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Understanding Your Horse's Digestive System

Your horse's digestive system is a complex and sensitive ecosystem that requires proper care and attention.

  • The Foregut
  • The Hindgut
  • Equine Gut Microbiome

The Foregut (stomach and small intestine)

Food passes through the stomach quickly, allowing horses to graze almost nonstop. It handles the steady intake of forage by continually secreting acid to help digestion. Even with no feed, the equine stomach will still produce acid. Without a buffer, it may damage the stomach lining, causing inflammation and ulcers.

The Hindgut (cecum, large colon, small colon

With the help of trillions of friendly bacteria, the hindgut breaks down and ferments the fibrous forage horses graze on and converts it into volatile fatty acids used for energy. The hindgut also allows horses to absorb and utilize all the minerals, vitamins, and amino acids needed for survival and health.

Equine Gut Microbiome

Each horse has a unique population of microbiota in the hindgut. When helpful colonies of bacteria are balanced and working together to ferment feed and make nutrients available, it has a positive impact on nutrient absorption, weight, pH balance, gut lining, the immune system and healthy metabolism.

Horse Digestive

Factors that Affect the Digestive System of a Horse

Your horse's digestive system is critical for nutrient absorption and a gauge of overall wellness—but it's also extremely sensitive. Many health issues are centralized in the gut, stemming from or showing up as these common problems.

An important function of the equine large colon is to regulate the amount of water absorbed in the body. If your horse has loose stools or diarrhea, it may stem from one of these instigators:

Common Causes:

  • Situational Stress
  • Poor Dental Health
  • Internal Parasites
  • Diet Changes
  • Oral Medications
  • Eating Sand

How Daily Gold Helps:

Bentonite, the foundation of Daily Gold, is a proven way to relieve and prevent loose stools or diarrhea. It buffers acid, soothes the digestive tract, and binds and removes diarrhea-causing toxins. It may also reduce parasites and pathogenic bacteria. The naturally occurring trace minerals replenish critical nutrients lost through diarrhea.

Plant fiber isn’t digested until it reaches the hindgut, where microbes break it down through fermentation. This produces energy-rich volatile fatty acids and gas. Gas production in horses isnormal. However, if gas gets trapped in the large colon’s twists and turns, it can lead to painful gas colic, which can be caused by:

Caused by:

  • Inadequate forage
  • Stall confinement/inadequate exercise
  • Stress
  • Ulcers
  • Intestinal inflammation

How Daily Gold Helps:

Daily Gold improves digestive troubles and helps prevent colic naturally with pure bentonite clay. It buffers excess stomach acid which causes ulcers, binds toxins that cause intestinal inflammation, and improves digestive efficiency overall. Daily Gold also has a full spectrum of trace minerals that nourish to promote better health and body condition.

Plant fiber isn’t digested until it reaches the hindgut, where microbes break it down through fermentation. This produces energy-rich volatile fatty acids and gas. Gas production in horses isnormal. However, if gas gets trapped in the large colon’s twists and turns, it can lead to painful gas colic, which can be caused by:

Symptoms:

  • Inadequate forage
  • Stall confinement/inadequate exercise
  • Stress
  • Ulcers
  • Intestinal inflammation

How Daily Gold Helps:

Daily Gold improves digestive troubles and helps prevent colic naturally with pure bentonite clay. It buffers excess stomach acid which causes ulcers, binds toxins that cause intestinal inflammation, and improves digestive efficiency overall. Daily Gold also has a full spectrum of trace minerals that nourish to promote better health and body condition.

Plant fiber isn’t digested until it reaches the hindgut, where microbes break it down through fermentation. This produces energy-rich volatile fatty acids and gas. Gas production in horses isnormal. However, if gas gets trapped in the large colon’s twists and turns, it can lead to painful gas colic, which can be caused by:

Caused by:

  • Inadequate forage
  • Stall confinement/inadequate exercise
  • Stress
  • Ulcers
  • Intestinal
  • inflammation
  • Dehydration
  • Abrupt forage/feed changes

How Daily Gold Helps:

Daily Gold improves digestive troubles and helps prevent colic naturally with pure bentonite clay. It buffers excess stomach acid which causes ulcers, binds toxins that cause intestinal inflammation, and improves digestive efficiency overall. Daily Gold also has a full spectrum of trace minerals that nourish to promote better health and body condition.

Gut dysfunction and digestive inefficiencies cause poor nutrient absorption, feed utilization, and decreased appetite/weight loss. especially in older horses.

How Daily Gold Helps:

Daily Gold improves feed efficiency and healthy weight gain by:

  • Binding toxins that negatively impact digestive function
  • Buffering acid to prevent ulcers and inflammation
  • Resolving diarrhea
  • Helping intestinal villi grow to improve nutrient absorption
  • Nourishing with bioavailable sea minerals

Dirt is actually a natural part of the equine diet. Licking dirt or other non-nutritious objects is usually rooted in a need.

  • Missing trace minerals
  • Digestive discomfort
  • Seeking beneficial bacteria
  • Grinding down teeth
  • Hunger or boredom
  • Stress

How Daily Gold Helps:

Daily Gold nourishes with a full spectrum of bioavailable sea minerals to replenish horses with mineral deficiencies. It also binds toxins and pathogens that cause digestive discomfort, while helping healthy gut flora thrive.

Health of the hindgut depends on the delicate and proper balance of bacteria. If the gut microbiome is negatively changed and the hindgut can’t ferment and absorb nutrients properly, you may notice these symptoms:

Symptoms:

  • Poor appetite
  • Poor feed utilization
  • Poor coat/hoof quality
  • Colic/gas colic
  • Dehydration
  • Reduced immune function
  • Poor attitude
  • Laminitis
  • Hindgut inflammation, ulcers
  • Vitamin and mineral deficiencies
  • Decreased performance
  • Girthiness

How Daily Gold Helps:

The bentonite clay in Daily Gold creates a friendly environment for good gut bacteria to thrive by buffering acid, balancing pH, and strengthening gut wall integrity. Fostering a healthy gut microbiome improves digestive efficiency, nutrient absorption and immune health, helping your horse feel and perform better.

Toxic metabolites are produced by fungi. They often exist undetected in feed and can damage the GI tract, disrupt microbiome, decrease nutrient absorption, and impede immunefunction. Horses with mycotoxins may exhibit these symptoms:

Symptoms:

  • Loss of appetite
  • Weight loss
  • Diarrhea/GI issues
  • Low energy
  • Respiratory issues
  • Poor coat condition

How Daily Gold Helps:

Bentonite clay, the foundation of Daily Gold, has a negative charge and high adsorption capacity. These abilities allow it to naturally and effectively bind to harmful toxins (which have a positive charge) and carry them all the way out of your horse’s body.

8 Simple Ways to Improve Horse Gut Health

A healthy equine gut is best achieved with a holistic approach that considers overall management. These tips can help you keep your horse's digestive tract in optimal fermenting and fighting form.

01

Feed Frequently with Quality Forage

Free-choice access to hay or pasture helps neutralize stomach acid production and lowers the risk of equine ulcers. If frequent turnout isn't feasible, try a slow feeder or hay net.

02

Make Diet Changes Gradually

Sudden feed changes can throw your horse's hindgut microbiome into chaos. Gradually introduce new forage, feeds, or products over a week or two.

03

Go Easy on the Grains

Grains are high in starch, and too much can cause acidosis, colic, or laminitis. If your horse needs extra calories, feed small amounts of grain or follow professional advice.

04

Reduce Environmental Stress

Adjust your horse's workload and maximize turnout with exercise. Keep a consistent routine for feeding and activity and let them socialize. Provide constant forage access and stall enrichments.

05

Schedule Regular Dental Care

Dental issues can make chewing difficult and lead to digestive troubles. Regular check-ups with a qualified equine professional help ensure your horse can chew comfortably.

06

Deworm Regularly

Parasites can disrupt gut function and cause serious issues like diarrhea, weight loss, or colic. Work with your vet to create a deworming plan for your horse.

07

Be Mindful of Medications

NSAIDs can help with pain and inflammation but may cause gut issues like diarrhea and loss of appetite. Talk to your vet about alternative pain relief options to keep your horse comfortable.

08

Provide a Horse Digestive Supplement

Redmond Daily Gold is a natural bentonite clay supplement that provides gentle gut support. It buffers acid and binds toxins, supporting good gut flora and improved gastrointestinal function.

A man stands behind a metal fence beside a white horse. A bag of Redmond Daily Gold horse gut supplement sits on the fence rail.

Redmond Daily Gold: Natural Horse Digestive Supplement

Daily Gold is a bentonite clay-based product line that helps maintain and fortify the equine digestive system.

  • Buffers Acid
  • Binds Toxins
  • Healthier Gut Flora
  • Resolve Loose Stools
  • Better Body Condition
  • Comfort and Focus

Buffers Acid

Buffers stomach acid, soothes ulcers, protects the gut wall, and supports good gut flora.

How Rebecca Supports Gut Stability in Her Show Horses

Rebecca Morris is a hunter/jumper-certified trainer who manages show horses performing at high levels. She uses Daily Gold to keep their digestive systems healthy. Read her story below.

Rebecca Morris, a hunter-jumper English rider jumps over a fence with her horse.

I’m very blessed to do what I love for a living—training and riding hunter/jumper horses. I’m a United States Hunter Jumper Association-certified trainer and manage a riding academy where our students compete at A-rated USEF shows.

Although I love seeing success in the show ring, my greatest moments of joy are when I make a breakthrough with a horse, especially one deemed difficult or a problem. My ultimate mission is to create happy, healthy, well-adjusted, willing athletes and partners for not only myself but other riders.

Show horses, however, like other horses, are subject to stress. Recently I was managing a group of horses that were experiencing stress from training and competition and showing symptoms of GI irritation.

My own personal show horse, May, was also displaying sourness while girthing and weakness off the right side. She was having trouble holding weight, her appetite was low, her coat dull, and her energy level was not where I felt it should be.

I treated my mare for ulcers then put her on several GI support supplements, but none of them maintained a comfort level for her. I then started her on Redmond Daily Gold. I liked that it was easy to administer in her morning feed and she ate it without protest—despite being super picky!

After ten days on Daily Gold, May started eating more than I’d ever seen her! Her weight immediately started to bulk up, and the quality of her coat improved, as well as her energy level. Within 30 days her sulkiness while girthing improved and she became much more willing to engage and work off of her right side.

Since starting May on Redmond, she’s gone on to successfully compete in jumper divisions up to the 1.10 meter. She’s now comfortable enough that I can put beginner riders on her, and she functions as one of the horses in our lease program, helping to teach advanced riders the ins and outs of the jumper ring.

I use Redmond Daily Gold now for all of my horses. Daily Gold has made a positive difference. It maintains its effectiveness, helps my horses stay comfortable and show long-term improvement, has no side effects, and doesn’t interfere with other medications or supplements I feed.

- Rebecca Morris

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