Just wondering if anyone has used, or can recommend a muscle building supp, low energy, so low fat???
TIA
[QUOTE=QuillcoteFarm;8408724]
Just wondering if anyone has used, or can recommend a muscle building supp, low energy, so low fat???
TIA[/QUOTE]
I’ve had some success with Tri-Amino.
https://www.smartpakequine.com/ps/triamino-8489?cm_sp=Category--TopPick--8489
More muscle means you need more protein and quality work. My go-to source is alfalfa (preferably hay, but cubes or pellets if that’s all that’s available), and/or switch to a higher protein grain.
Prepping TB yearlings for the sales, they were all on BodyBuilder, a concentrated gamma oryzanol (sp?) supplement. I’ve used M.A.S.S. (a cheaper Bodybuilder knock-off) with some results as well for horses who just needed a little help filling out. I only used it short-term (1-2 months).
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I’ve had some success with Tri-Amino.
https://www.smartpakequine.com/ps/triamino-8489?cm_sp=Category--TopPick--8489[/QUOTE]
I have also used Tri-Amino and seen good results - paired with quality, varied work, of course.
So right now she’s on a 14% protein grain, all the second cut hay she will eat. When researchg grain Iam finding 16% is the highest, and mostly fed to foals and lactating mare. So what is the % of protein you are referring to?
I have added a ration balancer to my horse’s feed per my vet as a preemptive strike against his yearly winter weight and muscle loss. An RB will be higher in protein than a typical feed, and won’t add a lot of unnecessary calories. This experimental for my guy, as he is the first horse I’ve ever fed an RB to that got hot (tried it over the summer when he was getting fat). Different RB this time.
If he can’t handle it, we’ll go with a protein supplement, like the ones mentioned above.
[QUOTE=QuillcoteFarm;8409462]
So right now she’s on a 14% protein grain, all the second cut hay she will eat. When researchg grain Iam finding 16% is the highest, and mostly fed to foals and lactating mare. So what is the % of protein you are referring to?[/QUOTE]
Ration Balancers do up the protein a lot with out adding calories. All my horses are on one…and we add more calories with other grain for the harder keepers.
You also up the protein with hay like Alfalfa.
But supplements like Tri-amino are very affordable and can add just that little bit more that a horse may need if you are already on a very good feed program. The key is good feed program for your horse…with quality grain and hay that they absorb effectively.
I’ll third the Tri-Amino. Agree w/ BornFreeNowExpensive-
Within a couple weeks of adding Tri-Amino I saw much better topline developing and other muscles seemed stronger.
I’ve had good luck with Tri-Amino, also Fat Cat.
Ok so I think I will add a RB like Mina vit, put her back on rice bran, and add some alfalfa pellets, and the Tri-Amino. She is a BIG girl, and only requires 3 lbs of grain daily, she maintains her weight well with hay, she never built much muscle on the track, so she has no muscle memory. She has week stifles, even with the muscle she has, so lots of cavalettis over the winter as well. Vet also suggested to have her vit E level checked, even though she is on vit E.
Thanks guys!!
[QUOTE=QuillcoteFarm;8409462]
So right now she’s on a 14% protein grain, all the second cut hay she will eat. When researchg grain Iam finding 16% is the highest, and mostly fed to foals and lactating mare. So what is the % of protein you are referring to?[/QUOTE]
I have found, with help from my vet, that a horse that is eating hay is likely not getting enough vitamin E to help process the protein. After a blood test, we added E to my horse’s diet and with proper work, muscles!
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Prepping TB yearlings for the sales, they were all on BodyBuilder, a concentrated gamma oryzanol (sp?) supplement. I’ve used M.A.S.S. (a cheaper Bodybuilder knock-off) with some results as well for horses who just needed a little help filling out. I only used it short-term (1-2 months).[/QUOTE]
Ditto. Can’t tell you if I feel like it worked though. There was so much being thrown at them (proper hay, turnout, hill work, yada yada yada) to get them looking like the “type.”
If I had to do it on my own - probably just ensure the hay is the best quality available/affordable.
[QUOTE=QuillcoteFarm;8409462]
So right now she’s on a 14% protein grain, all the second cut hay she will eat. When researchg grain Iam finding 16% is the highest, and mostly fed to foals and lactating mare. So what is the % of protein you are referring to?[/QUOTE]
I have found, with help from my vet, that a horse that is eating hay is likely not getting enough vitamin E to help process the protein. After a blood test, we added E to my horse’s diet and with proper work, muscles!
Yes one of mine has trouble with his Vite E levels and gets a special liquid E supplement that the Vet orders.
I’ve used TriAmino but didn’t notice a huge difference. Have also used More Muscle (gamma oryzanol, like BodyBuilder) but I think it’s more of a shorter-term solution. Currently use rice bran and alfalfa cubes (soaked) as my go-to for bulking up, but I also have a skinny TB who likes to drop weight at the drop of a hat. 
