By Hilary MooreEquilite Ambassador
I grew up in the eventing world, so I am no stranger to leg grease. Anyone who has been in a "tight spot" on cross country knows that a little grease on your horse's chest/legs might give you that last little inch of wiggle room to clear the fence. So, I was excited when I heard that Equilite had created Sore No More Sports Salve. Their leg grease has the added benefits of the Sore No More line... if only they had made it before I quite riding cross country course that requires leg grease!
So why would a dressage rider still be so excited about the Sore No More Sports Salve?
Cut to this winter in the Washington, D.C. area, where we are in the running for the most snowfall this winter (63.5" and counting). The repeated blizzards of 10-30" have been renamed "Snowpocalypse" and the entire equestrian community has changed gears for the past few months... even the horse statues are getting covered in snow!
Goodbye: Regular turnout, weekly trail rides, uninterrupted training schedules and show-quality coats.
When the horses go out in turnout, they look like they are charging through water. Three feet of water. Unfortunately, this stuff is frozen and even harder on the horses than the liquid version - the same yucky hooves and skin problems from water PLUS bumps and bruises from the unmelted stuff.
If only someone made a product that protected my horses legs from ice scrapes & bruises, their heels from cracking, relieved their skin from the irritation of knee-high snow. Sounds like Equilite's Sore No More Sports Salve does have a place in my dressage barn!
...Two months, 63.5"+ snow and a few tubs of Sports Salve later...
All the horses are surviving the "Snowpocalypse" and no snow-related problems yet (I would knock on wood, if it all wasn't covered in snow).
Equilite's Sore No More Sports Salve has now found a place in the barn, right next to the horses' turnout gear. Hopefully, we won't run out before the roads to the tack shop get cleared.
When the horses go out in turnout, they look like they are charging through water. Three feet of water. Unfortunately, this stuff is frozen and even harder on the horses than the liquid version - the same yucky hooves and skin problems from water PLUS bumps and bruises from the unmelted stuff.
If only someone made a product that protected my horses legs from ice scrapes & bruises, their heels from cracking, relieved their skin from the irritation of knee-high snow. Sounds like Equilite's Sore No More Sports Salve does have a place in my dressage barn!
...Two months, 63.5"+ snow and a few tubs of Sports Salve later...
All the horses are surviving the "Snowpocalypse" and no snow-related problems yet (I would knock on wood, if it all wasn't covered in snow).
Equilite's Sore No More Sports Salve has now found a place in the barn, right next to the horses' turnout gear. Hopefully, we won't run out before the roads to the tack shop get cleared.
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