Equine Products Ireland manufactures performance-horse supplements in Ireland, and PeekAPaw carries seven of its lines. They fall into three groups: the gastric range (Gastro Sport, Gastro Prep and Gastro Race +), the bone and mineral range (Cal +, Strong Bone + and Copper Xtra Performance), and Calm Equine for horses that find travel and competition stressful.
Choosing between the three Gastro products. They are not interchangeable. Gastro Sport is the everyday one for a performance horse, built on Acid Buf marine algae with probiotics and prebiotics at 50g a day. Gastro Prep is aimed specifically at sales preparation and adds L-tryptophan and vitamin B1 for a calming effect, at 75g a day. Gastro Race + is the racing formulation, built on seaweed meal and Lithothamnium algae with flax oil rather than a synthetic buffer.
Cal + and Strong Bone + also overlap. Cal + is the broodmare and young horse supplement, weighted towards calcium, phosphorus and copper for skeletal development. Strong Bone + carries the same bone minerals but adds glucosamine, MSM and turmeric extract, so it suits a mature horse in hard work. Feeding both together would double up the calcium, so pick one.
These are complementary feeds, not veterinary medicines. If your horse has been scoped for ulcers or diagnosed with a joint problem, work to your vet's plan and treat these as support.
