December 2003

Joint Supplements: Work Your Way Up

Glucosamine remains the starting place for combating arthritis.

Regular exercise is important to keeping your equine athlete healthy.

Since our first looks at joint nutraceuticals in July 1994 and November 1997, the available choices for horses combating arthritis have become nearly overwhelming. That’s why our field trials, which are done on real horses under everyday conditions, have proven valuable tools for so many readers. We know what worked the quickest and the best in our barns.

It seemed simpler just a few years ago when the product choices were basically different brands of glucosamine or chondroitin sulfate. Now, the number of ingredients has increased substantially as well, including oral hyaluronic acid, herbals and sea products. So many new choices have appeared that we’ve done three field trials on different…