Author: Ann Egan, North Point Farm We bought “Wyatt”, a six year old Percheron gelding in late October of 2007, along with his teammate, “Tucker”. When he got to the farm, he settled in nicely and seemed to enjoy his new home and surroundings. Little did we know that he dribbled his grain onto his stall floor and, in his haste to gather it all up he was eating his  [ Read More ]

Author: Lyndsey White I was only 16-years-old when I lost my beloved Thoroughbred “Ben” to colic. I had taken Ben out for a ride after school on a Friday evening. We hacked out down the bridleway to the recently ploughed stubble field where Ben loved to gallop. As we reached the field, Ben would normally start to get excited and pull forward in anticipation of being given the go-ahead to  [ Read More ]

Author: Rebecca Hurd I had heard of SUCCEED® back in 2006 and saw the results in an Arabian in training with behavioral issues. I didn’t put my horses on it at that time because I didn’t think they ‘needed’ it and also because of the cost. Last January, my 18-year-old retired Arabian show horse, JR, began to act very ill. He has a history of colicking at least once, if  [ Read More ]

Author: Liam of Abbeyview Equine This is a cautionary tale of how one horse had some very bad luck. Whiskey was born on my family’s Abbeyview farm in 2001. A typical bay thoroughbred foal, she was destined to race on the flat. Whiskey’s first bout of bad luck came two days before she was due to travel down to Kildare to be prepared for the Goffs yearling sales. She ripped  [ Read More ]