Freestep SupaStride (Equine)

Description

A NEW GENERATION OF JOINT OF SUPPLEMENTS
SUPPORTS JOINT CARE
GREAT FOR HORSES IN CONCUSSIVE ACTIVITY

SupaStride is a complementary feed for all horses involved in training, jumping and intense exercise.

To support the horse, SupaStride works to support and protect hard working parts of the body.

Especially useful for older horses and ponies.

SupaStride Joint Supplement Study
Completed 7th October 2020
Independent Testing by STG Biomechanics

The Supplement
The SupaStride supplement is a new generation of joint supplements for all. Supastride works to support and protect hard working parts of the body particularly for older horses or horses in concussive activity.

The Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study was to understand the efficacy of the equine supplement, Supastride by Freestep, on a range of objective measurements. Subjective changes would also be noted.

Study Responsibility
The study was run by STG Biomechanics and will be looking at objective measures using the GaitSmart Pegasus sensor-based gait analysis 8 sensor systemto measure kinematic gait data.

Horse Management
All alternative supplements were stopped 2 weeks prior to the study.
No additional supplements were fed to the horses in the study.
No additional joint care, such as magnet boots, stable bandaging or cool boots were used on the horses; bandaging or boots were only used when exercising.

Horses
There were 11 horses used in the study.
Sex: 4 mares and 7 geldings
Ages: 7 – 24 years
Usage included: Retired, Hacking, Dressage, Show jumping

Test Protocol
14 range of motion elements were tested for all horses every week: knees, hocks, radius tibia and fore and hind cannons.
Improvements were categorised: greater than 0% and less than 5% was an improvement, greater than 5% was classified as a significant improvement.

Results
✓ Palatability – The supplement was very palatable. All horses accepted the supplement in their feed without any other encouragement.
✓ Speed of Effectiveness – All horses showed improvements in range of motion in the first week.
✓ Range of Motion – From the baseline test
o The least improved horse still had 3 Significant improvements (>5%) and 4 Improved (0%-5%)
A 50% improvement across all 14 range of motion elements.
o The most improved horse had 11 Significant improvements (>5%) and 2 Improved (0%-5%)
A 92.8%% improvement across all 14 range of motion elements.

✓ Range of Motion – The top Significant improvement areas were: Hock Stance Flexion, Radius and Tibia.
o The hock stance flexion improvement would suggest that the supplement enables more willingness to flex the hock joint under load.
o The radius and tibia range improvement would suggest that the supplement enables greater flexibility at the shoulder and the stifle joints.

✓ Temperament – None of the horses became excitable or difficult, as a result of being on the supplement while willingness to work appeared to improve.
✓ Subjective Changes – 9 of the 11 horses in the study had subjective improvements highlighted by the owners and improvements in competition capability was also noted.