What Are Essential Amino Acids for Horses?
Essential Amino Acids (EAAs) for horses are crucial for maintaining muscle health, cellular repair, and recovery, especially for active or performance horses. These amino acids cannot be synthesised by the horse’s body, which means they must come from dietary sources or supplementation.
Forage-based diets like hay, haylage, or straw may sometimes lack sufficient levels of essential amino acids, particularly when the nitrogen-to-sulfur ratio is imbalanced. Supplementing with Essential Amino Acids ensures your horse gets the necessary nutrients to support their muscle recovery, physique improvement, and overall well-being.
The only amino acid supplement formulated specifically for horses, supplying all 9 of the essential amino acids.
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Why Should I Supplement with Essential Amino Acids for Horses?
Essential amino acids are the building blocks of protein, which is vital for muscle growth, tissue repair, and cellular health. While forage can provide some amino acids, it’s often insufficient, particularly in horses involved in heavy training or high-performance activities. Supplementing with essential amino acids helps your horse:
- Maximise nutrient extraction from other protein sources.
- Improve physique by supporting muscle maintenance and recovery.
- Aid post-training recovery, reducing tightness and soreness.
- Promote cellular repair and the building of new tissue.
- Support hoof health by providing the necessary building blocks for keratin production.
For horses on restricted feed to control weight, amino acid supplementation ensures they receive the optimal nutrients without excess calories.
When to Use Essential Amino Acids for Horses?
Essential Amino Acids are ideal for horses in the following situations:
- Performance horses involved in intensive training or high-endurance work need additional amino acids to support recovery and muscle maintenance.
- Horses on restricted diets: Horses that need controlled weight management benefit from extra targeted amino acids without additional protein or calories.
- Horses with hoof health concerns: Even with balanced minerals, some horses may benefit from amino acid supplementation for better hoof health.
- Horses with difficulty developing top-line or lacking muscle tone.
- Forage with poor nitrogen-to-sulfur ratio: If your forage is low in crude protein or suffers from an imbalance of nitrogen and sulfur, supplementing with Essential Amino Acids can improve amino acid availability.
The Benefits of Essential Amino Acids for Horses:
- Supports muscle recovery: Helps reduce tightness and soreness after exercise.
- Enhances physique: Helps horses build and maintain muscle mass, improving overall body condition.
- Aids in tissue repair: Vital for cellular repair, which is important for maintaining strong muscles, ligaments, and tendons.
- Improves exercise recovery: Helps horses recover quicker from intensive work or competition.
- Supports hoof health: Amino acids play a role in the production of keratin, improving hoof strength and quality.
- Maximises nutrient absorption from protein sources, ensuring the body gets the most from the diet.
Ingredients:
A complete blend of all 9 essential amino acids needed to support muscle health, recovery, and overall horse well-being.
| Ingredient | Quantity per kg |
|---|---|
| L Leucine | 300g |
| L Isoleucine | 125g |
| L Valine | 125g |
| L Lysine | 125g |
| L Phenylalanine | 120g |
| L Threonine | 110g |
| L Histidine | 45g |
| L Methionine | 35g |
| L Tryptophan | 15g |
Feeding Guidelines:
For an average 500kg horse:
- 25-100 grams per day, or after intensive work.
- 1 x 50ml scoop = approx. 25 grams.
Feed the recommended amount directly after exercise or as part of a daily supplement regimen, ideally with a small amount of concentrate.
If you’re unsure of the correct dosage for your horse, feel free to contact us for personalized feeding advice.
How Long Does It Last?
- 500g pouch: At 25 grams per day, this pouch lasts approximately 40 days.
- 500kg horse at the middle rate (50 grams per day): This pouch lasts approximately 20 days.
- 500kg horse at the higher rate (100 grams per day): This pouch lasts approximately 10 days.
Delivery & Returns:
- Free UK shipping on orders over £80*
- 60-day returns on unopened items
- Same-day dispatch for orders placed before 1pm*
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Ensure that your horse is getting all 9 of the Essential Amino Acids which are only obtainable through the diet.
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Elaine Simpson (verified owner) –
This is a really great product my 23 year old is doing so well and supplying what he needs in amino acids. He eats it all up.
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Lisa Evans (verified owner) –
Excellent product for helping my mare with building muscle and easing muscle pain. Really can tell the difference .
Leanne Brett (verified owner) –
My horse was struggling to build muscle, despite what we thought was a well balanced diet. The addition of EAAs has made a huge difference within just a few weeks.
Elaine Simpson (verified owner) –
I am finding this product very helpful in slowly building his top line. He is 22 and laminitic, so lost a lot of topline and muscle
Sarahw126 (verified owner) –
I have noticed a massive improvement in topline and energy during exercise after including essential amino acids in my horse’s diet
Rebecca (verified owner) –
Great for getting more muscle and topline.
trish (verified owner) –
my mare is smoking fresh now
Leonora (verified owner) –
I’m amazed at the difference the addition Essential Amino Acids, with Pea Protein and Flaked Oats, have made to my pony’s well-being. I was already using the Forage Plus Winter Hoof and Skin Health Balancer, mixed with soaked/rinsed Speedibeet to supplement his forage-based diet. My pony has been on a strict diet and has lost a lot of weight, which is great, but I noticed that he would run out of steam quite quickly during exercise. I contacted Forage Plus for advice and they said this is not uncommon in equines on strict dietary control and recommended the addition of Pea Protein, Flaked Oats and Essential Amino Acids. I noticed an improvement within a couple of days and I’m delighted.