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Trainers, breeders and high-performance riders know the importance of quality nutrition, how a balanced formulation and ease of digestion can help to unlock the full potential of equine athletes.

GAIN Equine Nutrition

GAIN is proud to be a home-grown Irish company with strong local roots and an extensive network of local suppliers.

Sport & Leisure

Our Sport & Leisure Range offers specifically formulated, high quality products designed to meet the unique nutritional requirements for optimum performance across all disciplines.

Racing

The combination of high nutrient specifications and the consistent quality of our Racing Range is key to unlocking the potential of high performance racehorses. We’re proud to have fuelled some of the greatest racehorses of all time.

Stud

You’ll find our extensive Stud Range has a scientifically formulated feed for every stage, from reproduction, lactation and growth. This range is designed to meet the critical nutrient requirements of foals, weanlings, yearlings, mares and stallions.

Specialised

Our Specialised Range has been developed to meet demands for horses with specific nutritional requirements using carefully selected ingredients to enhance the nutritional specification of each product. The formulations are based on some of the most up to date equine nutrition and research.

Opti-Care Balancer

Nutrient-Rich, Multi-Purpose Balancer With A Low Starch, Non-Heating Formulation.

Equestrian Cubes

Highly Digestible, Multi-Purpose Cube.

Easy Go Cubes

Controlled energy release from an oat free, low starch formulation.

Freedom Cubes

High Oil, High Fibre Cubes, Suitable For Horses Requiring A Low Starch Diet.

Freedom Mix

Super Fibres & Oil In A Low Starch Formulation Suitable For Horses in Medium To Hard Work.

Racehorse Mix

Golden Cooked Mix, ‘The Winning Formulation’.

Cool ‘n’ Easy Mix

Oat Free, Low-Protein Muesli.

Prep ‘n’ Condition Mix

Blend Of Super Fibres And Oils For Unbeatable Topline And Condition.

Stud Care 32 Balancer

Premium Low Starch Balancer, Concentrated Nutrition For Optimum Development.

Stud Cubes

High Specification Formulation Suitable For All Breeding Stock.

Jim Bolger

Racehorse Trainer

It is essential that my horses receive consistent and nutritious feeds throughout the racing season, that is why I use GAIN Equine Nutrition.

Cian O’Connor

International Showjumper

The reason we use GAIN is because it works! The horses look well, they compete well and they are very happy and healthy.

David Cox

Baroda Stud

We have been feeding GAIN Stud Cubes as an integral part of our nutrition plan for our broodmares and young stock here at Baroda for over a decade. We have always been impressed by the quality and consistency of the product as well as the service provided by the GAIN team both here at the Stud and also when we travel abroad for the sales.

Gemma Tattersall

International Event Rider

The palatability and great quality of GAIN keeps all my horses in great condition. They have a great range of feeds which suits all my horses. The palatability tempts even the fussiest feeders and my horses look and feel fantastic.

Featured Posts

Feeding the Weanling

Weaning can be seen as a stressful time for Breeding stock and their owners however weaning the foal brings a major benefit to its nutrition; the amount of nutrients provided by the individual dams’ milk is now no longer a concern and as a consequence monitoring feed intake becomes much easier. Gradually introducing appropriate concentrate […]

Feeding Your Hunter

With both horses and hounds preparing to get back to the hunting field in the coming months it is a good time to look at your Hunter’s diet in detail and make any necessary changes at this time before your horse progresses into harder work. We know the hunting field is a nursery for many […]

Winter Feeding Horses At Grass

Grass remains a major component of the diet of most horses and ponies in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Pastures vary in their composition from season to season and also from region to region. Certain geographical areas may have pastures which are deficient in certain trace elements particularly copper, zinc, manganese and/or selenium. Hence it is […]

Protein Requirements

Protein is made up of smaller building blocks called amino acids. The requirement for protein depends on the function of the horse, whether it is growing, mature, in work (and the intensity of the work it is carrying out), pregnant or lactating etc. The requirement is also dependant on not only the quantity but the […]

WIN AN EXCLUSIVE TOUR OF KARSLWOOD STABLES TERMS & CONDITIONS

1.The promoter of this Competition is Glanbia Foods Ireland Limited t/a Glanbia Agribusiness, Purcellsinch, Dublin Road, Co. Kilkenny (the “Promoter”).2. Competition entrants must be over 18 years of age and be residents of the island of Ireland in order to qualify as the winner. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the eligibility of entrants.3. […]

GAIN The Advantage Series 2022

GAIN Equine Nutrition announce their continued support of Race Series, ‘GAIN The Advantage Series’ for a second year. Horse Racing Ireland are delighted to announce today that GAIN Equine Nutrition will continue their support of the GAIN The Advantage Series for a second year. This initiative achieved significant success in its inaugural year in 2021, […]

Prepping for sales

Now is the time of year that many horse owners are preparing their stock for the sales ring and one thing they all have in common is that they want to have their horses looking ‘a million dollars’ when they go under the hammer. For years horsemen and women have acknowledged the role of exercise in […]

Foal sales preparation

GAIN The Advantage at the foal sales with our expert guide to foal nutrition. Early foals have a distinct physical advantage in that they are naturally at a later developmental stage than their younger counterparts. Foals born in May and June are still very young and are dependent on their mother’s milk to supply them […]

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