“You know a product really works when you run out & notice a significant change.” Lindsey Kirk (2025)
Lindsey Kirk is an amateur rider in Northern Ireland, who dreamt of owning & competing a horse as a child. She made that dream a reality as an adult but last year, Lindsey lost her mare at the ripe old age of 31 years. The ‘void’ was real & Lindsey knew that when she saw an underweight & neglected 15 year old mare a few weeks later that she would take on another and began a project of rehabilitation. Starting from scratch, Lindsey was particularly conscious of not overwhelming the new horses guts as they established both a new routine & a new partnership.
Lindsey had seen the incredible health benefits of adding high quality omega-3 into a horses diet. In 2022, a friend had won a bag of Champion Roasted Flaxseed at the Ardnacashel Dressage League, kindly sponsored by Belmont Equine Products. Despite Lindsey’s own horse at the time being in its late 20’s, she decided to begin using the product. The mare’s condition & everything about her improved. Lindsey told us that “She bounced back from filled legs, a dull coat & started to put on some weight which she had been struggling to maintain despite additional feed”. This time around, it was a “no brainer” to include Champion Roasted Flaxseed into her new horses diet & let the healing omega-s & anti-inflammatory goodness of the 100% pure flaxseed “work it’s magic”. Within a few weeks, Lindsey’s horse was thriving.
Unlike flax oils or other products that claim to contain omega nutrients, Champion Roasted Flaxseed is minimally processed. The harvested non GMO seeds, grown in Canada (location of optimal growth conditions for flaxseed worldwide) are ‘roasted’ using a patented process, to seal in the valuable nutrients & vacuum packed to maintain the quality of the seed oils and gut supportive fibre. Produced for the human food chain, all food safety protocols are strictly followed & monitored. The result is a top quality, plant based source of critical omega-3, natures healing nutrient. Taken daily, the anti-inflammatory health benefits, boosted immunity, hormone balancing & gut supportive nutrients of roasted flaxseed can be enjoyed by all in the family - yourself & your animals!
In December of last year, Lindsey ran out of her supply of Champion Roasted Flaxseed & her local stockist, Farmline Agri Supplies, Dromore, Co. Down was also without stock. With other distractions, it was the end of January before Lindsey began to use Champion Roasted Flaxseed daily again. During this time period, Lindsey’s horse’s health slipped backwards. She told us that having Champion Roasted Flaxseed in her horses diet each day “looks like someone has turned a lightbulb on inside them. It is not just an improvement in their coat & a definite shine of better health, but also like the immune system & gut is functioning better”
Champion Roasted Flaxseed has been proven to be a critical component to managing & healing ulcers in horses. According to equine veterinarian & Belmont Equine Products founder Richard McCormick, all horses that are stabled (even for part of the day) should be fed supplemental omega-3 in the form of flaxseed to ensure adequate gut function in horses.
Article Published in The Irish Field - Horse Sense in December 2023.
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