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The Pure feed range came about as a result of the hours Robert and Lou spent mixing up various feeds for different horses. As Lou commented recently, "We wanted our horses to be fed the best way possible, using the most suitable ingredients we could find. We weren't driven by price or packaging, just a desire to get the horses the best feed materials that were available." The mixes have been designed to cover a spectrum of dietary requirements from the family friend to the professional competition horse. They are fully balanced and take into account micro-dietary requirements and as Robert puts it, "This really is a complete feed - it is fortified with optimum levels of vitamins and minerals and contains a high level of antioxidants. With less than 6% starch it is ideal for feeding many different types and breeds of horse without creating behavioural problems. The beauty of the feed is that you don't need to add anything else - it's all there! The feed is designed to offer slow release energy that the horses can work well on but without the need to burn off the initial 'fizz'."
     

Louise Talintyre
 

Lou has been involved with horses for the past 25 years. Ever since she loaned her first pony Lou has constantly striven to maintain her horses in as natural a way as possible. In the last 7 years she has been responsible for the nutrition and breeding programme at The Mendip Stud in England but is now concentrating her time teaching and developing the feed business. In Lou's role at the Stud she came into contact with a diverse and wide spectrum of breeds and their offspring. Through this contact with different types of horses she developed a feed programme based around the concept of, fibre first and foremost,.

Lou had been looking for a feed that avoided excessive starch and sugar, which was both easy and economical to feed. In her frustration, having scoured the market and come up empty handed, she realised that she was just going to have to make one herself. Initially Lou would spend hours mixing chaff with pellets, beet with balancer, garlic and mint, etc., etc. until each horse had a bucket of the best balanced feed that was achievable in this 'Heath Robinson' fashion. Needless to say the commercial reality of running a busy yard with a throughput of over 70 horses a day hit home. It quickly became very evident that feeding time meant exactly that - a long time to feed! She needed an expert and found at Nesler Equine Nutrition Robert Fowler who she persuaded to help her formulate the feeds. Robert used his 20 years of nutritional experience to balance the micro dietary aspects of the programme.

And so with Lou's determination, Roberts knowledge and skill, the aid of a concrete mixer the first batch was made.

The Pure Feed range was born.

 

     

Robert Fowler

 

Robert's experience in equine feed and nutrition goes back two decades. He qualified at Shuttlewoth Agricultural College and almost immediately became involved in producing equine feeds, which has been his specialised area of expertise for the last 18 years.

An entrepreneur by heart he set up his own feed mill that was soon producing thousands of tonnes of feed products for the equine industry. In the course of which in 2000, Robert set up the well-known Nesler Equine Nutrition Company. His original company Shipston Mill was sold in 2003. 

Robert's commercial success was also mirrored in the sporting arena with feeds designed and/or produced by Robert being used at the highest levels in many disciplines including the three Olympic Games and two World games. 

Robert is available to give advice both here and on other Internet forums under his 'AskRobert' banner.

Robert now resides in Portugal where he and his wife Christene, train and produce Lusitanos and Portuguese Sport Horses, from where he runs his nutritional consultancy supplying customers both in the UK and throughout Europe.

 

 

     

Anna Pyrah

 

Anna Pyrah BSc. (Hons), recently joined The Pure Feed Company, as an Equine Nutritionist. Anna has had a long term interest in equine nutrition and has had work experience with the Sandringham Stud in Norfolk.

Anna’s dissertation at Lincoln University was “The effect of Crataegus oxyacantha upon the heart rate of the Exercising Horse”. This is probably the first study of its kind into the effects of hawthorn on the horse and Anna has found through sound scientific procedures some very interesting responses.

Her role at the company is to assist in the ongoing development of our range and to act as technical support to our ever growing client base, whether they are a one horse owner or an Olympic rider. She has an excellent understanding of equine nutrition and brings up to date knowledge and a solid scientific approach to the small team at The Pure Feed Company.

 

  

Anna Pyrah