CEN Horse Nutrition

13/09/2024

🚨🎙️NEW PODCAST EPISODE!🎙️🚨
⭐️ EQ Saddlery Founder GEOFF SINCLAIR
🇦🇺 Number 1 Horse PODCAST!
Spotify | Apple Podcasts

🟠 Ep. 129 | EQ SADDLERY FOUNDER GEOFF SINCLAIR - Industry Insights And Equestrian Safety

In this episode, Bryan interviews EQ Saddlery Founder Geoff Sinclair. EQ Saddlery is a family owned and operated business leveraging generations of equestrian passion and over 50 years of expertise in the equestrian retail and wholesale industries.

EQ Saddlery continues its rapid expansion with the completion of its 7th store location, our core philosophy remains unchanged: to provide unparalleled service, premier products, and renowned brands to valued customers.

Geoff is also currently FEl Chair of the Risk Management Steering Group, Member of the Eventing Committee, and FEl Level 3 TD.

A MUST LISTEN EPISODE!❤️🐴
Search CEN HORSE PODCAST on your Podcast app!

06/09/2024

🚨🎙️NEW PODCAST EPISODE!🎙️🚨
👨🏻‍⚕️ FEI VET Dr Mike Tomlinson
🇦🇺 Number 1 Horse PODCAST!
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🔵 Ep. 128 | FEI VET DR MIKE TOMLINSON – Horse Longevity & Performance

In this episode, Bryan and Peter interview FEI Vet Dr. Mike Tomlinson, a seasoned equine veterinarian with over four decades of experience in the world of international equestrian sports.
With a career spanning five World Equestrian Games, Olympics and countless World Championships across multiple disciplines, his expertise is unparalleled.

Dr. Mike has been a key figure at up to 30 FEI events annually, serving in roles such as Chef d’Equipe, Team Vet, and Veterinary Delegate for prestigious competitions around the world.

A MUST LISTEN EPISODE!❤️🐴
Search CEN HORSE PODCAST on your app or follow this link: https://cennutrition.com.au/ep-128-fei-vet-dr-mike-tomlinson-horse-longevity-performance/

04/09/2024

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I've finally transitioned my horses to the CEN Grain Free Ultimate!

I decided it was time to change it up and try, as they didn't love their mash, they were picking through & leaving some behind. I'm so happy I decided to make the switch, Hank and Samson are now 100% CEN powered & loving their feed again, licking their buckets clean.

Booking the FREE Diet Consult with the CEN team made the transition so easy & gave me confidence in making the switch, I can't thank them enough!” - Olivia H.

03/09/2024

It's hot.....and we're not the only ones who can feel it ☀️🐴

Did you know that in exercise or hot conditions, a horse can lose up to 4 litres of sweat? This large volume of sweat helps to regulate body temperature, and it's vital as owners, to correctly and adequately replenish these salt and electrolyte levels.

Are salt and electrolytes the same? No. Salt, commonly refers to sodium chloride. Daily salt supplementation is vital for nerve and cellular function, as well as fluid balance- preventing dehydration.

Electrolytes, are a broader variety of minerals to additionally support bodily functions such as muscle contraction & relaxation, energy production and nerve transmission. Electrolytes are crucial for additional support before and after strenuous activities, and a balanced profile will ensure optimal performance for your equine companion.

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27/08/2024

Spring is near, and we want to help you get ahead!🌿

Spring grass making an appearance?🌿

Are you dreading the bitey bugs annoying your horses, leaving them itchy and scratching?🌿

Follow our SPRING SEASON CHECKLIST to provide a natural body armour for your equine companions! 🌿

EPISODE 53- DANGERS OF SPRING PASTURES
https://open.spotify.com/episode/68LiDiAUjHDgEA4YFhBYUO?si=nc34VLqBT7yhKBDTZNwmPw

VITAMIN C Article- https://cennutrition.com.au/vitamin-c-effects-on-inflammation-and-immunity-in-animals/

QUEENSLAND ITCH- https://cennutrition.com.au/queensland-itch-cause/

26/08/2024

SPOTS ARE FILLING QUICKLY! 🩵

Simplify your feeding, all at the click of a button!

Book NOW!🐴🌿

https://cennutrition.com.au/horses/free-diet-analysis/

22/08/2024

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“We have riders with a range of abilities, disabilities and challenges. It is essential that each horse is in peak condition and ready to accept all of these riders, and thanks to CEN, we are able to plan, monitor and review the program for each horse.

At Aceline Percherons, Performance Team & Equestrian Centre, we are involved in a variety of equine activities including dressage vaulting and harness. To allow this to happen, a carefully prepared nutrition program is designed for each individual horse.

Thank you for your ongoing support to our organization and associates including your sponsorship of the recent Queensland State Vaulting Championships.

-Karen Foran of Aceline Percherons Aceline Equestrians Centre - previously Kamilaroi Equestrian

If you'd like to change up your diet, please contact us on (07) 3180 3014 or book a free diet consult now 🐴
https://cennutrition.com.au/horses/free-diet-analysis/

21/08/2024

📣Attention Online Shoppers!📣

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15/08/2024

❓ASK Away! Q&A Thursdays! 🗣️

⏰ Now until 4pm -
Peter, Bry, Jaz & Nic will be online to answer any questions you may have on nutrition for your horse!

- Quick questions only please! For long diet consults, please book for phone consult - https://cennutrition.com.au/horses/free-diet-analysis/

- Ask in comments below👇🏻

👀There's no silly questions, you can ask us anything about CEN!
😍Have a great day! As you can see quite gloomy in Brisbane today 🌧️🫶🏻

14/08/2024

🇦🇺 Australia’s Number 1 Horse Podcast - Over 100k Listens! 🎙️

📲 Link: https://cennutrition.com.au/horses/podcasts/

10/08/2024

👁️ Can you GUESS what is missing in the CEN Feed Pyramid but is actually NOT ESSENTIAL in a horse’s diet?

🎙️NEW PODCAST EPISODE:
https://cennutrition.com.au/ep-124-cen-feed-pyramid-simplify-your-horses-diet/

08/08/2024

🌱STILL NOT GETTING RESULTS??🌱

⌛️FREE EQUINE DIET CONSULTATIONS⌛️

🐴Simplicity is key & we can help you help your horse!

📌Limited spots available- book yours now! 📌
https://cennutrition.com.au/horses/free-diet-analysis/

28/07/2024

🏆Perfect Vet Scores - Fastest Recovery Times Of The Day!⏱️
- 100km Snowy Zone Endurance Championship NSW! -
🏆1st -🏇🏻Razorback Blue Avatar
🏆1st - Best Conditioned
*On The Full CEN Nutrition Diet - Including CEN Ultimate & CEN Oil*

Congratulations all connections - Ashley Cole & Jolene Cole

🌱𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 ™
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23/07/2024

🏆 2024 QERA State Championships - Widgee Endurance And Trail Riders Club 🏆 Congratulations to Taylor Grogan and Anastazia VA - 5th Junior. A Total ride time of 16hrs 31min 23sec 👏
🐴 Anastazia is fuelled by the full CEN diet including CEN Ultimate, CEN Oil and CEN Salt
📸 Sarah Sullivan Photography

09/07/2024

🇦🇺QLD State 6yo Young Horse Champion 2024!
“Darius thrives on the complete CEN feed program!” Lauren George

Congratulations Lauren, thank you for all your support and also congrats to rider Hannah Giblins on Darius on the Championship Title!

🇦🇺Also congrats to all the Australian Riders, Horses and Connections for their 🇫🇷PARIS 2024 Olympics Qualification!
Including Lauren’s former team member Quincy B and rider Jayden Brown on their 🇫🇷PARIS 2024 Olympics Qualification! Quincy was imported from Germany and raised on CEN in his early years in Australia.

05/06/2024

🎙️NEW PODCAST EPISODE🎙️
Ep. 122 | IS YOUR HORSE LACKING ENERGY - Low Glycogen Stores Maybe The Cause

🤝Join Bryan and Peter as they explore how low glycogen stores can impact your horse's energy levels and performance.

- Have you noticed your horse feeling sluggish or unable to maintain stamina during workouts?

- What is a high sugar and starch feed and what is considered balanced?

- How does sugar and starch contribute to glycogen stores in horses?

- Available on all Podcast Apps including Spotify & Apple Podcasts

15/05/2024

⚖️⭐️GUESS THE WEIGHT COMPETITION!⭐️⚖️
✍🏻Comment below to WIN a 1x small CEN Supplement of your choice and CEN Hat delivered to your door!

e.g
Scoop A. 0.55kg
Scoop B. 1.20kg

The person to guess the exact weight of both scoops in kgs wins the prize! Competition ends 12noon Friday 17th May.❤️🐴

⭐️🎙Listen To The New Podcast on CEN Grain Free Ultimate - Search your podcast app 'CEN Horse Nutrition'

11/02/2024

💢 Tying-Up - Management & Prevention ❇️

☀️With parts of Australia still experiencing heat waves - (Perth 38°C this week!🥵)

💧There is a definite link between hydration and muscle health - ensure your horse has adequate electrolytes which are critical for muscle contractions💪🏻🐴😄

Read more about Tying-Up here:

🔬The term TYING-UP is used to describe a wide variety of muscle disorders that can occur in performance horses.
📖 The scientific name is Rhabdomyolysis, where the 'myolysis' part means muscle breakdown.

🔎 Clinical signs of tying up are varied and depends on the severity of the episode.
🔻 Uncontrolled contraction of muscle groups and reluctance to move are the main signs. The muscles in the hindquarters are most commonly affected.
Other signs:
🔻Pain and sensitivity
🔻Increased heart & respiratory rate
🔻Profuse sweating
🔻Temperature up to 40°C
🔻Gait gradually stiffens/locks

🕘 A tying-up episode can persist for several hours and in severe cases the horse's urine turns a dark, red-brown colour which is due to the broken down muscle protein called myoglobin.
💢 When muscle cells are damaged, they release high amounts of certain enzymes into the blood circulation. They are Creatine Kinase (CK) and Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) and both show up in high levels on blood testing profile.
⏱ The peak levels for CK occur 4-6 hours after an episode of tying-up.

🔎 The cause of tying-up centres around muscle management, biochemistry and physiology.
It is not known which single mechanism triggers the condition but the combination of many factors are known to contribute to the severity.

➡️ Types of Tying-Up:

1️⃣) Recurrent Exertional Rhabdomyolysis (RER) – occurs when calcium is trapped inside the muscle cells preventing them from fully relaxing.
Prolonged partial contraction leads to muscle damage and considerable pain.

2️⃣) Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy (PSSM) – is the accumulation of glycogen in the muscle tissue, but the structure of the glycogen is not normal, due to a genetics and this is where the issue occurs.
When the horse is exercising, it needs to access this glycogen for energy and the abnormal glycogen structure prevents this from happening.

🐴 When looking at equine muscle physiology and more importantly the need for muscles to be worked and fuelled appropriately, asking a horse to perform beyond their fitness level will increase the risk of tying up.

🐎 Excessive muscle breakdown is a side effect of overtraining an under conditioned muscle.
Unrealistic workloads along with electrolyte imbalances (particularly low sodium), vitamin E/selenium deficiencies or a concurrent illness (virus) all can provide triggers for tying-up.

⚖️ The many other possible triggers include:
➖Calcium : Phosphate ratio imbalance
➖Dehydration
➖Hypotension / Nervousness
➖Inadequate oxygen transport to muscles
➖Abnormal carbohydrate metabolism
➖Lactic acid build up
➖Hormone imbalances
➖Genetic inheritance
🌾*Oats - There is only anecdotal evidence and no scientific reason/evidence to why oats trigger a tying up episode. It is unclear exactly why, as the nutritional profile of oats is very healthy with 80%-90% digested by the small intestine. This is a huge advantage over other grain types like corn, because if too much starch enters the large intestine, it affects the microbiome environment and surrounding tissue leading to many health issues.

✅ Limit the risk of tying-up by focusing on good dietary and exercise management.
Keep to a consistent exercise schedule within your horse's fitness level, building fitness levels up so they are handling the work before increasing the workload.

🌱 The majority of their diet should be based around fibre (pasture or grassy hay) and keep grain intake to a minimal unless an increase in calories is required due to the workload.

🔸 Provide a high quality plant based Omega 3 (First Cold Pressed) Oil as a healthy cool source of calories, which does not contribute to the lactic acid levels.

📊 Meeting all essential daily vitamin and mineral requirements including those for electrolytes and antioxidants will also help limit the risk of your horse of tying up.
Especially:
✅ Calcium, Phosphate, Magnesium
✅ Antioxidants - Vitamin E & Selenium
✅ Electrolytes - Sodium, Potassium & Chloride
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❓Any questions? Please ask in the comments below👇🏻

🖊Written by Bryan Meggitt (BMedSc. PGCrtMedSc.)
Blood Scientist and Co-founder of CEN - Complete Equine Nutrition

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25/01/2024

🇦🇺 On Australia Day, we reflect on the diverse perspectives that make up our amazing country.
We value the varied experiences of our community. Wishing everyone a thoughtful day of contemplation and understanding.

21/01/2024

𝙒𝘼𝙍𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙨 & 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙀𝙉

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ”I love the CEN Grain Free Complete feed It has done absolute wonders for my OTTB horse that I was feeding so much feed and supplements but he never looked right It has taken a good 12 months but he is now on a at less than half of the bucket feed and looking a million bucks! Thank you CEN for simplifying feed time with them looking so happy and healthy” - Review by Kelly N.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “CEN Oil has made a huge difference to all 7 of our horses coats. Since our change over to a full CEN diet I am amazed at the improvement in coats, feet and overall wellbeing.” - Review by Nadine M.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “CEN CF50 is a godsend. We are very lucky to have lush pastures, which means we can have very fat horses sometimes! I was struggling to manage their weight but make sure they were getting all the correct vitamins and minerals, until I found CEN! Now we have no issues at all and my horses are happy and healthy” - Review by Brooke G.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ”I started to use the CEN Ulcer Protect on my mare after being treated for ulcers. I now use it as a preventative and can’t recommend it enough. Absolutely love it!” - Review by Chloe H.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I am seriously shook whenever I see my horses lol. The shine my horses have gotten since being on CEN Oil is absolutely amazing!! Fantastic product I’d recommend to anyone. I’ve even noticed how my Thoroughbred mares joints started creaking and cracking loudly pretty badly. I was going to put her on a seperate joint supplement. Since I started them on CEN Oil. I haven’t noticed it at all.” - Review by Ash W.

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10/01/2024

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “My chestnut mare (photo) is always annoyed at me with ears flat back whether it be brushing, riding, feeding or looking at her??? I saw Frisky mare had been released and went into CEN and bought a small bag. Double feed rate to her for a few days and on the fifth day I went back into CEN to buy the big bag. She’s a different horse honestly!
She comes up for a smooch at the fence and is loving a brush or ride. Doesn’t flatten her ears when I tighten the girth and is absolutely loving her life. Thanks CEN!!! | UPDATE- Now winning reining and ranch comps!!!” - Review by Rachel J.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️”This is a game changer! The last competition I took my mare to before using CEN Frisky Mare, she was very agitated and wouldn’t relax due to being in season. Yesterday I took her to another event while it POURED with rain and other horses not standing still. She behaved perfectly in the line up and didn’t put a foot wrong. Such a noticeable difference in as little as 2.5 weeks!” - Review by Kathryn A.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️”I have changed over from _*****_ to CEN Frisky Mare and I am very happy! - Review by Ashlee W.

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CEN Frisky Mare is designed to aid in maintaining the normal hormonal balance of mares, especially when their temperament and mare-ish behaviour negatively impacts safe handling.

04/01/2024

⭐️World Famous ‘Nugget’ is 30 yrs old this year!
One of the reasons Nugget is thriving into his later years.

“My dear boy Nugget, you are the major reason that I am all that I am as a Horseman and you are now and forever will be, the ‘Stallion that runs in my Heart”

‘I love you mate, now and for always”.
Guy McLean

21/12/2023

🎄🔔 Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? CEN fed horses are feasting! 🎶☺️🐴
🎅🏼Merry Christmas from the CEN Team!
⭐️Wishing you and your loved ones a Happy Christmas and safe New Year! Cheers to health, happiness, and happy horses!

Thank you for all your support of our family owned Aussie company, where even Santa’s reindeer love our products!
Santa-approves for his four-legged athletes. ‘Tis the season shine! ✨🎄🏇

11/12/2023

Is Your Oil Really Cold Pressed?🤔

HIGHEST OMEGA 3 OIL FOR HORSES ON THE MARKET! Anti-Inflammatory Properties. Skin & Coat Health. CEN Oil Is 100% Plant Based, Natural Cool Energy Source.

09/12/2023

21/11/2023

👀We have limited spots for same day diet consults from now until Thursday!📲❤️🐴

If you have been wanting to book a consult and discuss your horse’s diet – Now is the time! ⌚
Please book via - https://cennutrition.com.au/equine-nutrition-consultation/

08/10/2023

🤩”Wow! That is the best my horses have ever looked!”

Kylie Gartside - Okey Dokey Farm
Herd based horse agistment. Equicentral model for retired, spelling & young horses.
Lismore, NSW, Australia, New South Wales

Kylie is also an artist and has been designing and making jewellery for more than 15 years with a Bachelor of Fine Art majoring in gold and silversmithing from the Queensland College of Art.
Kylie’s work has been exhibited both at home and internationally.

03/10/2023

Cowgirls Gathering 2023
🙌🏻Thank you everyone who made the effort to visit our CEN Horse Nutrition stand, all your amazing support and to our best stand neighbours Tanja Kraus Horsemanship & Phil Monaghan, Jaquima a Freno, Classical Horsemanship.
Amanda Loy and your wonderful team, thank you for your support, we are truly grateful for and love seeing the event growing year on year with over 700 in attendance!
📸 Coverdale Media - Tanja & Phil & CEN Team

10/09/2023

🎙️Our latest podcast - Ep. 111 | Berwick Endurance Stud – No Shortcuts
Link: https://cennutrition.com.au/ep-111-berwick-endurance-stud-no-shortcuts/

Thank you CEN Horse Nutrition for inviting us along to talk all things CEN, Endurance and Berwick 💙💚🖤

Our CEN journey is credited to our great sponsor Premium Blue who are also a stockist of CEN.. Saash and Mark stock quality brands, so seeing they were stockist of CEN was our first indicator to start looking more into this product.

Our second indicator… when we arrived at the TQ, the first horse we saw was Ashley Cole on Novac coming in from a training run.. we turned to each other and said.. that horse is gana be the horse to beat! He looked absolutely amazing!!

You only need to look at other top endurance horses like those from Kurrajong and Almazaan Stud to see the condition CEN assists with in the overall makeup of these great athletes.

If your not already on the CEN train… hurry up and grab your ticket!! 🚂 🎟️

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