Comments From Customers
Trainers and Breeders using Maximum Performance Supplement to give their horses the best opportunity to shine in every way.
- Quarter Horses
- Racehorses
- Breeding Horses
- Show Horses
- Endurance Horses
- Laminitis, Founder and Cushings
Quarter Horses
Clinton Anderson
Downunder Horsemanship
Whether a top competitor or weekend trail rider, we all want the same respect and responsiveness from our horses. Maximum Performance will allow your horse to give you 100 percent.
Don Bain
D-Bar-T Ranch
In March 1999 I started using Maximum for my mare that had been injured, suffering a deep cut just above the left-rear fetlock. The cut was to the bone injuring the leg and ankle with a lot of ligament damage. An injury so severe it would take a year or longer for healing and even then it would be questionable as to her use under saddle. The mare was fed 5 ounces of Maximum Performance every day. I called my vet in June to examine that mare. She was examined, then shod, and put back under saddle in less than 3 months after the injury. Today the mare is on the Double B Ranch in the Flint Hills of Kansas being ridden every week to check cattle.
Gerald O. Thompson
Kiger Mustangs Springwater Station
I've been very impressed with the results of using your product. It is easy to use and when mixed with my mare's grain, she eats it easily. Our mare's heart rate recovery on endurance rides has been excellent and she looks like a million bucks. Everyone at the ride comments on her and I give a lot of the credit to your product. She has never looked or performed better.
Diane Roberts
Ocala, FL
We've been using Maximum Performance for two years now. We put of a lot of pressure on our horses as we attend most of the major events for barrel racing in the southeast. Since being on MP our horses handle stress much better, travel better, look better and just have fewer nagging problems. The improvement in the hoof quality is amazing, and they hold up well, to the demands of big time Barrel Racing, and the hardship of the Florida winters.
Charles Wilhelm
C.W.Training
Since implementing Maximum Performance some four months ago there have been noticeable improvements in skin and coat, stronger hooves, and in some horses, even slight behavior improvements. I have and will continue to recommend this product to my clients.
Toni Guirino & Shootin Match
Turn N Burn, April 2005
Since I put Shoot on Maxiperf we have won 2 weekends in a row. He is a diffrent horse I can tell that his over all condition is at the best it has ever been. Last week he twisted his left front shoe to the side and step on a nail, I pulled the shoe this happened on Wenseday the farrer came on Friday of last week to reset he did find the puss pocket cut just a little out I put a poulice pad on him for 2 days took it off and he never had a lame step, He was very lame the Friday after he was reset but when he showed no signs of soreness after really I could just barely see it the first day I was amazed I love this product.
Update August 2005
I wanted to let you know that my horse Shoot is still winning, I won my 1st Pro rodeo back in July. I haven't won a rodeo since 1990. Since then I have placed at almost everyone I have entered, if I had not tip barrels at 5 of them I would have won money at those.
Holly Fisher
My name is Holly Fisher. I bought 100lbs of maximum performance from Jill. I bought this buckskin stud colt that was about starved to death. Jill gave me a sample of your product and it made me a believer! My colt "Chex" started picking up the weight and his coat got slick and shiny. I am currently feeding your product to all my own horses now. I am a perfessional horse trainer and all the horses I ride are fed Maximum Performance too! I've even got my several of my friends buying Maximum Performance. I will feed this product to all my horses from now on. There is nothing better on the market and its the right price! A vet near me sells a similar product for double to cost.
Here are the before and after pictures of my colt "Chex". He's a buckskin and white stud colt.
Deb Brannon
Due to Maximum Performance, my horses coats are beautiful, even at summer's end. I have not had to give any hock injections to horses that are on Maximum Performance. My 14 year old barrel horse was injured in the hurricanes of 2004, after being on Maximum Performance this year, he is running like an 8 year old and just won a first place at a major competition. All my barrel horses exhibit more strength and endurance since I started supplementing with Maximum Performance.
Susan Jenning
I own a 9 yr old gelding that had Insulin Resistance, the signs are a 6" cresty neck and large dimples , he was a real easy keeper, with not the best hooves. I was told about this condition and helped with what to change in the feed. I changed from sweatfeed, to whole oats and rice bran, with grass hay. Then I supplemented with Maximum Performance 5 oz a day and after 90 days the crest was gone, the dimples were gone, his lethargic tendency was gone and his feet were unbelievable, strong hoof wall , supple frog, the best.
I really feel the Maximum Performance did the most work and the horse liked to eat it too.
Phyllis McMurry Tate
Case 1: My 17 year old Palomino Quarter Horse Mare came out of the winter with a very heavy, wooly coat which she was not shedding out. She is cresty of neck and heavy. A possible Cushings sufferer. We started giving her Maximum Performance free choice in a stall feeder. Within 2 weeks, the hair coat began to come out forming a thick blanket on the floor of her stall. She is now a slick golden color. The cresty neck is still partially there, but she is loosing weight, has more energy, and is reaching a healthier state. She has perfect feet, no chips or cracks in spite of her weight and the hard summer ground.
Case 2: My 14 year old paso fino Mare has a long history of chronic laminitis. She began to have problems last winter and grew increasingly lame and inactive. She became acute in early summer and has suffered through confinement and a multitude of both drug and mechanical efforts to help her. Just in the last few days, she has been treated with a laser applied to the coronary band and her problematic feet. For the first time in months, I actually have hope that she can recover. She is still in some discomfort, but she is brighter, stands without trembling, eats with enthusiasm, and is interested in the world around her: all a vast improvement after only 3 sessions with the laser!
Case 3: A friend's retired 26 yr old Quarab Mare has a 5 year history of Laminitis, complicated by severe hypo thyroidism. She had feet plaqued by abscesses, structural failure, and pain. Her feet were so dished out that they were almost dinner plate size, even though she is a small horse. She has had a multitude of drug therapy (bute, thyroid powder, circulatory stimulants, etc.), and endless farrier procedures (excision of dead hoof tissue, pads, hoof ointments, shoeing in various odd conformations, etc.). With Maximum Performance, good nutrition (Oats and rice bran with good grass hay) and weight management (the bloated, blimp of a horse is gone), her feet are now near perfect: Straight, strong hoof wall. And best of all, she has been declared sound for riding!
Racehorses
Chevie Duramax
p,2, 1:50.3 ($116,342) Current World Record Holder Winner of 11 of 12 starts
Raised by Clyde Stevens and trained by Ronnie Guhy. Bred on Maximum Performance. Raised on Maximum Performance. Trained and raced on Maximum Performance. Breaking Track Records for Breeder Clyde Stevens, and setting a World Record for New Owner, Lloyd Arnold. Nine Races, eight firsts, including a World Record Performance at Springfield, IL as a two year old in 2003. Neither joint injections nor blisters were required for this superior athlete.
Quick Pulse Mendale
p,3, 1:48.3 ($416,310) The Years fastest 3YO Pacer Winner of 10 of 11 starts in 2004
He was purchase in May of last year for $300.000.00. they sold him because they thought he was at his best at !:51:00 at a mile. After ninety days and the only thing they changed was adding Maximum Performance, he took three seconds off his time. and set the World Record as a Three Year Old.
Chevie Cash
p,2,1:50.4 ($83,425)
He is a Full Brother to Chevie Duramax and has been racing on Maximum Performance Supplement and is The 2004 Fastest Two Year Old Gelding ( jsut a tick off the World Record currently held by Chevie Duramax and winner of 9 of 10 starts.
Erv Miller
Loyal Opposition
Erv Miller says Loyal Opposition was Aged Mare of the Year 2004 and gives a lot of credit for her success to Maximum Performance. She recovered quickly, had a great kick at the end of the race, and remained in peak performance. She Broke the Track Record and Stakes Record at the Lady Liberty Final and Equaled the World Record.
Grubbs Racing
Bonair: Trotter Gelding
I bought this horse from the Amish, they said he was too small as a two yr old and had 2 bad coffin bones. The vet said he would never race. So, I doubled up on the Maximum Performance. Started trainiing June as a 2yr old, First yr racing Won $12,000 (7 races total)Racing as a three yr old, Always first or second place, won $18,000. As a three yr old, he was Tough To Beat. Because of MP he wanted to race. He was happy in the stall, had lots of stamina, yet easy to handle, he finished really good. Three/eighths last in the race, Always on Top and in the front for the finish. Maximum Performance helped him to finish on top and recover quickly.
Breeding Horses
Van Bert Farms
Van Bert Farms has been using and selling Maximum Performance for the past 3 years. Since using this product, our horses have won over 50 World Championships. In our band of 75 Mountain Horse brood mares, we have experienced 98% conception rate. Shiny coats and strong hooves are trademarks of Van Bert Farms. Maximum Performance has certainly made a difference in our business.
Lindy Holt
Full Moon Farm Lebanon, OH
We at Full Moon Farm, noticed an immediate difference after putting our stock on Maximum Performance. The most convincing cases were the reality of actually being successful in getting a mare in foal that we had been trying to breed for two years. The other noticeable change was in our breeding stallion, The Grand Collection, who normally begins to slow down and show signs of weakness in his coat and hooves during the time we are heavily breeding him and continue to keep him in active training schedule. With Grande on Maximum Performance, we had no downtime and were pleased to see an improvement in his hooves. A noticeable change was in our breeding stallion, The Grand Collection, who normally begins to slow down and show signs of weakness in his coat and hooves during the time we are heavily breeding him and continue to keep him in active training schedule. With Grande on Maximum Performance, we had no downtime and were pleased to see an improvement in his hooves.
Beth
Exodus Farm
I own Exodus Farm and raise saddlebred horses. Last breeding season, we had a lot of trouble with our breeding stallion , Santana Safari. He had lost weight and we were having a rough time getting it back on. We tried everything from beet pulp, rice bran to calf manna and more. He would pick it up for a while then lose it again. Also, he became sluggish to work. We started him on Maximum Performance. Now, we had heard all the claims and, to be honest, didn't really believe them. Still, we thought that it couldn't hurt to try the product as nothing else has worked so far. It worked. He began putting on weight as well as having all increased appetite. His coat shines like a copper penny. His eyes are bright and he is very alert. His personality has really come alive, almost like he has woke up. He is no longer sluggish to work, he is anxious to get out and get going. He also pays more attention to his work, he acts like a young horse. Needless to say, this product made a believer out of me. Now all my horses arc on it. One mare arrived at our farm with terrible hooves. Once she was started on Maximum Performance, there was a radical difference. Last time she had her hooves done, the farrier said she had the best feet in the barn.
Andy & Diana Enneking
Majestic Stables
We have a 16-year-old, Tennessee Walker gelding, Ed, that was lame in its shoulder. Our farrier found no problems with Ed's hooves. For us, it was hard to figure out Ed's lameness. We tried chiropractic and acupuncture. It helped for a week or two and then he was lame again. We had x-rays done on his joints figuring his big lick days took their toll. Surprisingly we found very little arthritis. The vet recommended giving him Bute and Glucosomine, resting him until he improved. After 3 months, Ed was steadily getting worse. We asked Howard Roberts to look at Ed. He found Ed to be sore in his stifle joint, muscles across his rump, and a very sore shoulder. Ed also had a very sad eye. We started him on M. P. and in 20 days noticed a big improvement. 4 months later we are riding Ed, and he is as smooth and natural as he always was. He runs and bucks in the pasture along with the yearlings, and that worried look in his face is gone.They also have an 18 year-old mare, Emily. She needed shots for ovulation to get her to settle in foal. Every other year she would not stay settled between her 1st and 3rd month. After 60 days on M. P. Emily cycled with no shots, was bred naturally, and she was ultra-sounded in foal at 18 days and 3 months. Emily's coat and overall condition is much improved and we are now waiting on a spring foal.A1l of our horses have more luxurious, shiny coats, very healthy hooves, and cool down much faster after working. All these things are the result of Maximum Performance.
Dave Roberts
My daughter went to a horse sale in the summer of '98. A red dune gelding was brought in the ring that she really liked, so she bid on him and wound up the happy owner. When she went to load him that night after the sale, she found out that he was a lot older than they said he was. In fact, when they said he was a smooth mouth, they must have meant he didn't have any teeth. When we got him home, we found he had a much greater problem. He had arthritis really bad in one front knee. I have no idea how much bute he had to have for him not to limp in the ring that night. It was dangerous to try to ride him because he would fall. We had him on Maximum Performance for 3 weeks and the limp was gone. We live in an area where fescue grass is dominant over the entire pasture. I have spent thousands of dollars trying to save colts that were born to mares with no milk. This doesn't even count the colts that were born dead or couldn't get out of the sack. Since I've been feeding Maximum Performance free choice, I have not lost even one colt, the mares milk like a milk cow, and the colts grow and mature faster than any I've ever raised. The brood mares breed back quicker and I haven't missed getting any of them back in foal. I have not found one claim that Maximum Performance has made that wasn't true.
Clinton Blacksmith Shop & Farbig Farm
Spotted Horses
As a horse owner I am pleased that Maximum Performance keeps my horses looking good and performing well. As a farrier, I appreciate the fact that it keeps horses' feet more solid and holding up better with less chipping, cracking, and less throwing shoes. As a spotted horse breeder, I am pleased that my 12 mares that I bred this year all conceived without any repeats. It doesn't get much better than that.
Fletcher & Sharon Griffin
After years of raising colts, we started feeding Maximum Performance to our horses. The change in their coats, feet, and general appearance has been remarkable. This year we have the Reserve World Champion filly! We give credit to Maximum Performance for her wonderful condition when she was born. We recommend it to anyone.
Duke The Commander
World Grand Championship Stallion
I have been involved with breeding and showing Missouri Fox Trotting Horses for more than 35 years. I met Howard Roberts and was introduced to Maximum Performance in February 01 at Equifest Of Kansas.
I was basically interested in MP for my Retired World Grand Championship Stallion Duke The Commander. Duke pictured here at age 31 years old is still settling mares. A couple of months later I put Duke on MP, I started my six year old show stallion, Whirlwind's Black Smoke on MP. Within a couple of months I could see this was helping so I started giving MP to all the horses in the barn. I notice a better hair coat, hoof improvement and more stamina in the show horses.
Whirlwind's Black Smoke had more drive than ever in the show ring, winning the Amateur Four Years & Older Stallion & Gelding Class and fourth in the Championship at the 2001 Fox Trotting Celebration.
When I wean my foals I always add some supplements to their grain ration. This year I only added Maximum Performance to their regular ration and these babies are really growing and developing. This product is tremendous for weanlings, yearlings, two year olds and horses of any age. I have found the young horses simply grow and develop faster and the working horses have more stamina and drive. I am very pleased with the results of Maximum Performance.
Lydia Von Borstel
Von Borstel FriesiansLake City, FL
I am a Friesian horse breeder in North Florida where the weather conditions can play havoc on our horses hooves. Since putting my horses on Maximum performance mineral & vitamin horse supplement, I have noticed a marked improvement in the condition of their hooves. I also have many people commenting on their hair coats expressing that their coats are so shiny. Other things that I've noticed a difference in is the strength of the foals from the moment of birth and how fast they were able to stand. Also, one of my mares has never been able to pass her placenta after foaling on her own, and this year she did. I already had a call into the vet for him to come out and assist and before he could come, I had to call him back and tell him to cancel because she had passed it on her own. I expect things to continue to get better as I continue using this product.
Barbara Newton
Twelve Oaks Stables
I want you to know how pleased I am with Maximum Performance. Not only has it helped all our show horses, but I have a 9 year old spotted horse, Scout, who has ring bone. I know there is no cure for that. But, I started giving him Maximum Performance, Oct 26, 1996. The day after the Southern Championship he has or rather he had a real bad deep limp when he walked and couldn't run any more. By January 1, 1997, his deep limp had deep limp had turned into a very light limp and when I go to the gate to call him in the evening all the horses would run to the gate but Scout. He would limp up to the gate. It took him a long time. A week or so ago, I called him and he came running with the rest of the horses. I got tears in my eyes when I saw him run. He also kicks up his heels now when he's been in the stall for a few days at a time. Before, he couldn't kick up his heels. I am so thankful for Maximum Performance if it never does anything else, I am thankful for what it did for Scout. Our show horses hooves are thicker and healthy. Their hair looks better. Thank you so much for telling us about it.
Show Horses
Melissa Moore (Trainer)
Sunrise Stables
More Vim and Vigor, more Vitality and more personality describes my horses since they have been on Maximum Performance! They really enjoy their work. I put all my show horses on it the minute they come into training. I have had great success even with White Line Disease in the hooves. It also helps them to recover between shows in the summer when our schedule is so grueling. They always have that sparkle and stamina for the Work Offs.
Another things I like about MP is the horses like to eat it, you give such a small amount, and it's easy to feed, all in one bag and natural products.
Jackie Mc Connell
Collierville,TN
Maximum Performance provides my horses with more strength and endurance. Their energy level is very high and all exhibit a winning attitude.
Greg Bryant
Gold West FarmsOrange, CA
We've been using Maximum Performance for 12 months. We've got some horses here that no matter how hard we work we can't get the weight off. You have to watch it to make sure they don't get too fat. Their hooves have improved 100 percent. Their energy and stamina is excellent. It's great! It works! I'm the most skeptical person in the world and I'll be the first to tell you...By gosh, it works. It's the best stuff.
Gary Oliver
Oliver Stables Lancaster, KY
We've used Maximum Performance with some brood mares and colts, but really what got us started was last year in June we had a yearling filly that foundered. We had the vet out there with her and he did all he could do for her. She just laid down in the field and couldn't hardly get up. She'd try to raise up and crawl on her knees. She had lost weight. She was just pitiful. The kids had to go out and lead her to the trough so she would eat. She'd go on her knees 30 feet before she could stumble to her feet. I called and asked the vet was there anything else he could do. He advised me to put her down. We had a bag of Maximum Performance in the barn we had been using for brood mares and I decided to give it a try. We poured about a gallon in the trough and she dove in and ate every bit. We put a little more and she ate all of it. She finally slowed down and started not to eat so much. We decided to keep the trough full so she could get it whenever she wanted. About a month after that, my wife came in the house and said the filly was out there running and kicking. I looked out the window and sure enough she was. After 90 days, we were able to put shoes on her. When the vet came out to shoe her he couldn't believe how hard and solid her feet were. Most foundered horses can't stand it when you touch the bottom of their feet. We just kept giving MP to her and we're riding her now. She's two now and to look at her, you'd never know she'd been sick. You couldn't pick her out from any of the others. It totally reversed the founder. I've never seen that happen before. The reason I know that's what it was is, I didn't do anything else. Maximum Performance made a believer out of me. It's just unbelievable!
Howard Hamilton
Trainer
I am extremely pleased with the progress of my horses since using Maximum Performance. The hair and the hooves on my horses now grow long and healthy, and their attitudes make training a pleasure.
Jimmy Norris
Pollack All Silver Spur Stables
We've spent $33,000 over the past 5 years unsuccessfully trying to get Misty Gold in foal. Within 6 weeks of being put on Maximum Perfonnance she was in foal. All of our walking horses are on it including 6 time World Champion and 3 time World Grand Champion, Pusher's Benny Boy. We have seen monumental improvements in all our horses. It has even changed their gait. It's some really good stuff.
Jerry Stephens
Manchester, TN
Maximum Performance was added to the diet of a show horse that was requiring numerous joint injections. After 8 weeks of feeding Maximum Performance, we were overjoyed to find that the show horse was producing his own joint fluid! I personally cannot imagine anyone owning, breeding, or training horses, and not supplying them with Maximum Performance! My weanlings and yearlings have a better appetite, consumed more water, were stronger, and appeared healthier. I have been involved in breeding and showing horses for more than 25 years. I was introduced to Maximum Performance during the summer of 1996, and was asked to test this product on my band of brood mares. I was amazed at the initial consumption of this product, as I thought I had been feeding the highest quality feeds money could buy. After routinely adding Maximum Performance to the diet of my stock, I first observed that my problem mares began to cycle regularly and began to get in foal. I have 11 mares, ranging in age from 5 to 24 years. For the first time ever, all 11 mares are in foal. My next observation was that the older mares were no longer having problems maintaining pregnancy. Also the weanlings and yearlings have a better appetite, consumed more water, were stronger, and appeared healthier. I personally cannot imagine anyone owning, breeding, or training horses, and not supplying them with Maximum Performance.
Mike & Holly Herrell
Rockwood, Il
We now feed Maximum Performance to all our stock and have seen great improvement to our stallion. His hips were making noises, but not anymore. Maximum Performance did the trick! His hips don't make noises, his coat is soft and shiny, and his eyes look brighter. He just feels better. We are so thankful to God that we came across Maximum Performance. If it came in pill form I'd take it, too.
Paul Coffey
1997 IBHA Open & Amateur Trail World Champion Russell Springs, KY
Prepares my horses mentally and physically for the rigors of training and competition.
Cheryle Barnes
Ron CurkendallTall Cotton Stables
When we picked him up he had less than 3 inches of foot. Experts examined the horse and said it's a genetic problem. He'll never be in the show ring again. His future would be in breeding. Another top professional trainer said in two weeks he'd go lame. We started using Maximum Performance in October just as soon as we got it. We gave him 2.5 ounces twice a day in his feed and still do. I've been very consistent with it. It's like. ..never leave home without it. Shortly after, his hooves started to grow. Since then, he's grown foot and it's stayed good. There are no splits or cracks. He's been out of the show ring for four years and we've brought him back this year. I would directly attribute it to Maximum Performance.
Jane DeWitt
Four Seasons Stables West Branch, MI
I purchased a 4 year old TWH mare from Mississippi who was a maiden mare and we wanted to breed right away. There was only one problem, we couldn't get her to come into heat. She was a bit under weight, and at first we thought that might be the problem. But the problem persisted even after putting on the amount of weight she needed. By March of 2000, the rest of the mares in the barn were cylcing, but not John Girl. I attended an Expo and met Howard Roberts. He confirmed to me that it really sounded like the mare was mineral deficient. He made me a bet that if I put John Girl on Maximum Performance that she would cycle in 3 weeks. I went home and put all 28 horses on the mineral supplement and 18 days later John Girl came into heat and settled the first time we bred her. Every one of our mares have settled the first time we bred them this year. We attribute this to our new minerals. We believe this saves us about 40% of our average years breeding expenses. As we don't have to spend nearly as much on ultrasound, farm calls, drugs, hormones, and other breeding related expenses.
Tommy Smith
Eubank, KY
I've been a professional horseman for 25 years, and have showed and trained standardbreds, thoroughbreds, racing horses, walking horses, quarter horses, rocky mountain horses, and ponies of all kinds! I was introduced to Maximum Performance about a year ago and was told it would stop a horse from cribbing! I have been amazed that this product did fulfill this promise and a lot more. I soon noticed the horses' hooves were growing rapidly, and also noticed a change for the better in texture and durability. Also, the trainers that are using this product have boasted of the improved attitudes of their horses, the gloss of their coats, and the overall improvements in appearance and disposition.
Whirlwind's Black Smoke
I have been involved with breeding and showing Missouri Fox Trotting Horses for more than 35 years. I met Howard Roberts and was introduced to Maximum Performance in February 01 at Equifest Of Kansas.
I started my six year old show stallion, Whirlwind's Black Smoke on MP. Within a couple of months I could see this was helping so I started giving MP to all the horses in the barn. I notice a better hair coat, hoof improvement and more stamina in the show horses.
Whirlwind's Black Smoke had more drive than ever in the show ring, winning the Amateur Four Years & Older Stallion & Gelding Class and fourth in the Championship at the 2001 Fox Trotting Celebration.
When I wean my foals I always add some supplements to their grain ration. This year I only added Maximum Performance to their regular ration and these babies are really growing and developing. This product is tremendous for weanlings, yearlings, two year olds and horses of any age. I have found the young horses simply grow and develop faster and the working horses have more stamina and drive. I am very pleased with the results of Maximum Performance.
Endurance Horses
Gary & Leisa Belser
Central Valley Arabians
I have been feeding Maximum Performance since June 2001 when I first seen the product at the Horse Expo in Sacremento, CA.
I began feeding it due to my concern about my Endurance Horse April Windstar getting enough calcium in her diet. I feel Maximum Performance has strengthened her metabolic functions and structure support. Which are two very important functions for an Endurance Horse, due to the long distances they have to travel in one day or multi-day rides.
2001
IAHA Reg.2,50 mile ride- Champion 1/2 Arab -BC 1/2 Arab
Quicksilver Fall Classic 50 miles ride- 1st Place
Top Ten 9 out of 12 rides
AERC - Placed 6th in Lightweight Division for west Region
IAHA - High Point 1/2 Arab for 50-99 miles distance
2002
Death Valley Encounter 200 miles 4days - Placed 8th,3rd,1st,4th,- Fastest Time Overall
IAHA Reg. 2- 50 miles ride - Res. Champion 1/2 Arab- BC 1/2 Arab
American River Ride 70 mile ride - 4th Place
Camp Far West 50 mile ride- 1st Place
NASTR 75 mile ride - 2nd Place
Western States Trail Ride ( Tevis Cup) 100 miles 1day -25th out of 216
IAHA-HA- Legion of Supreme Honor+
AERC - 1000 mile Medallion
Laminitis, Founder and Cushings
Gary Oliver
Oliver Stables Lancaster, KY
We've used Maximum Performance with some brood mares and colts, but really what got us started was last year in June we had a yearling filly that foundered. We had the vet out there with her and he did all he could do for her. She just laid down in the field and couldn't hardly get up. She'd try to raise up and crawl on her knees. She had lost weight. She was just pitiful. The kids had to go out and lead her to the trough so she would eat. She'd go on her knees 30 feet before she could stumble to her feet. I called and asked the vet was there anything else he could do. He advised me to put her down. We had a bag of Maximum Performance in the barn we had been using for brood mares and I decided to give it a try. We poured about a gallon in the trough and she dove in and ate every bit. We put a little more and she ate all of it. She finally slowed down and started not to eat so much. We decided to keep the trough full so she could get it whenever she wanted. About a month after that, my wife came in the house and said the filly was out there running and kicking. I looked out the window and sure enough she was. After 90 days, we were able to put shoes on her. When the vet came out to shoe her he couldn't believe how hard and solid her feet were. Most foundered horses can't stand it when you touch the bottom of their feet. We just kept giving MP to her and we're riding her now. She's two now and to look at her, you'd never know she'd been sick. You couldn't pick her out from any of the others. It totally reversed the founder. I've never seen that happen before. The reason I know that's what it was is, I didn't do anything else. Maximum Performance made a believer out of me. It's just unbelievable!
Phyllis McMurry Tate
Case 1: My 17 year old Palomino Quarter Horse Mare came out of the winter with a very heavy, wooly coat which she was not shedding out. She is cresty of neck and heavy. A possible Cushings sufferer. We started giving her Maximum Performance free choice in a stall feeder. Within 2 weeks, the hair coat began to come out forming a thick blanket on the floor of her stall. She is now a slick golden color. The cresty neck is still partially there, but she is loosing weight, has more energy, and is reaching a healthier state. She has perfect feet, no chips or cracks in spite of her weight and the hard summer ground.
Case 2: My 14 year old paso fino Mare has a long history of chronic laminitis. She began to have problems last winter and grew increasingly lame and inactive. She became acute in early summer and has suffered through confinement and a multitude of both drug and mechanical efforts to help her. Just in the last few days, she has been treated with a laser applied to the coronary band and her problematic feet. For the first time in months, I actually have hope that she can recover. She is still in some discomfort, but she is brighter, stands without trembling, eats with enthusiasm, and is interested in the world around her: all a vast improvement after only 3 sessions with the laser!
Case 3: A friend's retired 26 yr old Quarab Mare has a 5 year history of Laminitis, complicated by severe hypo thyroidism. She had feet plaqued by abscesses, structural failure, and pain. Her feet were so dished out that they were almost dinner plate size, even though she is a small horse. She has had a multitude of drug therapy (bute, thyroid powder, circulatory stimulants, etc.), and endless farrier procedures (excision of dead hoof tissue, pads, hoof ointments, shoeing in various odd conformations, etc.). With Maximum Performance, good nutrition (Oats and rice bran with good grass hay) and weight management (the bloated, blimp of a horse is gone), her feet are now near perfect: Straight, strong hoof wall. And best of all, she has been declared sound for riding!
