Kentucky Equine Research

08/29/2026

If sodium bicarbonate is a buffer, why can’t you feed it directly to support hindgut health?

The answer lies in where it works. Unprotected sodium bicarbonate reacts immediately with stomach acid, so it is consumed before it ever reaches the hindgut. As a result, it is ineffective for hindgut health.

Click the link to learn why delivery is just as important as the ingredient itself: https://ker.com/equinews/answer/feeding-sodium-bicarbonate-to-horses/

08/27/2026

Ever wonder how much your eventer actually weighs?

Listen to Ashlee Hauss, a Kentucky Equine Research nutrition advisor, explain why we brought our scale to the American Eventing Championships this year.

Stop by Tent 41 at the Kentucky Horse Park to chat with our nutrition experts and have your horse weighed and condition scored.

08/27/2026

What is body condition scoring, and why is it important?

Understanding and tracking your horse’s body condition ensures appropriate energy balance and reduces the risk of metabolic problems.

We’ve assembled some incredible resources about body condition and why it matters at ker.com/weight.

Visit Kentucky Equine Research during the USEA American Eventing Championships at Tent 41 to have a nutrition expert weight and body score your horse.

08/26/2026

Kentucky Equine Research is your trusted source for nutrition expertise and innovative, research-proven products. Born from research, the Kentucky Equine Research product line provides targeted and special-needs nutrition solutions with one goal in mind: optimizing equine health and performance.

Visit the Kentucky Equine Research tent to have a nutrition advisor weigh your horse, score its body condition, and offer personalized nutrition advice. While you’re there, enter for a chance to win a year’s supply of any supplement!

To learn more, visit ker.com. Research Is Our Key Ingredient™

08/26/2026

What does your horse need to recover after exercise?

Recovery is more than simply resting after work. Nutritionists have identified three key considerations for optimal recovery: rehydration, replenishment of muscle glycogen stores, and muscle repair and recovery.

Replacing water and electrolytes supports hydration, restoring muscle glycogen helps prepare horses for future performance, and providing nutritional support for muscle repair can help address exercise-induced oxidative stress and muscle tissue damage.

Explore the nutrition behind optimal recovery after exercise: https://ker.com/equinews/feeding-horses-optimal-recovery-exercise/

Feeding for recovery after exercise is vital when horses compete in multiday events, especially those that encompass an endurance phase. Such competitions include three-day eventing, combined driving, endurance, and show-jumping events.

08/24/2026

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For our Northern Hemisphere customers:

Support muscle health
-Nano® E features advanced nanotechnology to create a rapidly available and absorbed source of vitamin E that enables administration to be timed to provide peak antioxidant protection to performance horses.
-Nano-Q10™ contains a highly bioavailable form of coenzyme Q10, a powerful antioxidant to protect against exercise-induced muscle damage.
-MFM Pellet™ improves muscle health and clinical signs of myofibrillar myopathy (MFM) by providing key amino acids and antioxidants.

For our Southern Hemisphere customers:

Support total digestive tract health
-EquiShure® promotes hindgut balance during times of stress, high grain intake, or seasonal diet changes and features a patented delivery system to influence the hindgut, an area of the digestive tract most supplements never effectively reach.
-Neigh-Lox® contains coating agents designed to protect the sensitive lining of the stomach and maintain normal digestive function in horses at risk of stomach damage.

Save 15% on these products all month long!

08/22/2026

Keep your horse's hindgut healthy and stable with EquiShure. This research-proven, time-released buffer helps maintain an optimal pH balance, even when faced with grain-rich diets or lush pastures.

Why Choose EquiShure
-Stable Hindgut pH: Uses unique time-released buffering to prevent acidic shifts in the hindgut.
-Reduce Risks: Helps protect against subclinical acidosis, which can increase the risk of colic and laminitis.
-Targeted Release: The encapsulated formula ensures the buffer reaches the hindgut, where it's needed most.
-Broad Support: Recommended for horses on high-grain diets, lush pastures, or those experiencing the stress of training and travel.

Visit ker.com to learn more about the science behind our targeted nutrition products.

08/19/2026

What role does bicarbonate play in the development of right dorsal colitis in horses?

Recent research suggests that secretion of bicarbonate in the right dorsal colon could protect mucosa from injury caused by intense microbial production of short-chain fatty acids. Researchers also found that the right dorsal colon typically has more bicarbonate secretion than the right ventral colon.

The study showed that phenylbutazone significantly reduced bicarbonate secretion in the right dorsal colon, leaving the tissues vulnerable to damage.

Because normal bicarbonate is inactivated in the stomach and small intestine, a protected form of sodium bicarbonate is needed to deliver bicarbonate to the hindgut

Learn more about right dorsal colitis and how EquiShure may support horses receiving NSAIDs.: https://ker.com/equinews/right-dorsal-colitis-in-horses-role-of-bicarbonate-in-etiology/

Right dorsal colitis is an ulcerative disease of the large intestine often brought about by excessive use or prolonged administration of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). While phenylbutazone, commonly called bute, is most often associated with right dorsal colitis, other drugs can caus...