Horse & Rider

How Formula4 Feet Transforme­d Sam

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This 23 year old Thoroughbr­ed has had “bad feet” since he began training as a 2 year old. His horn quality was so poor that he only went to the races once and finished tailed off. He was then expelled as unfit for training, and for the next 8 years was used as a hack. He couldn’t even cope with that, as his time in training had left the pedal bones of both his front feet with peripheral deminerali­zation, called pedal osteitis. He then suffered an extensive horn infection which required a large area of both front hoof capsules to be resected. Thereafter, he has remained fairly sound with careful, regular farriery attention. However, his hooves were never strong and his feet have always had a tendency to splay or flare over his shoes. His heels remained collapsed, despite being fed the then-leading hoof supplement every day for 13 years. This product was replaced by Formula4 Feet in 2004; no other management or feeding changes were made.

After only two months of receiving Formula4 Feet, the farrier commented, “What have you done to this horse’s feet, they are much stronger to nail to and more “uptogether”. Farriers are not always easy to convince of the benefits of hoof supplement­s. Sam’s farrier made his compliment­ary remarks unaware of the recent change to Formula4 Feet. Now Sam didn’t know Formula4 Feet was developed by the Director of the Laminitis Clinic and Dr. David Frape, the father of equine nutrition. Nor that it is made from entirely non-GM ingredient­s, nor that it was extensivel­y researched at the University of Berlin (a world renowned keratin research institute), nor that every batch is tested by the world’s leading equine forensic laboratory before being offered for sale, nor that it contains unique ingredient­s which help protect him against insulin resistance. He wasn’t aware that it is the only product with four specific, powerful antioxidan­ts, nutrients which help promote vasodilati­on and others having anti-inflammato­ry properties. All he knew was that it tasted a lot better than what was put in his feed previously. In fact, Sam is so keen on Formula4 Feet that he will eat it from the hand. He also realizes that when his farrier comes to visit him every 5 weeks, he can now, for the first time in his life, stay sound without shoes (he has been unshod for a year). Sam is now a happier horse, as his feet no longer hurt and his coat is always shiny. He is fed no cereals, only feeds recommende­d by the Laminitis Trust, which he loves.

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