Day: December 18, 2015

APHA’s Platinum Breeders’ Futurity modifications to increase payouts

FORT WORTH, Texas – APHA halter exhibitors with Breeders’ Trust-enrolled horses will have the chance during the 2016 APHA World Championship Show to compete for significantly larger purses under recent modifications to the Platinum Breeders’ Futurity approved by the APHA Executive Committee. The Platinum Breeders’ Futurity is an elite and now exclusively Non-Pro weanling halter futurity that takes place at the APHA World Championship Show. It’s designed to showcase the offspring of APHA Breeders’ Trust-subscribed stallions and the mares bred to these stallions. This division is separate from the Gold, Silver and Bronze divisions of the Breeders’

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Are Dietary Fibrolytic Enzymes Helpful for Horses?

Researchers in Mexico have shown that adding supplementary fibrolytic enzymes (which break down important components of forage) to horses’ diets could help maximize digestibility and, thus, nutrient utilization.

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