Dunstan Move Free has proven itself to be a game changer for many horses prone to ‘tying up’. However, the ingredients and additives incorporated into Dunstan Move Free that make it ideal for horses prone to ‘tying -up’ also offer many benefits to optimise performance in all working horses.
With the competition season around the corner, I thought it was a great opportunity to outline a number of key attributes of Dunstan Move Free that make it ideal for many hard working horses.
Key ingredients in Dunstan Move Free include the ‘super fibres’, beet pulp, soya hulls and Lupins. These premium high fibre, low starch feedstuffs are a valuable calorie source, reducing the reliance on starch in a feed. This can benefit a variety of horses that do not tolerate high starch, cereal grain-based feeds due to behavioural issues, equine gastric ulcer syndrome or hindgut disturbances. However, the calorie density of these ingredients ensures a feed with an adequate energy level to sustain performance in hard working horses.
The inclusion of virgin Canola Oil provides a ‘cool’, calorie dense addition to Dunstan Move Free and with it, a favourable Omega 3:6 ratio.
Vitamin E, a key antioxidant, is critical for muscular health, particularly in working horses. It is provided in an elevated inclusion in Dunstan Move Free. In its natural form the Vitamin E is more bio-available to the horse, improving up take and utilisation . The elevated inclusion of Vitamin E makes Dunstan Move Free ideal for horses that have reduced pasture intake or where Vitamin E levels will be insufficient if not provided with adequate levels via a suitable supplementary feed or additional supplementation.
A unique and key addition to Dunstan Move Free is Melofeed®. Melofeed® is a new age antioxidant, a feed additive designed to fight against oxidative stress. Research has indicated Melofeed to be beneficial for joint and muscular health in the hard-working horses.
The antioxidant properties of Melofeed® benefit equine muscle membrane, helping to prevent muscle lesions that may occur in horses during intense training.
Melofeed® works synergistically with Alkosel (Selenium Yeast) as a first line of defence against oxidative stress. Dunstan Move Free utilises Alkosel as its organic source of Selenium.
The antioxidant properties of Melofeed® have also been shown to benefit joint health by reducing inflammation and thereby helping to maintain cartilage integrity during intense workloads. This makes Dunstan Move Free ideal for the older working horse.
The Live Yeast contributes to digestive health, aiding digestion and assisting to maintain an optimum hindgut pH.
Chromium is recognised to assist with reducing lactic acid and therefore fatigue in hardworking horses. It also aids in overall energy utilisation, making Dunstan Move Free ideal for all horses undertaking heavy workloads.
As well has having a number of key features that will benefit performance horses of a variety of codes, Dunstan Move Free is highly palatable. As it is manufactured as a textured feed form, it tempts the fussiest of eaters, which of course has to be its most important attribute of all!
