Equine nutrition research, feed manufacturing guidelines, and digital marketing were among the topics covered at the recent Kentucky Equine Research (KER) Team Member Short Course at the KER Research Farm and Training Center in Versailles, Ky.

Team Members are feed manufacturers who look to KER for the scientific knowledge, innovation, and experience necessary for them to produce competitive, top-of-the line feeds.

Nearly 70 attendees heard lectures on new equine nutrition research, global feed manufacturing and safety guidelines, ration evaluation and formulation, equine growth tracking, and marketing. Multiple lecture tracks allowed attendees to select a program tailored to their needs.

Team Members represented at this conference included:

• Associated Feed (California)
• Assurance Feed (Minnesota)
• Bagdad Roller Mills (Kentucky)
• Bartlett Milling Company (North Carolina)
• Bluegrass Horse Feeds (Ireland)
• Brooks Performance Feeds (Canada)
• Cache Commodities (Utah)
• CFC Farm & Home (Virginia)
• Equimix Ltda. (Brazil)
• Hallway Feeds (Kentucky)
• Hi-Pro (Jamaica)
• Himalayan Horse Feed (India)
• Je Il Feed Company (South Korea)
• Pennfield Equine Feed Technologies (Pennsylvania)
• Ridley AgriProducts (Australia)
• Saracen Horse Feeds (U.K.)
• Woodford Feed (Kentucky)

Representatives of numerous dealers and partners also attended.

International guests also toured many area attractions, including Coolmore's Ashford Stud, the Kentucky Horse Park, and Woodford Reserve, as well as attending the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event.

When horsemen purchase a feed that has been scientifically formulated by the nutritionists at KER and produced at a KER Team Member's manufacturing facility, they can expect the best: the highest quality vitamin and mineral packages, the choicest ingredients, and the most stringent quality-control measures.

KER-formulated feeds are available through Team Member dealers and merchants. To locate one near you, visit our Team Member page.

Magali Farms in Santa Ynez, California was featured in the November 2010 issue of California Thoroughbred. The farm, owned by Rich and Gaby Sulpizio, is a client of Associated Feed, a Kentucky Equine Research Team Member. Encompassing 238 acres of land, Magali stands eight Thoroughbred stallions including Lit de Justice and Ten Most Wanted. With visiting mares and horses in early training, there are usually around 300 horses on the property. Magali Farms was honored as the 2008 Thoroughbred Owners and breeders Association State Breeder of the Year for California.

Magali Farms in Santa Ynez, California has been named Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association State Breeder of the Year for California. Magali is a full-service breeding farm offering boarding, breaking, training, lay-up, and sales preparation. The operation stands six stallions including Ten Most Wanted, Lit de Justice, and Atticus, and is home to over 400 horses. KER Team Member Associated Feeds is proud to be the feed supplier to Magali Farms.

First Down Dash, a Quarter Horse stallion standing at Vessels Stallion Farm in Bonsall, California, has sired offspring that have won $60 million in career race earnings. This figure puts First Down Dash $20 million ahead of the runner-up sire on the list. The stallion's offspring won $6,549,242 in 2006, the biggest single year for any stallion in history. Vessels Stallion Farm is a client of Associated Feed, a KER Team Member in California.

The incomparable stallion First Down Dash, standing at Vessels Stallion Farm, is the sire or grandsire of fourteen of the last 16 winners of the Grade I Ed Burke Memorial Futurity. No Secrets Here, a son of First Down Dash, recently won the $2 million All American Futurity, setting a stakes record at 440 yards by finishing in 20.886 seconds. The colt was bred and raised at Vessels Stallion Farm. Associated Feed, a KER Team Member in California, supplies feed to the farm.