One Scoop a Day: Support Your Horse’s Hydration with Apple Hi-Drate
Whether you’re preparing for competition, traveling to a show, or simply navigating hot summer days at the barn, proper hydration is essential to your horse’s health, performance, and recovery.
Horses cool themselves primarily through sweating. Along with water, sweat contains important electrolytes that help support several vital functions throughout the body. When horses sweat, they lose sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, and magnesium. All of these need to be replenished as part of a well-managed hydration routine.
Why Do Horses Need Electrolytes?
Electrolytes play an important role in maintaining fluid balance and supporting normal muscle and nerve function. While they are especially important for horses in regular work, electrolyte losses can also increase during:
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Hot or humid weather
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Training and competition
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Long-distance travel
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Periods of heavy sweating
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Increased workload
Providing clean, fresh water should always be the foundation of your horse’s hydration routine. However, water alone does not replace the electrolytes lost through sweat. That’s where Apple Hi-Drate Powder can help.
Daily Hydration Support Made Simple
Equine America Apple Hi-Drate Powder provides a carefully balanced combination of sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, and magnesium to help replace the electrolytes lost through sweating.
Its low-sugar formula is suitable for horses and ponies, while the highly palatable apple and cherry flavor makes it easy to mix into your horse’s daily feed. Apple Hi-Drate can also be added to water, making it a convenient option at home, on the road, or during competition.
Apple Hi-Drate Powder can help:
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Replace key electrolytes lost through sweat
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Encourage drinking and support rehydration
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Maintain normal fluid balance
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Support muscle and nerve function
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Promote recovery following exercise, travel or competition
It is also suitable for horses competing under FEI regulations and HISA’s Anti-Doping and Medication Control Rules.
333 Days of Hydration Support
Consistency is an important part of any supplementation program, and Apple Hi-Drate makes it easy.
The 22-pound tub provides up to 333 days of hydration support when fed at the recommended daily serving of 30 grams. That means one tub can help support your horse through nearly an entire year of training, travel, changing seasons, and competition.
For a 1,100-pound horse, the recommended feeding amount will depend on workload and how heavily the horse is sweating. One enclosed scoop provides approximately 30 grams. Always follow the feeding directions provided on the product and consult your veterinarian or equine nutritionist if you have questions about your horse’s individual electrolyte needs.
Make Hydration Part of the Routine
Electrolytes shouldn’t only become a priority once a horse is visibly tired or dehydrated. Building hydration support into your horse’s regular management routine can help replace daily losses and prepare them for the demands of work, travel, and warmer weather.
Always provide unrestricted access to fresh, clean water and adequate forage when feeding electrolytes. Monitor your horse’s drinking habits, sweat levels, and recovery, especially during periods of intense exercise or high temperatures.
From everyday rides to the biggest days on the competition calendar, Apple Hi-Drate provides convenient, palatable electrolyte support to help your horse stay hydrated and ready to perform.
