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THE INSIDE SCOOP 20th Anniversary MAGAZINE www.bluegrasshorsefeeds.com 1
HORSE FEED
FEEDING GRAND NATIONAL WINNERS
Tiger Roll – Gordon Elliott
Randox Grand National Aintree
General Principle – Gordon Elliott
Irish Grand National Fairyhouse
Raz De Maree – Gavin Cromwell
2 Welsh Grand National Chepstow
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CONTENTS
5 16 25
Welcome Meet Craig Kileff Your Nutritional Guide
One of Ireland’s leading horse feed He moved from Zimbabwe to Ashley Neely BSc SQP gives you an
manufacturers celebrates its 20th Co Down - find out more about insight into seasonal nutrition - enjoy
anniversary. Kenneth Irwin invites our area manager Craig Kileff. this handy guide.
you to celebrate.
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8 Feeding Champions Sponsored Riders
Our Team Find out what the Irish and English Enjoy our interviews with Suzanne
Bluegrass Horse Feeds has a vibrant Grand National winning trainer has Posnett, Edel Quinn, Abbie
team working throughout Ireland. to say about Bluegrass. Sweetnam, Emma Hobson, Katie
Meet the team of experts. Wyse and Mackenzie Healy.
9 21 34
Partnership Winning in Wales Our Merchants
Bluegrass Horse Feeds is the Gavin Cromwell on Raz De Maree Here’s a full list of merchants per
Kentucky Equine Research Team winning the Coral Welsh Grand county. Bluegrass distributes feed
Member for Ireland. Find out more. National at Chepstow. the length and breadth of Ireland.
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We have the feed for you Meet Conor Sheridan Back Cover Challenge
Bluegrass has a feed for every He’s a stud farm owner, breeder Feed any Stamm 30 Fortified Feed
equine discipline. Check out the full and Bluegrass sales representative. in the Bluegrass 30 Day Challenge.
range of horse feeds.
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25 29 31
www.bluegrasshorsefeeds.com 3
World Leaders in Equine Nutrition
Kentucky Equine Research develops innovative solutions to the health and nutritional
challenges of modern horse management, including unique supplements, exclusive feed
ingredients, and partner feeds. KER products are research proven to optimise the health
and performance of your horses.
FEATURED PRODUCT
Equi-Jewel
High-fat stabilised rice bran.
The original research-proven stabilised rice bran conditioning supplement for
horses. Equi-Jewel is a scientifically formulated, high-fat, low-starch
cool-energy conditioner with added vitamin E, selenium, and calcium.
Equi-Jewel is specifically designed to support the equine athlete by providing
highly palatable additional calories and protein to assist in building muscle and
topline while maintaining condition.
Available Through Bluegrass Horse Feeds
ker.com
info@ker.com
+1 888-873-1988
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THE INSIDE SCOOP
20 YEARS OF TRANSFORMING NUTRITION
This year is a very special year for us here at our mill in Eglish, County Tyrone as
we are celebrating 20 years of Bluegrass Horse Feeds.
We are proud to have reached this milestone and we are delighted to share it
with you.
The Inside Scoop is a new magazine, published by Bluegrass Horse Feeds, as
part of our 20th anniversary celebrations.
Inside, we take you on a journey since we first started producing horse feed in
our mill in 1998 right up to today.
It has been an amazing journey for us all and our growth and development
plans for the future are extremely exciting.
Over the last 20 years, Bluegrass has always been dedicated to producing nutritionally sound,
innovative formulas while ensuring our valued customers get a personal customer service from our
team.
This has seen Bluegrass join the world’s leading research centre in equine nutrition, Kentucky Equine
Research (KER). Bluegrass Horse Feeds is Ireland’s exclusive KER Team Member which means we are
part of an international network of horse feed manufacturers devoted to the advancement of equine
nutrition.
Based in the heartland of the American thoroughbred industry in Kentucky, KER conducts extensive
research in equine nutrition and exercise physiology. Each research trial is designed to improve the
health, performance and well-being of all horses. As such, all Bluegrass feeds, formulas and product
development programmes are underpinned and complemented by the world-renowned research and
expertise of KER.
My name is Kenneth Irwin and I am the Managing Director of Bluegrass Horse Feeds and Irwin’s Feeds.
The Irwin family have been involved in milling since 1847. In those times Irwin’s processed oats for
people to eat following the potato famine. After World War Two the millers switched their attention
to local grain to manufacture feed for animals. But it was in the 1990s when I identified a need for
scientifically formulated horse feed which would empower owners, riders and trainers to achieve
optimum performance regardless of the equine discipline. And so Bluegrass Horse Feeds was formed
and we haven’t looked back since.
Our Bluegrass range consists of over 25 specialist feeds, ranging from the non-heating Horse & Pony
Mix / Pellet, to the higher energy performance mixes and racing rations.
We hope you enjoy The Inside Scoop. We have interviewed our sponsored riders, you’ll get an insight
into our work within the racing scene and you’ll get to know our people who are dealing directly with
merchants and customers.
Thanks for being a part of the Bluegrass Horse Feeds story.
Kenneth Irwin
Front cover photo: Christine Taylor
LHK Polo is a team sponsored by Bluegrass Horse Feeds. Our consultant Craig has been out with the
team to prep them for the upcoming season. This season the team will be suing a combination of
Horse and Pony Cubes, Re-Leve for the playing ponies and Stamm 30 for the younger ones. The team
has used these feeds for the past three years and have had fantastic results. LKH have found good
quality proteins and slow release energy feeds complement the demands of the sport especially with
performance horses which are prone to ulcers.
Publisher: Editor: Eleanor McGillie
Bluegrass Horse Feeds, Carrowcolman Road, Contributors:
Dungannon BT70 1LF Ashley Neely
Contact: 028 3754 8276 Rebecca Haywood
Design and Print: Kentucky Equine Research
Minprint, 401 Castlereagh Rd, Castlereagh, Belfast BT5 6QP
www.minprint.co.uk
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BACK WHERE IT ALL BEGAN:
1845 1939 1975
Irish Potato Famine Production of porridge Pellet mills were
oats was increased to installed to
Over one million people died meet the rising demands manufacture animal
for home produced food feeds using the latest
Over one million people
caused by World War technology
emigrated
One
1847 1955
Water powered the mill Animal feed was
built by the Irwin family manufactured at the mill
to process oats for human to meet the demand of
consumption (porridge) rising livestock numbers in
Ireland
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OUR MILL IN EGLISH, COUNTY TYRONE
1998 2018
Horse feed production Celebrating 20 years of
commenced. Bluegrass Innovative Horse Feed.
Horse Feeds was born
using scientific advice from
Kentucky Equine
Research
1985 2012
Premises expanded to New technologies were
meet rising demands installed to aid the cooking
process of the cereals for
high bioavailability for the
horse
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MEET THE BLUEGRASS TEAM
KENNETH IRWIN
Kenneth is the Managing Director of Bluegrass Horse Feeds and
Irwin’s Feeds. Kenneth has been leading a team from the mill in
Eglish, Co Tyrone since 1998 to develop Bluegrass Horse Feeds.
The family run company today has a reputation as one of the top
horse feed manufacturers in Ireland. In his spare time, Kenneth
enjoys time with his family and he breeds and shows heavyweight
Clydesdales.
GRAEME CATHER
Graeme is the Manager at Bluegrass Horse Feeds and has worked
for the company for five years. He learns every day from his
father-in-law Kenneth in terms of the many different aspects of
the job of being a leading feed manufacturer from managing
the sales and marketing team, the administration team, the mill
operators, sponsorships and fleet.
CRAIG KILEFF
Craig is a well known face throughout arenas in Ireland and has
been a sales representative and brand ambassador for Bluegrass
Horse Feeds for over 10 years. Craig spends his time travelling
the length and breadth of Ireland dealing directly with customers
and merchants. He grew up in an agricultural community in
Zimbabwe and has worked at racing and starting yards in the
UK and his home country. He regularly competes on polocrosse
pitches and attends Pony Club events with his children.
ASHLEY NEELY
Ashley is the Sales and Marketing Administrator at Bluegrass
Horse Feeds. Part of Ashley’s role involves dealing with the orders
which come through, offering nutritional advice to customers
either when they phone or email in. She also offers advice on the
different range of products we have and the nutritional aspects of
those products.
CONOR SHERIDAN
Conor is a feed consultant and sales representative for Bluegrass
Horse Feeds and is based around Munster, Leinster and South
Connaught working with merchants and riders his area. He also
owns a stud farm which he continues to develop to become the
performance stud he has always wanted at his home - Brosna
View Stables in Clara, Co Offaly. Conor has been feeding his
horses with Bluegrass Horse Feeds for 10 years.
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A DOUBLE DOSE OF BLUEGRASS
BY KENTUCKY EQUINE RESEARCH STAFF
An alliance between Bluegrass Horse Feeds and Kentucky Equine Research, a
company born in the storied Bluegrass Region of the United States, brings horse
owners in Ireland and beyond research-proven products.
Kentucky Equine Research® was founded in 1988 Over a 30 year period, Kentucky Equine Research
by Joe Pagan, PhD, with one primary goal - to has become the global authority on applying
serve as a conduit for the free flow of information equine nutrition science within the feed industry.
from research laboratories to feed manufacturers
and ultimately to horse owners. The company’s influence spreads far.
Soon after earning his doctorate from Cornell
Not only is Kentucky Equine Research well known
University, Pagan realized the scientific advances
in North America and Europe, but, on four other
taking place in academia were not being passed
continents as well, with an especially prominent
on to those that needed it most. Many feed
presence in Australia.
manufacturers understood and supported Pagan’s
concept, as they wanted to create and market
science-backed products that appealed to
conscientious horse owners.
Pagan’s deep understanding of equine nutrition
coupled with his appreciation for the complexities
of manufacturing and business led to the
recruitment of many feed-manufacturing partners
in the years since, including Bluegrass Horse
Feeds in 2002.
When choosing a feed
from Bluegrass Horse
Feeds, horse owners can be
assured that, when fed as
directed, the product will
fulfill the nutritional needs
of the type of horse the
feed is intended for, and
that the complex vitamin
and mineral package at
the heart of the feed is the
highest quality.
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RESEARCH EFFORTS
As the name of the company suggests, the At the centre of these relationships with
cornerstone of Kentucky Equine Research is its manufacturers lies the micronutrient premixes
in-house exploration of nutrition and exercise formulated by Kentucky Equine Research.
physiology. Year-round trials form the basis for Premixes represent the nutritional core of modern
consultation services and product development. horse feeds, combining vitamins and minerals
Three research centers are located in the United in an easy-to-mix form suitable for textured or
States - one in Kentucky at the company’s pelleted feeds. By using a premix, manufacturers
headquarters and the other two in Florida. ensure precise mixing and reduce the opportunity
for error on the mill floor.
Kentucky Equine Research is one of the most
prolific private equine nutrition and exercise The exclusive premixes available to Kentucky
physiology research organizations in the world. Equine Research feed-manufacturing partners
The quantity of published research derived from feature the latest in equine nutrition science and
studies conducted at the research farm rivals ingredient technology. Each premix is customized
that of leading universities. Technical staff also with the region’s specific climatic and soil
collaborate with scientists in academia to develop conditions in mind and with an understanding of
and patent products and diagnostic techniques the nutritional profile of local forages.
that target specific problems in growing and
performance horses. These KER premixes are produced by
manufacturers that adhere to the highest
international safety standards.
BOOSTING QUALITY
When choosing a feed from Bluegrass Horse
THROUGH PREMIXES Feeds, horse owners can be assured that,
when fed as directed, the product will fulfill the
For feed manufacturers, a relationship with nutritional needs of the type of horse the feed is
Kentucky Equine Research represents a intended for, and that the complex vitamin and
commitment to science and quality. Manufacturers, mineral package at the heart of the feed is the
like Bluegrass Horse Feeds, rely on Kentucky highest quality.
Equine Research to provide expertise in
formulation, ingredient technology, and best Mike Lennox, longtime formulation expert for
practices, as well as technical support such as Kentucky Equine Research, was instrumental
answering customer questions. in helping Bluegrass Horse Feeds refine its
10 www.bluegrasshorsefeeds.comline of high-quality feeds when the companies
began working together. “One challenge of
BEYOND FEEDS
helping any international client is sourcing the
finest ingredients so the nutrient profiles of In the early 2000s, Kentucky Equine Research
the finished products meet not only the rigid responded to requests for more specialized
nutritional requirements set forth by Kentucky products for horses with specific nutritional
Equine Research but also the feed manufacturer’s needs by developing a line of cutting-edge
standard of excellence,” Lennox said. “Bluegrass is supplements. Designed to work in concert with
dedicated to producing premium feeds day in and partner feeds, these supplements were thoroughly
day out, so that makes my job easy, even when researched and produced with a level of quality
confronted with the unexpected.” control unheard of in the loosely regulated equine
supplement industry. Proprietary ingredients and
Bluegrass Horse Feeds products receive support unique solutions characterize the line.
from Kentucky Equine Research long after the
formulas have been fine-tuned. One Kentucky Equine Research supplement
available through Bluegrass is Equi-Jewel, a
Catherine Whitehouse, MS, a nutrition advisor stabilized rice bran with added calcium and
with Kentucky Equine Research, is the point antioxidants. “Equi-Jewel® supplies calories to
person helping Bluegrass Horse Feeds with horses that have a tendency to get excitable
technical aspects, lending her expertise to on high-grain rations, and, it is a great product
Bluegrass’s nutritional staff whenever the need for adding condition and topline,” said Eileen
arises. Phethean, chief operating officer at Kentucky
Equine Research.
“In addition to specific feeding recommendations
for Bluegrass customers, our nutrition team helps Over the years, Kentucky Equine Research
Bluegrass at trade fairs, like the Dublin Horse has created new technological innovations
Show, or at other speaking engagements,” she and applied them to the feed industry and, as
explained. with many initiatives created by the company,
Bluegrass and other feed-manufacturing partners
were given exclusive access. A custom software
program called Gro-Trac® was developed to track
and compare the growth rates of young stock to
their peers, both within a certain geographical
region and worldwide. In other words, breeders
in Ireland can compare the growth of their young
horses with those of other breeders across the
country.
Another program, MicroSteed®, evaluates and
recommends appropriate feeding programs
for individual horses based on specific criteria.
Recommendations include the premium feeds
www.bluegrasshorsefeeds.com 11manufactured by Bluegrass and available
throughout Ireland and in some neighboring
regions.
The company’s content-rich website and mobile
apps have brought the latest in equine nutrition
and exercise physiology innovations to horse
owners around the world.A freshly revamped
website, available at ker.com, features an
extensive library of articles that covers not only
nutrition topics but also a wide array of health
and management issues. Periodic newsletters,
including the award-winning Equinews, keep
horse owners on six continents informed of
advances in equine nutrition.
A WIN-WIN SITUATION
“I am thrilled with the relationship Kentucky
Equine Research has built and maintained with
Bluegrass Horse Feeds over the last 16 years,
and I congratulate Bluegrass on this milestone
20-year anniversary,” said Phethean. “I feel the
company’s success has to do with not only the
first-class products it offers the industry but also Research, is now featured in every bag of fortified
its tremendous team of employees.” feed sold by Bluegrass. No longer is there a
stopgap in the information pipeline that extends
The partnership shared by Kentucky Equine from the laboratories to horse owners. Horses of
Research and Bluegrass perfectly demonstrates the 21st century are certainly better nourished
the vision Pagan had for his company decades than in centuries past, due, in part, to the efforts
ago. The work of equine nutritionists all over the of Kentucky Equine Research and Bluegrass Horse
world, including the team at Kentucky Equine Feeds.
Kenneth Graham with George at Cavan Equestrian Centre. Kenneth feeds his horses with Bluegrass Horse
Feeds RE-Leve
12 www.bluegrasshorsefeeds.comSHE’S AMBITIOUS, SCIENCE DRIVEN AND
IS FULL OF NUTRITIONAL ADVICE
- MEET ASHLEY!
Ashley Neely, BSc SQP, is our Sales and Marketing Administrator
NAME: Ashley Neely
AGE: 23
WHERE ARE YOU FROM: Fivemiletown in Co
Tyrone.
WHAT ABOUT SCHOOL: I attended Fivemiletown
College where I studied GCSEs. Then I went to Cafre
in Enniskillen for a Level Three Extended Diploma
in Horse Care. I then went to Reaseheath University
in Cheshire to study my Bachelor of Science in
Equine Science. I was the most successful graduate
out of that year so achieved their graduate profile. I
graduated in 2015 with a BSc.
WHAT DID YOU DO NEXT: I moved home and
taught in pony clubs and then I decided to start
up my own business which is called EFEC - mobile
equine and agriculture worm egg counts (you’ll find
me on Facebook). Essentially what I do is I travel to
yards all over Ireland to do on site testing to see if
your horse has worms. I adopt a targeted worming
approach so that you only worm your horse when
worming is needed. I am an SQP (Suitably Qualified
Person) a veterinary medicine advisor which means
I am licensed to legally advise on wormers and
other veterinary medicines.
important to us that we can continue to offer a
ARE YOU BUSY: From November through to March science drive approach to customer service.
time my business gets quiet as the worms either
WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES: Mainly horses.
die or hide in the gut. It’s a nice natural break for
I have four of them. They are all obviously
me but I have so many other things to do so I am
#PoweredByBluegrass as we say. One of my horses
kept really busy.
is an eventer. I used to compete before going to
WHAT DO YOU DO AT BLUEGRASS: I am the university. He’s is fed on Relieve. He’s called Cecil,
Sales and Marketing Administrator. Bluegrass is he’s a Connemara and is about seven years old, 15.2
such a great company to work for and we have hands but he’s a pony at heart.
sales orders coming in from all over. Part of my
YOU ARE VERY AMBITIOUS. DO YOU HAVE
role involves dealing with the orders which come
ANY TIPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE? Education is
through, offering nutritional advice to customers
everything. The more qualifications and experience
either when they phone or email in. I also offer
you have the better. I found it vital to build up my
advice on the different range of products we have
CV from as soon as I left school. If you know you
and the nutritional aspects of those products. This
want to work in the equine sector don’t be afraid to
is one element of the job which I love. There are not
do the jobs in the yards. Get your experience. I still
too many companies out there which can deliver
teach pony clubs because that’s important to me
such a personable approach. We believe it’s always
and is great grounding. Be confident about who you
important to be accessible for our customers and
are and your capabilities and other people will see
ensure they have the right feed for their horses.
that in you.
Bluegrass is a science led company and I too add to
that with my science background. WHAT ABOUT PET HATES: I really don’t like being
disorganised. I am always organised. Also I can’t
BEST PART OF YOUR JOB: I’m so happy to be
stand bad time keeping.
working with a team which is consistently building
on the approachability of the company. We are WHAT ARE YOUR PERSONAL AMBITIONS FOR
Ireland’s official Kentucky Equine Research (KER) THE FUTURE? I would love to achieve my Research
partner so to be in a position to speak directly to Masters in the next couple of years. It’s going to be
customers and pass on vital research and nutritional a Research Masters combined with my business -
advice on our products is a great feeling. It’s EFEC and equine nutrition.
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Race 13 HORSE FEEDS PRODUCT GUIDE
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Feed Bluegrass Prime
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to promote condition and provide instant energy. Race 13 has extensive
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and Condition Mix
slow release energy sources. Perp 14 research, testing and an impressive
mix provides 20% more calories than list of champions. Suitable for flat
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conventional mixes and is fortified racehorses, high performance horses
3.4 in Stamm 30. Suitable to show prep, and eventers.
15 sales prep, horses requiring to gain
7.7 weight and endurances horses or
15 those needing extra stamina.
Bluegrass Race Horse Cubes Bluegrass Fastrak Cube
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super fibres designed to complement yeast cultures. It contains a KER
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exercise, flat and national hunt horses.
racehorses and high performance
horses.
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BLUEGRASS HORSE FEEDS PRODUCT GUIDE
14.5
19 Bluegrass Stud Range Foal and Yearling Mix
12.8 Bluegrass stud range has been Offering the Bluegrass Foal and
specifically developed to provide a Yearling mix at an early age
10.20 encourages daily weight gain, reducing
balanced diet to meet the requirements
8.7 of breeding stock. A low starch content the risk of developmental disorders.
3.9 Raw Materials
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•We use only Irish grown oats in our products
fortified in Stamm 30 and the cube is rich in lysine, designed to promote
•All our oats are clipped and cleaned •All our oats are clipped and cleaned
•Our products contain mycotoxin binders •Our products contain mycotoxin binders
and shine, aid in the
•All our feeds are NOPS tested approved by governing bodies such as FEI •All our feeds are NOPS tested approved by governing bodies such as FEI
Cooking Process enriched with flaxseed, a natural source Cooking Process a sound, steady growth without
•We source the highest quality raw materials
•We source the highest quality raw materials
aching muscles, stabilise of omega 3. Suitable for broodmares,
•All our feeds are manufactured at our mill
•Our cooking process includes micronizing proven to be highly digestible and
beneficial to gut health
overloading the digestive system.
•All our feeds are manufactured at our mill
•Our cooking process includes micronizing proven to be highly digestible and
beneficial to gut health
stallions and youngstock. Suitable for foal pre and post weaning
ility Packaging
Packaging
and yearlings.
Bluegrass Horse Feed use high quality durable bags
Bluegrass Horse Feed use high quality durable bags
omega-3 fatty acids and enhances Deivery
Deivery
Bluegrass Re-Leve
rses. Flax seed is known to XL-ENT
boost Foal Pellets
•We have over 200 stockists across the whole Island of Ireland
•We have over 200 stockists across the whole Island of Ireland •Bluegrass Horse Feed delivery drivers provide a professional and friendly service.
•Bluegrass Horse Feed delivery drivers provide a professional and friendly service.
The Bluegrass XL-ENT Foal Pellets Bluegrass Re-Leve mix is Ireland’s original
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m and can help regulate thyroidProfessional Nutritional Advice
are a complementary feed designed
•A Proud team member of Kentucky Equine Research, the world leader in Equine
Nutritional Research.
Nutritional Research.
low starch, low sugar feed. Specifically
•A Proud team member of Kentucky Equine Research, the world leader in Equine
•Our dedicated and qualified staff at Bluegrass Horse Feed strive for nutritional
excellence.
an ideal supplement for metabolic
to be fed at the early days of life designed for horses prone to gut health
•Our dedicated and qualified staff at Bluegrass Horse Feed strive for nutritional
excellence.
up to eight months of age. Soft
Garanteed Sucess
problems. KER product with sound
s well as aging horses.
Garanteed Sucess •Feed products suitable for breeding, growth, performance and overall health
•Bluegrass Horse Feed Products power elite equine athletes all over the world.
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•Bluegrass Horse Feed Products power elite equine athletes all over the world.
raw materials, low in starch and feeding Re-Leve compared to high starch
s6180031763: enriched in high quality proteins. diets to reduce to incidence of tying up.
Suitable for foals not receiving
-250g/day Pony 200-500g/day Contains Equi-Jewel, Stamm 30 and
enough milk, orphaned foals and for alfalfa. Suitable for horses prone to tying
g-1kg/day Leisure 250-600g/day
optimising solid feed intake. up, colic, lack of condition, laminitis, gastric
ulcers and cereal intolerances.
Bluegrass Re-Solve Bluegrass Flax Plus
Bluegrass Re-Solve is a low starch Flax Plus is high in omega 3,6 an 9
w starch supplement and glycaemic cubes, specifically vital for skin, coat and joint health.
min E, Selenium and designed for sensitive horses. Flax seed has been known the boost
Containing both Stamm 30 and Equ- the immune system and can help
Raw Materials Jewel, this feed provides energy from regulate thyroid function. Flax Plus
can be fed alone or as a top dressing.
•We use only the best quality raw materials
•All our oats are clipped and cleaned
•Our products contain mycotoxin binders
alternative sources to reduce the
•We use only Irish grown oats in our products
starch level. Suitable for horses prone
•All our feeds are NOPS tested approved by governing bodies such as FEI
Suitable for horses in moderate work,
18 Cooking Process
to laminitis, colic, hind gut acidosis,
•We source the highest quality raw materials
•All our feeds are manufactured at our mill showing, sales prep, seniors and
horses recovering from injury.
•Our cooking process includes micronizing proven to be highly digestible and
12.5 beneficial to gut health
digestive upsets, gastric ulcers, tying
18 Packaging
up and horses sensitive to grain.
Bluegrass Horse Feed use high quality durable bags
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Deivery
•We have over 200 stockists across the whole Island of Ireland
•Bluegrass Horse Feed delivery drivers provide a professional and friendly service.
20 Bluegrass Equi-Jewel
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Bluegrass Stamm 30
Equi-Jewel is a scientifically
•A Proud team member of Kentucky Equine Research, the world leader in Equine
Nutritional Research.
•Our dedicated and qualified staff at Bluegrass Horse Feed strive for nutritional
Stamm 30 is the industry’s premium
excellence.
formulated, high fat, low starch protein, vitamin and mineral
Garanteed Sucess
supplement providing a slow release
•Feed products suitable for breeding, growth, performance and overall health
concentrate. “Foal to finish balancer”,
energy with added vitamin E,
•Bluegrass Horse Feed Products power elite equine athletes all over the world.
suitable for all horses from pregnant
selenium and calcium. Suitable for mares, weanlings, performance
horses requiring extra condition, sales horses and laminitic suffers. Stamm
prep, horses suffering from Cushing’s 30 is high in magnesium and low in
Disease or Metabolic Syndrome. starch, enabling a faster recovery
from work and improves gut function
via the unique yeast cultures.
Feeding Guidelines:
Adult horse (500kg) 250-1kg/day
Pony (350kg) 250g-500g
Breeding 500g-1kg Bluegrass Fibre Range
Young Stock 250g-1kg The Bluegrass fibre range contains both traditional and garlic chaff.
A high fibre oat straw chaff with the additional of limestone flour
Raw Materials
•We use only the best quality raw materials
Raw Materials
•We use only the best quality raw materials
and salt with a light molasses coating. The garlic chaff contains
•We use only Irish grown oats in our products
•All our oats are clipped and cleaned
•Our products contain mycotoxin binders
•We use only Irish grown oats in our products
•All our oats are clipped and cleaned
•Our products contain mycotoxin binders
approximately 30 grams of garlic per 1kg. Garlic has been reported as
suchour
•All our feeds are NOPS tested approved by governing bodies•All
Cooking Process
as feeds
a natural antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and natural fly repellent. The
FEI are NOPS tested approved by governing bodies such as FEI
Cooking Process
•We source the highest quality raw materials
•All our feeds are manufactured at our mill
•Our
•Our cooking process includes micronizing proven to be highly
fibre range is ideal for slowing feed intake, increase fibre to the diet
•We source the highest quality raw materials
•All our feeds are manufactured at our mill
process includes micronizing proven to be highly digestible and
cookingand
digestible
and reduce gastric upset.
beneficial to gut health beneficial to gut health
Packaging Packaging
Bluegrass Horse Feed use high quality durable bags
Bluegrass Horse Feed use high quality durable bags
Deivery
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Deivery
•We have over 200 stockists across the whole Island of Ireland
•We have over 200 stockists across the whole Island of Ireland
•Bluegrass Horse Feed delivery drivers provide a professional and friendly service.
•Bluegrass Horse Feed delivery drivers provide a professional and friendly service.
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Professional Nutritional AdviceFROM ZIMBABWE TO BLUEGRASS
- MEET OUR AREA MANAGER, CRAIG KILEFF
From the troubled lands of Zimbabwe to the hills of County Down. Craig Kileff
is very much the face of Bluegrass Horse Feeds. Eleanor McGillie finds out more
about the man who works directly with Bluegrass customers
DID YOU ALWAYS WANT TO WORK WITH
HORSES? Yes. Horses have always played a central
role in my life.
WHAT TOOK YOU FROM ZIMBABWE TO
IRELAND: My wife’s family live here and when the
land invasions in Zimbabwe forced us from the
farm we took the opportunity to relocate here
in 2003. Needless to say disembarking from an
aeroplane on a cold, dull February day in Belfast
had me questioning the decision, but, in truth, I
haven’t looked back since.
WHAT IS YOUR ROLE IN BLUEGRASS? Area
Manager and Sales Representative
TELL US ABOUT YOUR JOB: I have the unique
opportunity of travelling over large parts of our
island meeting people who are passionate about
the equine industry and the horses. As with
ourselves nutrition makes a huge difference to
our horses physical mental and overall health.
The great thing about our company is that it’s
not just about the Usain Bolts or Tiger Rolls of
our generation. We provide ideal diets with the
NAME: Craig Kileff guidance of the Kentucky Equine Research (KER)
AGE: 50 (nearly) for horses and ponies in all walks of life.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM: I was born in Blantyre WHAT AREAS OF IRELAND DO YOU COVER?
Malawi where my parents farmed. I then had a I cover the northern and eastern parts of the
brief stint in Mozambique farming, where my country.
mother likes to tell the story of how she had to set WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO YOU IN YOUR ROLE: I
the legs of my cot in tins of parafin to stop all the am lucky to represent a company whose products
creepy crawlys from sharing my bed. Our family I use and believe in. I’ve seen the difference KER
then moved back to Rhodesia to a ranch near formulated feeds have made to horses. It gives
Victoria Falls where me and my siblings learned to me great satisfaction to see the improved results
swim in the Zambesi river. I come from a farming and enjoyment horse owners and trainers get
background where I developed a love for the from using our products in terms of their physical
outdoors and animals. appearance and behaviour and their mental and
On leaving school after O-Levels I worked in a flat behaviour. That, alongside with the company’s the
racing yard in Borrowdale, Harare working for Et history since 1847, and the strong family values at
Halfpenny who had been a successful jockey and the core of the company.
had then taken his success to the training ranks. HOW IMPORTANT IS THE BLUEGRASS
To further my knowledge of the racing industry APPROACH TO CUSTOMER SERVICE? Bluegrass
I moved to Herringswell Bloodstock Centre in customer service is central to what we do. We
Suffolk a starting yard that specialised in breaking provide an excellent product and try and back
and pre training thoroughbred racehorses for the that up with a service which is second to none.
likes of Henry Cecil and Michael Stoute. Whether it’s the friendly helpful office staff, the
This dove tailed nicely into two years working efficient and courteous drivers, the knowledgeable
at the legendry Warren Place for Henry Cecil in men in the mill making and bagging the feed, and,
the era of Indian Skimmer and Old Vic. I returned with the help of the state of the art equipment to
to Zimbabwe where I continued to work in the the professional advice from both Ashley at head
racing industry untill opportunity on the family office, and the back up of the nutrional expertise
farm drew me home. We ran a beef herd, grew of the Kentucky Equine Research, this all helps us
tobacco, maize and paprika successfully. Then reps on the road to help, advise and support our
the Mugabe administration began to wreak havoc customers.
with the agriculture sector eventually forcing us YOU RIDE YOURSELF. TELL US A MORE ABOU
from our home and then the move to Co. Down. THAT: I play polocrosse and spend a large amount
TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF: I am of my free time working toward being competitive
married to Sarah with a gentleman’s family - on the polocrosse pitch. I’ve also tried my hand at
Hannah and Thomas. a bit of jumping and dressage and have had some
brilliant days with the Co Down Hounds drag hunts.
16 www.bluegrasshorsefeeds.comDUBLIN HORSE SHOW 8TH-12TH AUGUST 2018
August can’t come quick enough as the team at
Bluegrass Horse Feeds will be packing up and
heading to the RDS in Dublin again this year for the
unmissable Dublin Horse Show 2018.
The Dublin Horse Show is truly an event for
everyone and is the pinnacle event in the Irish Sport
Horse calendar.
Our team will have a stand again this year and
will be delighted to welcome our colleagues from
Kentucky Equine Research who will join us at our
stand. We will be discussing all things in equine
nutrition so this is an ideal opportunity for people to
come and say hello to us.
As Ireland’s Team Member for Kentucky Equine
Research this is a fantastic event to bring our
colleagues from Kentucky to. Keep an eye on www.esphotography.co.uk
our Facebook page as we are planning a series
of live videos, hints and tips and will be sharing For the more cultured, show goers can enjoy the
photography from the event. RDS Craft Awards which showcase and reward
This is the ultimate day out for any horse lover. excellence in Irish craft and there’ll be opportunities
With 1,500 horses and ponies competing in over 130 to wander through the RDS Library Exhibition.
classes and competitions across the five days - what The 2018 Dublin Horse Show promises to be
is not to love? unmissable. It’s always such a busy event so
There will be more on offer than just horses. It will anyone seeking to secure tickets can do so now at
showcase all the elegance of Ladies’ Day, there will dublinhorseshow.com/tickets
be an entertainment programme which is sure to Friday’s Nation Cup and the Land Rover Pussiance
keep the little ones happy, there will be copious on Saturday are always particularly busy.
amounts of dining and shopping opportunities
and of course there’ll be the renowned lively social We look forward to welcoming you to our stand
scene. from August 8-12.
EFEC NUTRITION IS A MOBILE EQUINE AND
AGRICULTURAL WORM EGG COUNT BUSINESS
OPERATING IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF IRELAND.
had the opportunity to represent EFEC Nutrition
at various specialist equestrian shows and events
across Northern Ireland, including CAFRE equine
technology showcase event.
Ashley said: “Studying at Reaseheath has helped me
gain knowledge and practical stills to start out in the
equine industry. Thanks to support of my lecturer
Dawn Gale, and her passion for parasitology, I found
my gap in the Northern Irish market.”
Resistance to anthelmintic’s is a growing concern
but implementing a strategic worming programme
will decrease the chances of resistance developing.
The business, which is owned by Ashley Neely, Parasitic infestations can lead to health and
our Bluegrass Horse Feeds Sales and Marketing performance related issues. But by conducting
executive, has been established for nearly three worm egg counts you can develop a picture of
years. the parasitic burden within your yard and treat
accurately.
The company offers clients on yard faecal egg
counts, which help diagnose the horses worm EFEC was the first Northern Irish stockist for the
burden, and advises on how to keep their horses Equisal tapeworm test for horses. As well as on yard
healthy. tests and instant results, EFEC provides a postal
service with results provided within three to four
As part of running her business Ashley delivers
days.
talks and demonstrations to horse owners and
riders on a range of topics including the science of To keep up to date with EFEC follow the news and
parasitology and general equine nutrition. She’s also updates on Facebook.
www.bluegrasshorsefeeds.com 17Content
Digestible energy 14
(De/mj)
PUNCHESTOWN, AINTREE, Protein FAIRYHOUSE,
% 13
Oil % 6.2
CHELTENHAM - BLUEGRASS Fibre % IS PROUD TO 6.5
FEED ELLIOTT’S CHAMPIONS Ash % 6.4
“Ext
Starch
Eleanor McGillie talks to Gordon Elliott - the %
Irish trainer 30
who has been feeding an i
his champions with Bluegrass Horse Feeds since 2005
suppo
Designed For:
Feeding Guidelines:
• Flat Ponies (200-350+kg)
Horses (400-500+kg)
• High Performance
• Eventers
Race Horse Cubes
Race Horse Cubes is a low starch high energy feed, containing su
complement the soluble carbohydrate content and provide an imm
Natural Vitamin E – an antioxidant which
I feed
Horse racing enthusiasts all over the world were
biting their knuckles as they watched the finish of is 180%
my horses more bioavaila
Bluegrass
Race
the 2018 English Grand National Aintree spectacular Horse
of the Cubes and
vitamin
as Davy Russell on Tiger Roll secured Gordon
Elliott’s second Randox Health Grand National. Bluegrass Hi Performance
Content
A few weeks before Aintree we watched General
Principle win the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse
Mix. It’s good feed and I am
Digestible
in a photo finish. energy (De/mj) 13 more than happy with it. I
And five weeks before that trainer Gordon Elliott have been feeding Bluegrass
Protein
pipped Willie %to the Leading Trainer Award
Mullins 14
for the second year in a row after his list of winners since 2005, and, as results
Oil % 2018 Festival.
at the Cheltenham 3.4
stand, we train Grand
Fibre
We watched % Tiger Roll, Veneer of Charm,
Samcro, 15
Shattered Love, Delta Work and Storyteller crossing National winners and Gold
Ash
the line on the %
Wednesday and Thursday. Glenloe 7.7
did a mighty job at a photofinish. On Cheltenham Cup winners.
Friday weStarch
watched% Farclas cross the line in the JCB 15
Triumph Hurdle and Blow by Blow in the Martin Pipe
Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle.
It seems like the whole of Ireland has been rooting
Designed For:
for Gordon Elliott and he and his team have done
the entire country proud.
What a season it has been and one thing these
• Intense Exercise
champions have in common is they’re all fed with
Bluegrass Horse Feeds.
• Flat Racehorses
Speaking with Gordon Elliott at Cullentra House,
he said: “I•feedNational Hunt Racehorses
my horses Bluegrass Race Horse
Cubes and Bluegrass Hi Performance Mix. It’s good “A High Energy
feed and•I amHigh Performance
more than happy with it. IHorses
have
been feeding Bluegrass since 2005, and, as results
stand, we•trainEventers
Grand National winners and Gold
Vitamins and Min
Cup winners. This season has been brilliant and last
year we had six winners at Cheltenham and over
200 winners on the track, so, the results speaks for
E and L
themselves. I couldn’t speak highly enough about it.
18 www.bluegrasshorsefeeds.comSamcro
“Bluegrass provides the correct amount of protein,
carbohydrates and nutrients that each individual Bluegrass provides the
horse needs to produce a solid performance as an
athlete and our results speak for themselves.”
correct amount of protein,
Top of the agenda too for Bluegrass Horse Feeds is carbohydrates and nutrients
ensuring the trainer gets the best customer service
possible. Gordon Elliott gets his feed directly from that each individual horse needs
the merchant, Delany Performance Feeds Ltd. to produce a solid performance
Gordon said: “I have a great relationship with Alan.
He is very informative, helpful and has always as an athlete and our results
gone above and beyond for us - from having feed
delivered to the Cheltenham Festival for us to
speak for themselves.
making sure we are fully stocked before the snow
storms we had this year. He provides us a top class
service.”
Speaking at the yard at Cullentra House, Alan
It has been celebration after celebration for the
Delany, who supplies Gordon Elliott Racing, said:
trainer. Tiger Roll got hero’s welcome home after
“I find working with Bluegrass very beneficial for
the Aintree win. Crowds gathered on the streets
my company. If I have any problems or issues I can
of Summerhill, drinks were poured, the cup was
ring up and speak to them team up there. From
on display and was shared around as the Randox
very small beginnings I now run a very successful
Health Grand National winner was paraded down
company and I supply a lot of successful trainers.
the streets.
You just have to look at the horses here at Cullentra
Gordon said: “Tiger Roll, General Principle and Bless House. The horses look well, they run well and
The Wings paraded in my home town of Summerhill have been successful at all the big race meetings
the day after the National. There was a great turn throughout the world. It’s a pleasure working with
out on the day and we are delighted to support our Bluegrass Horse Feeds and the Gordon Elliott
local communities.” Racing team here in Longwood.”
www.bluegrasshorsefeeds.com 19A TRIED AND TESTED FORMULA COMBINED
WITH BLUEGRASS - IT’S A WIN WIN FOR OLLY
He has been described by many as Gordon Elliott’s prodigy and with a successful
debut season Olly Murphy has a good formula in place which includes feeding his
horses with Bluegrass Horse Feeds.
One of Britain’s newest recruits to the training ranks, a part of a team which produced 10 Cheltenham
Olly got off to a flying start with his first runners in festival winners, Gold Cup winner Don Cossack and
June of last year and has continued in great form duel festival winners Cause of Causes and Tiger Roll.
notching over 50 winners and counting.
It was only a matter of time before Olly returned
The young trainer has always played a part in the home to Warwickshire to set up his own training
operation at his family’s Moor Farm Stables from an establishment and is surely a trainer to follow for the
early age. He was also an accomplished Point to future.
Point jockey and is a natural horseman. He spent time
with Alan King before he made the move to Ireland in In an interview Olly said the trick to his success
2012 as an assistant trainer to Gordon Elliott. includes keeping things similar to the operation at
Cullentra House in Co Meath. This includes feeding
It was during his time here that Olly Murphy learned his horses with Bluegrass Horse Feeds.
the ropes from the man who this year won the
English Grand National at Aintree, the Irish Grand Speaking about the feed, Olly told us: “Bluegrass
National and had a string of winners at the 2018 horse feed suits my horses very well. It is nutritionally
Cheltenham Festival. balanced and appetising.
Involved in horse racing his whole life, Olly’s father “We’ve had a successful season and the horses
Bloodstock Agent Aiden Murphy is considered to be continue in good form. They look well in their coats
one of the best judges of a National Hunt horse in and are holding their condition after a busy season.
the UK and Ireland and has a close association with
many of the leading owners and trainers. Olly’s whole “I’m very happy with the feed and the service
family is immersed in racing. His mother Anabel was provided by Alan Delany of Delany Performance
a highly respected licensed trainer, before hanging up Feeds - after all ‘food is fuel’.”
her boots a few weeks ago.
Olly feeds his horses with Bluegrass Race Horse
During the four years spent working at Cullentra Cubes and Bluegrass Hi Performance Mix. To find out
House, Olly watched Gordon rise to the top of the more about our extensive range of Bluegrass Horse
Irish training ranks. During his time there, Olly was Feeds visit www.bluegrasshorsefeed.com
REBECCA MENZIES RACING:
PROUD OF BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION
Rebecca Menzies is an inspirational trainer who, for
the last four years, has been out training on her own
at her dual purpose yard at Howe Hills Stables in
Morden, in Co Durham.
And from day one, Rebecca has been feeding her
horses with Bluegrass Horse Feeds and is very proud
of her association with the company.
With 45 horses at her yard, Rebecca wants the best
out of her horses to ensure the best performance.
Speaking to Bluegrass, Rebecca said: “From day
one I have been using Bluegrass Horse Feeds. I
use Hi Performance Mix and Racehorse Cubes but
there are some horses on RE-Solve. When we get
horses coming in from other yards we put them on
Bluegrass Horse Feeds and literally within a couple of
days the difference is remarkable. It’s quite amazing.
“Horses fed on Bluegrass look fantastic in their
coats all year round and perform consistently. have
never had a bad word to say about Bluegrass. The
customer service is brilliant. If I ever have needed any ensuring the horses in their care are absolutely at
nutritional advice I just ring up the office and get the their utmost condition and contentment.
advice I need.”
It’s that attention to horse welfare and condition that
Rebecca, alongside a committed team pride puts Rebecca and her yard at the forefront of a new
themselves on attention to detail, working closely generation of Racehorse Trainers and it’s bringing the
with specialist nutritionists, physiotherapists and vets success it deserves to everyone involved.
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