I went in the stall of the sorrel horse, who’d recently been turned over to the Conquistador Equine Rescue and Advocacy Program. I wanted a closer look at the brand on his hip. When I touched his body, hair came away in large clumps. Aside from being emaciated (he weighed in at 600lbs) his whole body was covered in rain rot. I called the Director of the rescue, and volunteered to wash him the next day. Medicated shampoo was provided, and the horse called “Blaze” stood like a champ for 3 hours on the hot summer day in Arizona while I scrubbed, rinsed and repeated. When I was done I sat on an overturned bucket to watch, I allowed him to graze on the few tufts of green grass growing around the wash rack. After munching a few bites, he walked over to me, stopped directly in front of me, and stretched his neck over me, as a mare would to a foal. It was his way of saying “Thank you.”. I called that evening, to tell Pat, the Director, that I would adopt this gelding, whos’ previous owner had turned over to the rescue with little information. She’d told them he was a Paso Fino…when she forged a deal with the Sheriff to turn over his papers, rather than face charges, he turned out to be a foundation bred Quarter Horse. His papers showed that I was the 6th owner he’d had in his 8 years of life. There was little information given about what training he’d had in the past…I didn’t even know if he was saddle broke! He was completely unresponsive to the name “Blaze”, and because of his incredible personality, I changed his name to “Sugar”. His first month at the rescue, he’d clearly seemed depressed…barely eating, gaining very little weight, and unresponsive to humans. I began turning him out, and bathing him. A close friend provided me with a months supply of Platinum Performance, which had been recommended to her by her Vet. I also took pictures every Friday, in order to see the differences as they occurred. By the end of the first week, there was a brightness to his eyes, and he’d gained a bit of weight. By the end of the second week, he had the beginning of a shiny new coat! His appetite improved dramatically, and quickly he was gaining weight! After several months, he was well enough to see if he was saddle broke. He turned out to be very well behaved, although terrified of a bit in his mouth. Soon I was riding him everywhere, with a bareback pad and rope halter. He’s a perfect gentleman on the ground, or in the saddle. He’s taken care of several adults who had never ridden before, and has a way of teaching them step by step, how to ride. He’s now in charge of teaching my 2 year old niece how to ride, and he takes his job very seriously. He’s also learned out to pull a cart, which he seems to enjoy! I’ve had Sugar for 3 years now, and every day I feel blessed to have him. Although his road to recovery was not an easy one (he’s been treated for ulcers, skin infections, allergies, and selenium deficiency, just to name a few things), he’s been worth all of it. There have been times when I’ve tried other supplements, in hopes of something working better for him. Each time, we’ve come back to Platinum Performance. He seems to gain weight and muscle tone better, his skin is healthier, his coat is glossy and dappled, his eyes are bright, and his attitude is more playful as a benefit of taking Platinum Performance. Every time I’ve taken him off of it, I’ve seen a decrease in his overall health. I don’t know what it is, but obviously there is something that works for him, in Platinum Performance. He will always be a Platinum Performance horse, and the love of my life!

Wendy Hart – Denver CO

I have always had a dream of owning a spanish horse of some sort. When I was finally able to get enough money saved up I bought a filly named Jovana H. While we were out of town she was kicked by one of my other horses and ruptured intestine which was fatal. Luckily I had her insured and was able to replace her with her half sister Kirela H. It was horrible to loose Jo but a blessing to get “Ela”. Ela just turned 4yrs old and is a love bug, she sees me coming and her eyes light up. Together we are working toward dressage and maybe some driving. She is learning fast and we are ready to begin together as a team.I used Platinum about 5years ago on all my horses and I noticed the difference it made. I had kids in between and I am ready to start on PP again as Ela and I begin to work harder toward our goals! Here is a picture of us last week end. Me & Ela on the left (she is the bay) and our good friend Kali & Mulan on the right, on our first trail ride out in the beautiful Arizona Desert. Thanks Ela for being such a great friend and dream come true for me!!

Stephanie Whitfield – Queen Creek AZ

This is my pony “Bullsy” he is a section B welsh stallion. I bought him to be a performance pair for my other pony in combined driving. Little did I know what a superstar he would turn out to be. Anytime I go anywhere with him it is like a media event. He has such presence that he draws a crowd. The number one question I get is what color is he? Palomino Roan. His specialty is combined driving but he has many other uses. He is used as a ranch horse to help break future cutting/cow horses,helps gather cattle and works as a turnback horse in the cutting pen and for kicks and giggles demonstrates reining patterns. He is a wonderful ambassador to show the toughness and versitility of his breed. Ever since I came across Plantinum I don’t allow anything else in my barn. Ponies by their very nature are easy keepers and prone to being fat. By using Platinum it has kept the fat pockets off my ponies and turned it into usable muscle as well as giving their coats a superior shine compared to any horse or pony on other feeds.

Denise Hinder – Mineral Wells, TX

Grace is a seven year old Arabian I got two years ago. She was not even halter broke. I found her in Texas and hauled her back to Vermont and started to train her. I got her as a endurance prospect. I did a number of 50 mile rides last year and 70 miles of the Vermont 100. She had a metabolic issue. After that I put her on Platinum Performance, Metabolic support and Platinum’s vitamin E. I continued to compete in 50s through the fall and had no issues. In December I took her to Florida and attempted another 100. She completed with all A’s and was in wonderful condition. I also have cut her feed back as she seems to be maintaining weight condition wonderfully. I contribute this a lot to Platinum Performance. Thanks so much!

Gene Limlaw – Vermont

This is my wonderful gelding Neon. Neon broke his hip when he was younger and most vets who evaluated him said he should never have been sound enough to be a show horse after his injury. Despite the odds he went on to be an amazing show horse with the only evidence left of his injury being a dropped hip. I showed Neon for the last 11 years and he proved to be an amazing teacher taking me through the ranks of a beginner Novice Youth to showing at the AQHA World Championships and through the first part of showing in the Amateur division. Neon has been fed Platinum Performance products for the majority of his show career as well as now in his retirement. Not only has he allowed me to achieve goals I never though was possible he also was one of the main factors in developing my passion for veterinary medicine. Neon, now 17, is retired retired from showing while I focus on finishing my Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine degree focusing on equine sports medicine and orthopedics. Neon still loves to work and is currently teaching other veterinary students how to ride or just providing a mental break from the class room. During the day he gets to spend time out in the pasture with his pasture-mates and gets brought in for the evening.

Stacy Neon – Davis, CA

Monday, September 14, 2009 MONK wins AERC Champ Ride (9:58Hr. 100miles, BC Aerc, BC FEI, 1st place FW) Lucky numbers? The morning I went to pick him up (the 9th) I was listening to a local radio talk show, while waiting for my broken down truck in Oakland, and they were talking about the ridiculous notion that the 09 09 2009 was some lucky day or numbers or something like that. I thought that it was pretty unusually and although I am a non believer had it in the back of my mind that it was a good sign that MONK would do well. The fat farm was Lindsay’s mom’s house in Napa where MONK spent 3 weeks getting pampered with 3 meals a day, two back to back days of nice riding at Point Reyes. I was supposed to pick MONK up on Sunday on our way home from the airport, but we were in a rental car because my truck broke down in the middle of beautiful downtown Oakland at 5:30am. I picked up MONK an headed home to start loading the trailer, even though two days late. MONK still needed to be trimmed and new boots glued on plus mega hours getting loaded. The broke down truck and all the driving put me way behind. As soon as I got home I put MONK on the scale. He weighed in at 909#’s. The talk on the radio station immediately came to mind. 909 on 09092009. I did immediately send a text to Lindsay as they thought MONK had gained quite a bit of weight at the fat farm. His usual fit conditioning weight is 860#’s, his high weight is #882, so 909#’s is a good gain. The Ride The AERC Championship ride was held in Greenville CA which is only 3 hours from where I live. It is a beautiful mountain community with about a 3500 elevation with beautiful trees and nice forest type roads. The camp was held at a amazing camp called Copper Creek, a kids camp with more facilities then I have ever seen. They had showers, a canteen, flush toilets, a large arenas, large meadows for camping, ropes coarse, climbing wall, swimming pool, basketball court, volley ball court, BMX coarse, ponds etc…. Our Goal This was to be another very careful planned ride. We had looked at the finish times in the 100 from previous years. This was to be our coc so we had to finish the ride in 12:20 min. We also knew that the trail had been a little short in previous years and they had to add mileage to the coarse. So at the time of the start our mind set was that we need to go just a little bit faster then usual. Our back up plan, just in case the 12:20 was not doable was to just slow it down and use this ride for the other 2 star or better ride we needed and to do our coc on the flat desert coarse in Jan. Start to first Vet Check Lindsay was on MONK at 4:20am to warm up MONK for the 5am start. It was totally dark at that time of the morning but there was a almost full moon. Since I was not riding I can’t describe the start other then what Lindsay has relayed to me. She said she started maybe mid pack. After they got to the top she let MONK go a little. We were waiting at the first vet check were she arrived in about 15th position. MONK went to the vet box after a long drink where he pulsed down almost immediately, he passed 10 horses and MONK went out in 5th place. Needles to say he looked fantastic, he drank and drank and then ate a good breakfast before hitting the trail. We packed up and headed back to camp where vet checks 2 and 3 were being held. Second Vet Check Lindsay and MONK were 2nd FEI rider going out of the first vet check and everybody pretty much arrived in the order they left the first vet check except I think Lindsay might of been 4th. I was paying more attention to the FEI placing then the other riders because that was our point at being at the ride in the first place. Third vet check was pretty much the same. MONK looked fantastic, was eating and drinking and taking his electrolytes like a big boy. He is a very easy horse to ride and Lindsay was having fun. Forth and Fifth Vet Checks The FEI rider in front of us was Brad Green who we know very well. We knew that his horse takes awhile to pulse down. Brad left in I think 2nd place out of the first vet check. When we got to the 4th vet check, Rachel came in first, followed by Brad about 5 min later, and then 10 min later by MONK. MONK pulsed down before BRAD so they basically left together out of the 4th vet check. They were riding together and were in the hunt for Rachel. I knew that if MONK and Brad came in together that we could possibly have a 10 min jump on Brad. All 3 riders showed up at the same time into vet check 5. Rachel got pulled and BRAD could not get his horse to come down, took him 20 min. MONK pulsed right down and left with a 20 min head start to the finish line which was 13 miles away. I talked to BRAD to see if he was going to try and run her down and he said that he just needed the completion, so LINDSAY had a free ride to the finish line. Brad showed up 37 min later. He did get a completion and he did show for BC. MONK looked like he just jumped out of the trailer all day long, including the next day. MONK won both AERC and FEI Best Condition, Lindsay won first feather weight. I was pretty sure that it was a way short 100 but most riders thought it was real close. This win should propel us to the June WEG Endurance selection where riders will be selected to go back to compete for a spot on the 2010 WEG USA endurance team. See you in Kentucky!

Chris Martin – Penn Valley, CA

My horse is a gift dropped straight from Heaven. Streakin Finish better known around the barn as “Kiddin” has taught me love, patience and to BELIEVE. Believe in myself, believe in him and believe together we can accomplish anything we put our minds to. Kiddin and I won our first saddle in 2009 I had waited for 32 years, he waited 19. I couldn’t have been more honored to have accomplished this goal with him. The best thing I can say about Kiddin is, he sets my world right everyday! Thanks for the ride buddy it has been a great one!

Kammy Maughan – Carmen, ID

Clyde is 23 years old and I have owned him since he was 13. He started patrolling in April 1999. He is my best “Mounted Patrol” horse. He workes the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion every season. He has a tremendous Fan club!! He has had some minor issues in the past but this year 2009 he has started having problems getting up. He lays down every night and sometimes stays down all night. The Vet recommended Platinum Performance CJ. We are trying to avoid injections and go with supplements. Only time will tell. Clyde is the Bay Roan on the right in the picture, my neice is riding him. Myself and my 28 year old TWH are on the left. Cut & Shoot, Texas

Kacey is my 9 yr old QH mare & Ace is her 5 1/2 mo old colt. Ace is a Perlino. He has beautiful blue eyes and we believe he is going to make an awesome stud that will produce color.  As a recommendation from my vet I started Kacey on Platinum Performance when she was bred. I truly believe that a large part of the health & development of both mare & foal have been due to Platinum Performance. Thank you and keep up the good work.

Brenda Stone - Sunray, Texas

I figured it wouldn’t hurt to splash around some canine stories on our blog. Featured here is “Ciela Azule” and “Val.” Platinum Canine Client Theresa Brantly is very proud of her two champions! “Ciela” made it to Nationals and the World Finals in two divisions. “Val” is a new addition to Theresa’s team and also made it to Nationals. All of her agility dogs and pups are on the Platinum Canine products!

Porsche is a big quarter horse mare with a great calm trail disposition. She can babysit a young or novice rider on the trail or take an extreme rider over anything. She is just turning 5 yrs old and has been on thousands of mountainous trail rides. She will also jump over a 2.6 fence and completed a cross country jumping course on her first attempt. I haven’t found anything she doesn’t excel at including cow work and beginning reining. got to love her.

Pictured above is “Dakota” and he is a great trail horse. He is reg. breeding stock Paint. He is great on trail because there are no obstacles he can’t do. He will sit and slide down an almost vertical hill, he will climb on rocks, go over bridges, jump over down tree’s or just about anything you might encounter on the trail. We are going to compete at extreme cowboy events however he has never seen an indoor arena or large crowds. wish us luck.

Cathy Rehbock – Tehachapi, California

My horse Cabela is my life. She is my everything. Her and I have been through so much together from jumping 3 gates to rolling down a hill to winning pleasure classes. She is accident prone and funny. Everyone loves her. She is my best friend and number one love. I don’t know what I would do without her.

Andie Pfaff – West Chester, Ohio

Falena Flit is a 14 yr old mare. She is very talented but has no luck staying healthy despite my best efforts. When i bought her she was a 9 yr old barely hauled but very athletic. 6 months later she had urea poisoning from a wrong mineral block it got so bad she foundered and nearly killed her. I took my time bringing her back but a year later she fractured her left cannon bone never offered to limp. After recovering from that she won the 3d at the NBHA mid south nationals. And here recently has come down with hepatitis. She is a very sweet beautiful and talented mare. And despite her health problems I wouldn’t trade her for the world.

Ammie Watson – Eros, La

Congratulations to Platinum Clients Rick and Jalinda Covey from Dixon, CA and their stallion, Tomcat Chex for achieving:

2009 NCHA 5,000 NNP Res. World Champion Title

2009 NCHA 3,000 Novice Top Ten in the World

Crackerjack is my Missouri Fox trotter yearling. he is my first experience of raising a foal and i am totally loving it. He is very smart and willing and will make an excellent riding horse and a companion for life.

Linda Fraser- Carlisle, MA

When Katie came to me at 6 years old she spooked at plastic bags and ground squirrels, it took very little to fire up her anglo-arabian mind. She is an intelligent sensitive horse; and takes an interest in everything she is asked to do. Here she is taking in a view of Silicon Valley. As we got to know each other we developed trust and she became more than a companion. I knew I could go anywhere and do anything with her. Katie and I completed our first 50 mile endurance ride through the Santa Cruz Mountains in July– a wonderful horse/rider partnership. Unfortunately she has sustained a suspensory ligament injury and is confined to a 12’x24’ stall with only two five minute walks a day. For part of her rehabilitation I want to include Platinum Performance CJ to reduce inflammation, and maintain her joint health. Katie and I look forward to lots more exciting rides together.

Elaine Elbizri- Palo Alto, CA

I go to the Scottsdale Arabian show every year in February and most people body clip their horses but I don’t need to body clip mine when I feed Platinum Performance.My Grand Prix stallion OKW Entrigue+++// just shines! His stamina improves and so does his weight.Platinum keeps him in top form all year long! On another note I love the Platinum Bars for People! I am a 52yr old horse trainer and have a very busy schedule with riding all day.I feel the Platinum Bars keep me going and make feel and LOOK younger!! They improve my skin and joints with the omega 3’s-love the sunflower one!! Thanks!

Patience Pine-Carr- Castroville, CA

Platinum Performance clients, Dave and Mary Ann McCaffrey, won the Breeders Cup Platinum Pass Sweepstakes. Below is a note from Mary Ann;

Here is a photo of Dave and I in front of the Seabiscuit statute in the paddock area at Santa Anita. I can’t thank you and everyone at Platinum Performance for this wonderful experience.  It was a great day of racing, watching beautiful horses do what they love to do!  We have many wonderful memories and will be talking about this for a long time.

Thank you again Platinum Performance!

Mary Ann McCaffrey- Wainscott, NY

My horses Name is Rita, she is a 7 year old grey Thouroughbred/Quarter horse. I use her for barrel racing. I got her about a year ago and she hadn’t been to many barrel races or rodeos. Over the past year we have grown together and I think we make an awesome team. We are doing better and better everyday. I am looking forward to taking her to a lot of rodeos/barrel races in the spring to really see what she can do!

Jackie McArthur- San Luis Obispo, CA

Sandy Collier’s success is numerous, and is a result of her hard work and dedication. Her integrity and positive attitude has made her into the respected horse trainer that she is today. Listen to why Sandy chooses Platinum Performance for her horses!

We invite everyone who is at the APHA World Show, or who is in the Fort Worth area, to a Reception hosted by Platinum Performance! The reception will be held tonight from 5:00-6:30 at the Platinum booth outside the John Justin arena. Stop by and enjoy cocktails, appetizers and good people!

Testimony: On September 2001, I purchased a 5 month old Friesian colt from Holland. I wanted a great rounded vitamin to help him grow and mature the right way. A vitamin that centered on everything that he needed for nutrition and development. I purchased your product for him and have continued giving it everyday without missing a beat. My Friesian stallion is now 8 years old and his name is Phantom’s “Music of the Knight”. As you can see from the picture, he is strong, healthy and his coat shines from the right nutrition from within! I know many horse owners and Friesian breeders and we all agree that the mixture of the proper ingredients is the key to keeping our horses healthy for a long time. Music’s forelock is over 5 1/2 feet long, his tail drags on the ground and his mane hits way below his knees. I contribute his healthy hair to the good supplements that I have given to him since he was 5 months old and hours of braiding!. This may sound like an advertisement, but I have seen the results with feeding your product and would never consider not giving it to my horse for one day! When you find a trusted product that assures you that your horse will grow and build a healthy body and mind, then “why fix it if it ain’t broke”? I have also used your product for my dogs and myself. Thank you so very much for your research to make this a complete supplement for our horses, dogs and of course, us!

Davida Oberman-Burbank, CA