Equimins Ltd Blog | Natural Horse Supplements, Supplies & Products

Have you heard about our Tip Top Supplement Treats? We launched these last year as a way to help people supplement their horse’s diet with essential vitamins and minerals- perfect for those who don’t receive a bucket feed or who live out. Each delicious treat contains a broad spectrum of vitamins and minerals that they’ll […]

Seems like a silly question, doesn’t it? The answer will more than likely be ‘as much as the tub suggests’, but we find the amount of supplement really interesting, because you might be surprised at how much this varies across different manufacturers…and why this matters. If you decide you’re going to look for, say, a […]

We’re proud to say that we make the products we sell in Devon, in fact, some of our ingredients are grown close to home too, including the linseed used in our supplements…which we grow ourselves! We scour the world for the finest ingredients to ensure that everything in every tub, bottle, liquid, gel, cream and […]

This question often comes up in the course of discussions with customers when talking about overall nutrition. There is sometimes confusion about exactly what Probiotics are. Question Are probiotics and prebiotics important for health? Is it important to include probiotics and prebiotics in a healthy diet? Answer Horses don’t necessarily need probiotics — a type […]

        As spring is upon us, we’ve produced a leaflet, a shelf card and more detailed information about Laminator. If you’ve seen this at your local tack shop but didn’t pick one up, or you just want to find out a little bit more, we’ve put everything here, so you can find out […]

With spring upon us, we wanted to tell you a little bit more about a product that sells particularly well at this time of year…and that’s Laminator.   Laminator can be found in our Hoof category and has been designed to help nutritionally support the laminae and hoof integrity. It combines some 40 carefully selected […]

  If your horse has hooves in poor condition, you might be looking at supplements to help promote hoof quality…but how do you know which one to choose? At Equimins, we have three specific hoof care supplements: Biotin 15, Biotin Plus 25 and Hoof Mender 75…but how do you know when to feed which one? […]

Kerry Weisselberg is an amateur rider who started eventing in 1988. She has always produced her own horses from scratch and so far has managed to get a couple to 2* and one to 3* CCI and placings at Advanced level. The ultimate aim remains 4*, ideally on a homebred, but she realises just how […]

Equimins customer Vanessa Wotton sent us an email about her horse Amy, who was losing condition during the winter, and how adding Advance Concentrate Complete into her horse’s diet changed things. Vanessa lives in Devon and owns Amy, a 16hh Irish Sports Horse. Vanessa has owned Amy for 15 months. “I bought Amy in October 2011 […]

As you may have noticed, we have two Air-Way products in our range, both designed to help the respiratory system. First, we have Air-Way Herbs. This pure herbal compound contains liquorice, marshmallow, aniseed, garlic flakes, ginkgo, nettle, golden rod and peppermint, in one easy to feed product. The herbs used have been carefully selected to […]

                   Who doesn’t like a bit of colour? We certainly do, but that’s not the reason that we’ve decided to colour code all our products, it’s to make it easier for you.   As you may have noticed, our packaging is being overhauled, to improve, enhance and […]

You’ll see, in our literature, that we regularly refer to ‘bioavailable minerals’ in the ingredient list- not just minerals, but bioavailable ones. We believe this is a really important property and one that we’d like to explain in a bit more detail. We’re going to focus on one product, Advance Concentrate Complete. This product contains […]

If we get a cough, we usually head off to the supermarket or chemist, and find the perfect cough mixture to help fix the problem- but with horses, we can’t do this…or can we?   As it so happens, we have a product called Air Power Booster, which is an equine cough mixture created for […]

    Equimins customer Lucy Counsell sent us an email about our Super Plus Competition Supplement, and we wanted to share what she had to say: “I currently have one horse called Bakkelys Tornado (Arthur) who is a chestnut gelding and 17hh. He is owned by Lizzie Milton who rescued him as a 7yo. He […]

Many owners overestimate the amount of work their horse does, yet it is crucial in ensuring both optimum nutrition and cost effective feeding. The following descriptions should help you to decide which category your horse falls into. Light Work Horses in light work are exercised three or four times weekly between 1-2 hours per day, […]

The mud is here, no doubt about that! With the mud comes the bacteria that sets up infection under the skin causing scabs and greasy heel. Prevention is better than cure, so with this in mind we have produced Equimins Mud Slide Lotion. It is a tried and tested preperation of pig oil saturated with […]

Equimins Per4mance Booster is a great new way of getting some concentrated energy into your horse if you are competing, to help give it that extra bit of “umph” when required. It comes with a handy measure and may be used 3 – 4 times through the day to provide extra energy when required, if competing […]

Equimins Citronella Summer Spray is a refreshing spray for the spring and summer months when biting insects can be a big problem. Formulated with essential oil of citronella, with a distinctive and long lasting aroma. It is available from our online store in the following sizes: 250 ml – £3.95 500 ml – £5.75 1 […]

We are delighted to introduce Dry Clean, a new addition to our grooming and coat care collection. Dry Clean is a waterless body cleanser that is ideal for use on grass stains, stable stains, sweat, grease and general dirt. It can be used at shows and competitions to remove those last minute marks, or in […]

It looks like summer has made a welcome return! If your horses are struggling with the flies, we have a range of fly repellents that should help: Our Fly Repellent Extra Strength is a new formulation that has been on trial in the Far East and has been outstandingly successful. The Far East is a good […]