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salt block should always be available, but some horses do notlick them adequately. Table salt can be offered free choice and/oradded to meals. Use non-iodized salt if your horse already isgetting iodine in his feed.• Hay is the best chloride source (needed with salt) so offerplenty before exercise.• Electrolyte preparations should be added when your horseis exercised and/or heavily sweating, but they do not satisfy theentire requirement – the horse must be in proper sodium balancebefore using electrolytes. Electrolytes are added to simply replace what is lost from perspiration.• Adequate salt encourages water consumption; even slightdehydration can negatively impact performance. Always offerclean, fresh water; salt and/or electrolytes should never beadded to the main water supply.Optimal performance requires optimal nutrition. Provide ahigh-quality, healthful diet of forage, protein, omega-3 fattyacids, antioxidants and minerals to help your equine athlete meethis toughest performance challenges. There is more on feedingthe equine athlete in the Library at www.GettyEquineNutrition.com. oJuliet M. Getty, Ph.D. is an internationally respected, independentequine nutritionist who believes that optimizing horse health comesfrom understanding how the horse’s physiology and instincts determinethe correct feeding and nutrition practices. She is the ContributingNutrition Editor for the Horse Journal, and is available for private consultations and speaking engagements.Buy Dr. Getty’s comprehensive resource book Feed Your Horse Likea Horse at Dr. Getty’s website, www.gettyequinenutrition.com, andhave it inscribed by the author. Or buy it at Amazon(www.Amazon.com), Barnes and Noble (www.barnesandnoble.com) orBooks A Million ( www.booksamillion .com). The seven separate volumes in Dr. Getty’s topic-centered Spotlight on Equine Nutrition seriesare available at her website, where Dr. Getty offers special package pricing, and also at Amazon in print and Kindle versions.62 Arizona Horse Connection May, 2026(928) 848-6788 Capture your story with timeless photographyinspired by love and authentic moments.ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HORSE PROPERTYIN THE PRESCOTT AREA?MILD 4-SEASON CLIMATE, CLEAN AIR, STAR-FILLED SKIES, WILD LIFE GALORE, ANDLOTS OF HORSE PEOPLE!Trudy M. Zeiler DESIGNATED BROKER(928) 636-9380Come on up to the Prescottarea & let me show you around!HANDLING THEFOLLOWING AREAS:Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, Paulden, Williamson Valley,Dewey,Mayerwww.RealtyExpressions.netSPECIALIZING IN HORSE PROPERTY,RANCHES & ACREAGELocated on a very PRIVATE 13.46-acre parcel in Kirkland, AZ,just 1 hour from Prescott or Wickenburg. Split-level design islike two homes in one with a total of2,578 sq. ft.! Upper level is 2 bedroom/1 bath, lower level is 1 bedroom/1 bath. (No interiorsteps to access units.) Each unithas a gas stove and efficiencykitchen. Upper level newly remodeled in 2021! Spacious, custom deck. Located in a private,gated community. Off the grid, complete w/solar generated power.Private well and 2,500 gallon waterstorage tank! New pipe corrals, and you can ride out from this property for miles! $500,000Tassie Jundt(928) 231-6262tassiejean@gmail.comPERFECT FAMILYGETAWAY!