Horse Nutrition Tweets from the Purina Horse VIP Event

Select riders, trainers, and other professionals toured the Purina Animal Nutrition Center, watched research demonstrations, and learned about equine nutrition in lectures in the company’s semi-annual Professional Horse VIP Meeting, held Sept 15-17.
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Purina held one of its Professional Horse VIP Meetings in and around St. Louis, Missouri, Sept. 15-17. The select horse owners in attendance represented equestrian disciplines that included cutting, reining, roping, dressage, eventing, endurance, hunter-jumper, therapeutic horsemanship, entertainment, and horse racing (a variety of breeds), among others. These riders, trainers, and other professionals toured the Purina Animal Nutrition Center, in Gray Summit, watched research demonstrations, and learned about equine nutrition in lectures by two PhD nutritionists and a veterinarian who work on the farm: Katie Young, PhD; Karen Davison, PhD; and Kathy Williamson, DVM.

 

Our editor-in-chief was in attendance, and here are some of the basic take-home messages she picked up on equine nutrition during this visit. Photography was not permitted on the farm during the tours, but Purina sent a few photos so readers could take a look at some facilities. Look for additional upcoming coverage of the conference on TheHorse.com.

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Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director, grew up riding and caring for her family’s horses in Central Virginia and received a B.A. in journalism and equestrian studies from Averett University. She joined The Horse in 1999 and has led the editorial team since 2010. A 4-H and Pony Club graduate, she enjoys dressage, eventing, and trail riding with her former graded-stakes-winning Thoroughbred gelding, It Happened Again (“Happy”). Stephanie and Happy are based in Lexington, Kentucky.

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