Senior horse market grows: Specially formulated feeds help horses age with functionality, health and beauty

摘要

Anumber of factors have aligned to give horses a longer lifespan. Better nutrition and improved health care are the main reasons horses are living longer although the recent closing of the last U.S. equine slaughterhouses may also be a consideration.No one knows this better than Michael Bio-wen, owner and founder of Old Friends, a rescue facility for retired racehorses. Without 401 Ks, these superstars of the racing industry often find themselves unwanted and neglected in their senior years. "We'reused to seeing them as racing and breeding animals, but thoroughbreds are very intelligent and many can be retrained for athird careerfor dressage or recreation," says Blowen.