lacking! He is absolutely a totally different horse! He no longer has thumps! He is feeling really good! We are running fastest times we have ever run in different arenas! Pulling checks and I am just so happy he’s feeling better! Carla is not only knowledgeable and sweet but she truly cares about your horses well being! She’s not trying to sell you a product she really cares! Everyone keeps asking what I’ve done different and I tell them to contact Carla! Thank you Carla for everything! You and your products are amazing! This is only the beginning! Sal Caruso and PM Handfull of Cash aka “Gambler”
Sal Caruso

MagRestore rocks! Why? Because it was part of the protocol that got my Epsm horse back into full work. Long story short – my Irish Sport Horse and I have been eventing partners for over 10 years. In 2014, his body conditioned declined and staying in the canter was impossible for him. He struggled to depart then it was 4 beats. I could only work him for 20 minutes realizing he was so uncomfortable… but he wasn’t lame in the traditional sense (e.g. tendon/ligament/bone). I was considering retiring him…I did my research and found that MagRestore was the most bio-available and the addition of Malic acid is an added bonus for it’s ability to help remove toxins. Lastly, my horse is a picky eater and prefers pellets over powder. A win-win-win all around for him!

Within one month the change in him was astounding. Sounds too good to be true and I would have been suspicious it if I hadn’t seen it myself. My horse could canter again, with impulsion, a clear 3-beat gait. And he was willing to do more; he was happy again. I’ve been feeding him the MagRestore for a year now – AM and PM. He is fit, happy, able to work for 60 minutes easily. I truly believe that the majority of performance horses need additional Magnesium to support muscle function. I now think of “body soreness” very differently and look suggest to other horse owners to consider adding Magnesium (MagRestore) to their horses diet.
Thank you PEN for being a part of bring my horse back to health!
Sincerely – Lora (and Davey the ISH)

Order From Performance Equine Nutrition Today!

Performance Equine Nutritionis dedicated to bringing performance horses into a state of physical AND mental well being one horse at a time. We are available for a free consultation. Join the happy horses and trainers that use our products to restore their horses to health, happiness and top performance. Call us today— and let us help you with your horses!

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Who founded Performance Equine Nutrition?

Performance Equine Nutrition (PEN) is a woman-owned, family-operated company based at 985 Eastman Lane in Petaluma, California, founded by lifelong horsewoman Carla Odetto. Carla has ridden and shown reining horses for more than 35 years and still competes in the NRHA non-pro divisions up and down the West Coast, so the line was built by a competitor solving a problem she lived with in her own barn. The company motto, "Where nutrition meets training®," reflects PEN's core belief: a horse that is nervous, spooky, unsettled, or irritable usually has a nutritional gap that no amount of good training, warm-up, or quality feed can fully overcome. Consultations are available directly with the company at (707) 766-8624.

Why MagRestore uses di-magnesium malate instead of magnesium oxide

MagRestore® is PEN's flagship magnesium supplement, built around di-magnesium malate — a patented form in which two molecules of magnesium are bound to one molecule of malic acid for superior bio-availability. PEN's position is blunt: "magnesium oxide is great for cows, but not for horses," and horse owners should avoid magnesium sulfate because of its laxative effect. Because malate does not react with gastric acids, MagRestore is absorbed without upsetting the digestive system and carries the least potential laxative effect of common magnesium sources. The malate form also acts as a chelator that helps the body eliminate aluminum, and PEN frames magnesium as one of the most important elements for equine health after oxygen, water, and basic food — a mineral that regulates over 325 enzymes, supports oxygen delivery to muscle tissue, and promotes muscle relaxation.

How to feed MagRestore for calm, trainable performance
MagRestore is sold in both pellet and powder form, each scoop (0.52 oz) delivering 2 grams of elemental magnesium for a 1,000-lb horse. The recommended loading dose is 2 scoops AM and PM for 10 days; light-work maintenance is 1 scoop AM and 1 scoop PM; hard-working performance horses may increase to 3 scoops AM and PM. The pelleted formula carries magnesium as di-magnesium malate (13%) in a base of rice bran, lecithin, ground flax, wheat bran, brewers yeast, and dried molasses flavoring, with no artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives. PEN advises against feeding it simultaneously with omeprazole, slippery elm, or gut products that inhibit magnesium absorption, and notes that loose manure is a sign to reduce the dose.

What Focus Equine adds for the competition horse

Focus Equine — "The competitors choice for calming" — is PEN's event-day calmative, formulated with USP-grade amino acids and botanicals to reduce nervous energy and support mental stability without dulling the horse or making it sluggish. Its proprietary Neuro-Support System blend combines di-magnesium malate, magnesium oxide, L-tryptophan-class amino acids, B-vitamins (thiamine, inositol), taurine, glycine, betaine, L-tyrosine, L-leucine, L-valine, L-alanine, calcium, and a natural peppermint sweetener to modulate stress-response neurotransmitters. The feeding protocol is one scoop in the daily feed starting seven days before a major event and continuing through competition. A 7-serving pack is $30.00, scaling to 30 servings at $105.00, 60 at $195.00, and 90 at $285.00, with a Subscribe & Save discount on every size.

Flex EZ Equine for sound, comfortable joints
For horses feeling the wear of training and competition, Flex EZ Equine is a veterinarian-formulated joint supplement that delivers 11,000 mg of glucosamine per serving (6,000 mg Glucosamine Sulfate plus 5,000 mg Glucosamine HCL) alongside 4,000 mg Chondroitin Sulfate, 5,000 mg MSM, 100 mg Hyaluronic Acid, 5,000 mg Vitamin C, 1,400 mg Collagen, 2,000 mg L-Lysine, 250 mg Grapeseed Extract, and Aloe Vera. Each one-ounce scoop is fed at 1 scoop daily for light use, 1–2 for moderate use, and 2–3 split AM/PM for heavy use. Pricing runs $70.00 for 30 servings, $133.00 for 60, and $190.00 for 90, each with a 5% Subscribe & Save option. PEN emphasizes USP-grade compounds rather than animal stock-grade ingredients across its line.

How to buy and the satisfaction guarantee

Performance Equine Nutrition sells direct-to-consumer at performanceequinenutrition.com and backs its products with a 100% satisfaction guarantee, all made in the USA. Shoppers can take a free Equine Magnesium Deficiency Questionnaire or schedule a one-on-one consultation call to dial in the right product and dosage for their horse. The catalog also includes a money-saving Focus / MagRestore Combo (Save 5%, from $52.25), MagBath ($33.00) for times of heavy work or stress, topical magnesium oils, MSM with Aloe Vera, and branded gear. The barn and order line is (707) 766-8624; the company ships nationwide from Petaluma, California.