Horse Quencher is an all-natural blend of barley, oats, beet pulp, corn, salt and molasses, ingredients already found in a horse’s diet, that looks like granola and causes most horses to dive right in when added to a bucket of water. It is not an electrolyte nor an equine fizzy drink!
Horse Quencher was devised by three American lady trail riders with advice from top nutritionist John Fidler. Experimenting with various feeds tossed into water, they eventually hit on a combination that appealed to every horse. From this Horse Quencher was born with one goal in mind: to get horses to drink water when you want them to.
The ‘horsey cocktail’ was an immediate hit and became a key part of many riders’ kits for the Hong Kong Olympics, where there were concerns over the intense summer heat and humidity. Horse Quencher has since been named the Official Hydration Product of the American Endurance Ride Conference, the national governing body for endurance riding in the United States.
Word is now spreading rapidly about this answer to age-old concerns over getting horses to drink enough water to keep them happy and healthy, especially in times of sickness, travel, heavy exertion or stress when they can often reject water no matter how thirsty or needy they may be.
We’ve all had ‘you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink’ deeply ingrained in us. All those years spent shoving buckets of water under our horses’ noses at events, and them dripping with sweat, and still giving us the evil eye and snatching their heads away.
Well, the old saying no longer applies. Now there’s a new mantra…
‘HorseQuencher – you lead ‘em to water, we’ll make ‘em drink’
How to use Horse Quencher
We recommend you introduce Horse Quencher to your horse as a TREAT at home first. That way he will be used to it and when you need him to get hydrated right away, he will drink.
Most horses dive in right away, a few don’t. If your horse is hesitant, be patient.
Introduce Horse Quencher in a relaxed setting, e.g., after a ride or while grooming.
Give your horse encouragement. Scoop up the grains that sink to the bottom of the bucket and offer those to him. Often he will then understand that the treat at the bottom is worth emptying the bucket for! Taking the bucket to his nose rather than leaving it on the ground can help.
Persevere. Keep offering Horse Quencher daily. Each day he should start to take more interest. Try making the water-to-HQ ratio stronger at first. Or let the bucket sit for 30 minutes to 6 hours. This will enhance the flavours for the finicky horse. If it's a cold day, make Horse Quencher up with warm water. Try leaving the bucket in his field or stable by his regular water.
Flavours and all Natural ingredients
Flavours Available:
Apple
Mint
Root Beer
Butterscotch
List of all natural ingredients:
Barley, salt (18-22%), oats, molasses (8%), corn, beet pulp, soybean oil, apple nectar, and natural flavourings; fibre (6.5%), protein (6%), fat (3%), phosphorus (0.2%), calcium (0.15 %)