HAVENS Horsefeed was the official supplier of the World Endurance Championships 2008 that took place in Malaysia.
Introduction on endurance
What is ATP?
Most used feeds for Endurance
Feeding in the VET-GATE
LINKS to Endurance-riders or -stables
More information
FEEDS FOR ENDURANCE or (LONG-)DISTANCE RIDING
Horses engaged in endurance (or long-distance-riding, Distanzreiten or Raid) should be counted among those horses that really have to "perform".
Endurance-racing is a relatively new but very fast growing equestrian sport, especially in the Middle East and Europe. Total distances in endurance races add up untill 160 km in 1 day or 200 km in 2 days.
Of cource general health, condition and stamina of the horse is of utmost importance. And feed and feeding is very important.
In general, endurance-racing requires older and experienced horses, especially for the longer distances.
It all starts with the the feed for the breeding mare and foal, and continues with the right feed for all horses in training and competition.
What is ATP?
For performance-horses, feed-quality, energy- and proteincontent has a direct effect on musclepower, speed and stamina. Energy can be derived glycogen (reserve carbo-hydrate stored in muscle-tissue), glucose (digestion) or fatty acids (directly from feed and fermentation of fibers).
On the cellular level, all energy needs to be presented in form of ATP or Adrenosine-Tri-Phosphate, that can be produced from glycogen, glucose or fatty-acids through one of the two metabolic processes:- AEROBIC degradation (with oxigen; for long-lasting performance, e.g. in endurance);
- ANAEROBIC degradation (without oxigen, for "explosive" performance, e.g. in racing)
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Feeding:
In general, feeding horses in (training for) endurance follows the same global guidelines, but of cource there are differences in "when to feed what and in what quantities".
While in training, a choice can be made between one or more of the following performance-feeds. However, the feeding of endurance horse (See also: in competition (in the VET-GATE during a race) is sometimes difficult and different. See the special section.
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Feed-programm
Our feed-programm offers the following specific feed products:
(Although any other HAVENS Horsefeed can of cource also be used for endurance-horses.)
Kentucky Lite E. with black oats;
HAVENS Derby-Compact brok performance-cubes;
Power-Plus Mix with extra electrolytes
Reform-Herbal-Muesli; "The Green Vet".
Dubai-based endurance-rider & trainer Hassan Bin Ali is a well-known trainer of performance-horses. After an impressive carreer as racing-manager for Dubai's Maktoum-family he switched to endurance, winning the prestigeous HH The President of United Arab Emirates Endurance Cup in 2001.
Many victories were to follow and he has been succesfull ever since as trainer and rider for Shaikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum's impressive Dubai-based endurance-stables, still being very attached to racehorses.
On 13-year old Alyaboob he won the 2005 FEI Shaihk Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Challenge (120 km) in 5:12.35 h. and finished 3rd in the 2006 UAE President's Cup. In 2008 he won the Sorouh Cup in Abu Dhabi and on Friday the 13th of March 2009 he won the ADIHEX Emirates Championship Endurance-ride on Wer Krass.
"Endurance is not only a long distance-sport, it's also a what I would call "long experience-sport". It requires an extreme understanding of the horse, it's way of living, thinking, behaving and performing. This takes many many years to learn; and even today, I try to learn from a horse every day."
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Kentucky Lite E.
Kentucky Lite E. is an energy feed to improve glycogen loading. It has a significant supplementary amount of easy available Vitamin E. ("the muscle-vitamin") to improve muscle metabolism and to reduce the devastating effect of free radicals (e.g. muscle stiffness, tying up) - it is high in energy and low in protein;
- fits for all types of performance horses, especially racing thoroughbreds, arabs, eventers and endurance horses;
- also recommended for all peak-performance sports;
- see also: Bestsellers & Problemsolvers.
HAVENS Kentucky Lite E is also succesfully endurance-riders like Bernat Casals, the National Endurance Champion of Spain 2005.
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HAVENS Derby-Compact brok
Natural high-energy cereal cube for TOP performance and hard/intense training. Highly digestible due to it's exclusive and cerealbased composition.
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Spanish Endurance-rider Bernat Casals with "Québec de Vilaformiu".
In december 2005, Casals became the 2005 Spanish Champion (winning el "Campéonato de España Absoluto de Raid 2005") in a heavy CEI*** 2 x 100 km Endurance (also winning the Best Condition). Average-speed was 16,19 Km/h; total time 11:58,54 hours.
Casals lives and trains in Berga in the hilly Cataluña-countryside (near the spanish town of Vic), approx. 80 km north of Barcelona; an area famous for its big quantity of international endurance-riders like Marc Comas, Elisabeth Font, etc. etc.
Casals is a convinced HAVENS-customer since the introduction of HAVENS horsefood on the Spanish market in 2004. He feeds Power-Plus Mix, together with Reform-Herbal-Muesli and Kentucky Lite E.
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Power-Plus Mix
Power-Plus mix is a concentrated energyfeed which is low in protein. It has extra electrolyes for extra power and to improve musclefittness. Power-Plus Mix: - has high levels of vitamins, for example Vit. A, B, D, E and biotine;
- is ideal for horses with lack of appetite (stressed horses or in warm periods, etc.), as the elevated nutrient level with extra electrolytes still provides the horses needs;
- can be fed as a complete feed (with hay or other good roughages) or as a supplement to other compound feed.
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Reform Herbal Muesli
A unique fully balanced muesli of flaked cereals,alfalfa, carrotflakes, vitamins, minerals and a wide variety of natural herbs and essential oils. Extremely low in protein. With extra A-, B- and E-Vitamins.
Very suitable for:
- Reform-Herbal-Muesli will benefit all high performance horses, due to its combination of high digestible starch, low protein, natural herbs and essential oils;
- for all horses with (some) digestive problems;
- for allergic horses or horses sensitive for too much protein;
- provides extra muscle stimulation (high Vit E. / Selenium-level);
- offers stimulation of the respiratory system;
- especially recommended for horses in endurance as a "Vet-GATE-feed".
On the european continent, HAVENS Reform-Herbal-Muesli is also referred to as: "The Green Vet" ; A kilo a day keeps the Vet away!.
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Feeding in the VET-GATE
Especially in long endurance-races (> 100 km; lasting often over 5 or 6 hours), the feeding in the VET-GATE is very important.
During a long endurance-race, 2 health-items are extremely important:
1. Keep digestion working:
It is extremely important to "keep digestion working", which means enough energy should be provided, but also enough fibers (hay, roughage). When digestion stops, it's simple: you 're out!
Therefore, the Reform-Herbal-Muesli fitts perfectly; it offers easy digestible fibers, energy and extra Vit. B- and Vit E. for an optimal performance. Also any HAVENS-Cubes can work-out well, as they provide energy, vitamins, etc. and have a high water-retaining-capacity (see at item 2.). The extra advantage is that both feeds (Reform-Herbal-Muesli or e.g. DraversBrok or Ebdurance-Compact-Cubes) are very sweet, so even when very tired, the horse will like to eat.
Water:
Moreover, water is also an extremely important "nutritional factor", as endurance-horses (like any athletes) will dehydrate during the race.
Therefor, the feed (given before and during the race) should be able to retain as much water as possible. Reform-Herbal-Muesli or any HAVENS 7 mm-cube have a high water-retaining capacity; they can help improve the horse's condition during the race.
For these situations, HAVENS nutritionists have also developped a special Endurance-Feed (HAVENS Endurance-Compact), which is used by specialised stables and can be ordered on demand.
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LINKS
LINKS to HAVENS-powered Endurance-riders:
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LINKS to other Arabian Horse-sites:
MORE INFORMATION?
Please sent us an e-mail or sent us a fax:
HAVENS Horsefeed
Endurance-department
P.O. Box 1
5820 AA Vierlingsbeek
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 478 638 238
Fax: +31 478 638 239
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