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RiteTrac ®
Total Digestive Tract Buffer
RiteTrac is a proprietary blend of ingredients designed to support total digestive tract health. Targeted to benefit both the foregut and hindgut of the horse, RiteTrac works in two distinct ways. First, with its combination of fast-acting antacids and coating agents, RiteTrac quickly neutralizes excess gastric acid, protecting the stomach lining and restoring the normal gastric environment. Second, RiteTrac contains EquiShure®, a time-released hindgut buffer designed to act within the cecum and colon by maintaining optimal pH, thereby reducing the risk of hindgut acidosis.
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Features and Benefits
• Includes an antacid blend proven effective at elevating gastric pH in horses
• Coating agents provide protection of the gastric mucosa
• Contains EquiShure®, a time-released buffer to neutralize excessive acid in the hindgut
• Aids in maintaining a healthy digestive environment for optimal nutrient absorption
• Combats the increased risk of hindgut acidosis in horses on high-grain diets, grazing lush pasture, or prone to laminitis
• Recommended for prophylactic use during training, showing, transport, weaning, or other stressful events
• Recommended for safe, long-term prophylactic use during training, showing, transport, weaning, or other stressful events
• Often results in improvement of symptoms in horses experiencing loose manure, weight loss, lack of appetite, frequent mild colic, and stereotypical behaviors.
Feeding Recommendations
May be given orally or added to horse’s daily grain ration. Administer 120 g per 1,100-lb (500-kg) horse. For best results, divide between grain meals.
Serving and Container Sizes
Serving Size
120 g (60-g scoop included)
Container Sizes
3 kg (25 servings)
6 kg (50 servings)
18 kg (150 servings)
Emphasis On Digestion
Much importance is placed on gastrointestinal health because optimal digestion ensures efficient conversion of feedstuffs to energy, which in turn fuels growth, performance, and reproduction.
Delicate Destinations: Stomach and Hindgut
Of all the compartments of the gastrointestinal tract, the stomach and hindgut are prone to the most problems. Ulceration of the stomach lining affects many horses, sometimes so badly that behavior and performance are compromised. Likewise, shifts in the microbial population of the hindgut due to fluctuating pH often disturb the efficiency of digestion.
Elite Advice
“Johnny has been prone to mild colic for no obvious reason.
As a show horse, he is exposed to stressful conditions, such as travel, intensive training, and shows. On RiteTrac, he hasn’t shown any signs of colic or gastric ulcers, and we are able to compete Grand Prix successfully and stress-free! This horse is healthier and, most importantly, happier than ever!”
Ashley Moore Grand Prix Dressage Rider