Here's What You Need To Know About Equine Supplements Industry

There are hundreds if not thousands of different types of equine supplements in the market. We've got feed balancers, calmers, joint supplements, digestive aids and plenty of other little known products and supplements. We can literally choose from thousands of different types of supplements and while some of us know how to distinguish a good equine supplement from a bad one, quite a lot of less experienced horse riders don't know what to look for in a high quality equine supplement.

The first thing that you want to focus on is making sure that the company making a particular product has a good reputation. You see, it does not matter whether you live in China, France, United Kingdom or United States, there aren't many people riding horses. Yes, if you have been a member of equestrian community for some time you probably think that your horse riding community is huge, but the fact is that it isn't. We all read the same magazines, we visit the same websites, attend the same trade shows and listen to the same influencers.

The point that I'm trying to make here is that people tend to know very quickly is something works or does not work. You see, if there's a supplement that is marketed as the greatest thing since sliced bread, but in reality is completely worthless then people in the equestrian community will stop buying it.

Reputation in this business is very important and you only want to buy equine supplements from companies that have a proven track record of producing high quality products.

In addition to this you also want to look for companies that use proven and tested active ingredients. Now, I'm not trying to say that innovation in this business is not important, but the fact is that quite a lot of companies in the equine supplements sector tend to load their products with exotic sounding active ingredients and other crap only to increase the perceived value of the products.

These products are marketed very well and we being to believe that  these exotic active ingredients can actually help our horses, but the reality is that very few of these products actually work. You want to stick to the basic, basic equine supplements and active ingredients that have been around for decades and that are proven to work.

Specifically I'm talking about equine feed balancers and joint supplements. Look, if you are not involved in competitive horse riding disciplines, if you horse's workload is relatively low then the chances are pretty high that your horse does need lots of different supplements.

Simply find a company that has been around for quite some time, have a look whether the company uses proven and tested active ingredients and then finally focus on the products that actually work.