My gelding foundered quite suddenly at 5 years old, and the prognosis was quite poor. I was told by multiple vets and farriers that I would never ride him again. After many consultations, no answers, and minimal if any improvement in my horses condition, I turned to researching on my own and decided to overhaul his diet. It was relatively clean before (decent quality hay, loose salt, and no grains/hard feed as he was out of work), but it was the one answer that just kept coming up. We later found he was IR, and standard hay and most feeds have too much sugar for him and will trigger laminitis, and, if left unchecked, founder. I put him on tested low sugar hay and he immediately improved, but something was missing. I started him on AminoTrace+ and his hooves started growing in healthier, he...

My gelding foundered quite suddenly at 5 years old, and the prognosis was quite poor. I was told by multiple vets and farriers that I would never ride him again. After many consultations, no answers, and minimal if any improvement in my horses condition, I turned to researching on my own and decided to overhaul his diet. It was relatively clean before (decent quality hay, loose salt, and no grains/hard feed as he was out of work), but it was the one answer that just kept coming up. We later found he was IR, and standard hay and most feeds have too much sugar for him and will trigger laminitis, and, if left unchecked, founder. I put him on tested low sugar hay and he immediately improved, but something was missing. I started him on AminoTrace+ and his hooves started growing in healthier, he...