#KENTUCKY PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS
Weekend Wellness by Kentucky Performance Products: Autumn & At-Risk Horses
Autumn officially has arrived! 🍁 And the sugar levels in your pastures might be surging, which can spell trouble for at-risk horses. (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Want a Good Bend? Get Straight First
You have to create straight before you can fix any form of lean or crookedness… (more…)
Adjusting Your Horse’s Diet for Seasonal Changes, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products
As the seasons shift, a horse’s dietary needs also change. Whether you’re preparing a horse for the colder months or transitioning them back into spring, you can take several practical steps to manage your horse’s diet—and keep your horse healthy—during these seasonal turning points. (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Match Making (The Ramen Redux)
When someone decides they want to be a horse trainer, rarely do they also say they want to be a match maker. But the truth of the matter is, that’s often what horse training and selling is all about. (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Four Rides A Week
“For a horse in full work, I like the number four. This gives you enough time in the saddle to accomplish goals and work towards training without forgetting to let them be a horse and have fun.”
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: A ‘Good’ Race Record, Part IV — The Warhorse
Today we’re talking about the warhorses — those incredible athletes that have made more than 50 starts. (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: A ‘Good’ Race Record, Part III
This week focuses on the horses that ran 15 – 30 races. Read on to learn more about what to look for and which questions to ask.
Weekend Wellness, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Preventing Fall and Winter Colic
Summer’s beginning to give up her fight… and with the change in weather comes the concern of increased colic risk. Here’s what you can do to prevent fall and winter colic. (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: A ‘Good’ Race Record, Part II
Owning an OTTB is great because of the amount of information you can get about them immediately. But doing so also begs the question: what constitutes a “good” race record?
Weekend Wellness, by Kentucky Performance Products: Cooling Down a Hot Horse
Are you cooling your hot horse correctly?
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: A ‘Good’ Race Record, Part I
Owning an OTTB is great because of the amount of information you can get about them immediately. But doing so also begs the question: what constitutes a “good” race record? (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Right off the Track Protocol, a Refresher
“With numerous ‘end of the meets’… coming up, and folks looking to pick up their next … Thoroughbred Makeover horse, [here’s] a general care-based refresher for their off-track transitions.” (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Point and Patient
“The technique of point them at it and be patient makes braver horses because it both sets the expectation — over or through — and gives them time to slow down, process and be smart about it.” (more…)
Paris Olympic Happy Hour: All’s Fair in Love and Cross Country
The cross country phase proved influential at Versailles today, shaking the leaderboard like a snow globe.
What Are Electrolytes? By Kentucky Performance Products
You may have heard people talk about giving their horses electrolytes to encourage drinking or to help with recovery. But what are electrolytes? (more…)
Walk the Paris 2024 Cross-Country Course
Today is Cross Country day for the Olympic eventers. Take a look at the course! (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Turning Well
“For the green Thoroughbred, turning this way allows them to forgo speed and antics. It allows them to be ridden forward in front of your leg and complete the circles, squares, figure-eights, whatever is asked without changing their pace.” (more…)
Skin Problems in Horses, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products
Did you know horses can break out in hives from pesky fly bites? 
Discover more quick and dirty facts about skin problems in horses here:
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Let It Go (The Inside Rein)
“A primary consequence of the inside rein is that it tips a horse onto their forelimbs and off of the hind. A knock-on set of results are that it speeds a horse up and becomes harder for the horse to come over their back, create a powerful push from behind and correct… frame.” (more…)
A Closer Look at the Versailles Equestrian Stadium
It’s a beauty! Take a closer look at the newly-constructed temporary stadium that will house equestrian disciplines at the Olympics and Para Olympics in just over ten days:
Weekend Wellness, by Kentucky Performance Products: To Walk or Not To Walk
That is the question… (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Why Change & Chaos Are ‘Easy’
“I am proud of them for their quiet strolls around the facility, their eager walk (but willingness to stay at a walk) as we carouse through the woods. But I’m not surprised. They are Thoroughbreds, after all.” (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Bring on the Backup Plans
Horses will teach you many things … but these past two months, the learning has been this: you’ll always need a backup plan (or like 47 of them). (more…)
