Hi all,
This is a cross post from eventing, where I spend most of my time; I thought I might have some luck with the racing folks.
Has anyone used Equiwinner patches? I am curious to know why you used them and whether they worked.
Thanks in advance!
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Hi all,
This is a cross post from eventing, where I spend most of my time; I thought I might have some luck with the racing folks.
Has anyone used Equiwinner patches? I am curious to know why you used them and whether they worked.
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We used it on a horse that usually becomes a problem sweater…before he advanced to his usual summer symptoms. It is recommended as a treatment, no instant results, so we started it early…and I can honestly say that his sweating is normal, no usual hints such as pasty sweat, loss of hair around his eyes. We are in South Florida…and he trains every day.
I used them on a mare I trained last year and had great results. I used them because after her 1st start with me she bled visually (still won) I started her on them shortly after that, gave her about 5 weeks off before her next start and she came back and won again. I scoped her after that win and nothing! Kept her on them for the rest of the racing season and ran her 5 more times with a second and third on an off track, nowhere on a sloppy track and back to back wins. So yes, I had good luck with them. However, she did tie up once while she was on them, but she was a bit of a nut and may have tied up more if not on them?
Just read the description and sounds too good to be true;) Is it legal in racing and eventing?
yes, legal to run on. It’s just a patch with a magnet looking piece to it.
I did a little experiment last year with 6 of our Standardbreds and the Equiwinner patches. Two mares that were prone to tying up, two bad bleeders, an older gelding who had a chronic issue with his blood and a non-sweater. I followed the instructions to a “T”, even calling the manufacturer for guidance and gave them all the proper time off before restarting work. The outcome was “no change” on all six, but it was worth a shot to see what all the talk was about. I’m not sure what other jurisdictions allow, but in NY you cannot have them on the horses when they ship in on race day or in the paddock.
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I did a little experiment last year with 6 of our Standardbreds and the Equiwinner patches. Two mares that were prone to tying up, two bad bleeders, an older gelding who had a chronic issue with his blood and a non-sweater. I followed the instructions to a “T”, even calling the manufacturer for guidance and gave them all the proper time off before restarting work. The outcome was “no change” on all six, but it was worth a shot to see what all the talk was about. I’m not sure what other jurisdictions allow, but in NY you cannot have them on the horses when they ship in on race day or in the paddock.[/QUOTE]
Although I do not know standardbreds at all…with my show anhydrosis horses…patch was with a judicious program that I use during the summer regarding those horses who had been known in previous summers to “shut down”. I have learned that anhydrosis has a lot of components…not just one that “does it all”. I can say honestly that the patch enhanced what we did…and we start in the spring before they show any signs of shutting down. A giant puzzle, and every piece helps…especially when you compete.
Has pretty much cured a head shaking thoroughbred I know.
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Although I do not know standardbreds at all…with my show anhydrosis horses…patch was with a judicious program that I use during the summer regarding those horses who had been known in previous summers to “shut down”. I have learned that anhydrosis has a lot of components…not just one that “does it all”. I can say honestly that the patch enhanced what we did…and we start in the spring before they show any signs of shutting down. A giant puzzle, and every piece helps…especially when you compete.[/QUOTE]
I never got to work with the horse that had anhydrosis for an extended period of time because he was claimed shortly after we tried the patches. I’ve been fortunate not to have to deal with non-sweaters for the most part…it’s a bizarre thing when a horse comes off the track bone dry, I can tell you that.
My 15 year old Trakehner gelding slowed down his sweating dramatically starting about 5 years ago. OneAC didn’t get him normal, but it helped alot and got us thru the summers. Last summer (2011) was brutal, hot nights as well as hot days, and he shut down sweating completely in August in spite of OneAC. Then the heat broke, he started sweating right away - and a friend told me about Equiwinner. I decided to try them and did the 10 day course this past spring at the end of April. In the interests of experimentation I did not start OneAC.
Loved the results. He stayed sweating normally all summer. Hooray!
I am a believer in the Equiwinner patches! They worked great to induce sweating on both a warmblood mare and now on my daughter’s leased TB cross gelding. Posting for those who may be struggling with anhydrosis, it seems the best time to use them is almost past, with temps reaching the 80’s next week.
