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Ultimate Sport Nuts
A premium quality feed suitable for all equine athletes
Ultimate Sport is a semi-concentrated premium feed designed to meet the needs of performance horses in moderate to heavy work.
Ultimate Sport contains highly digestible super fibres including beet pulp for slow release “cool” energy, along with Equi-Jewel® to assist in muscle conditioning and topline development essential for the hard working performance horse. Ultimate Sport includes a blend of vitamins and minerals formulated by KER to meet the nutritional demands of the performance horse during times of intense work, enabling them to perform at their best.
Key Benefits and Features
- Convenient low feeding rate.
- Contains EquiJewel® for optimum muscle development and sustained performance.
- Highly digestible super fibres.
- Contains natural Vitamin E for superior muscle recovery and support.
- Fully fortified with all essential trace minerals and vitamins, including yeast for maximum nutrient absorption and gut health.
- Quality protein and energy sources to supply the power when you need it.
- Suitable for all performance horses including eventing, showjumping, dressage, showing, endurance, polo, racehorses in pre-training.
Typical analysis (approximate on an as fed basis)
| Crude Protein | 14% |
| Fat | 6% |
| Fibre (NDF) | 18% |
| Moisture | 10% |
| Digestible Energy | 13MJ/kg |
Feeding rates
| WEIGHT OF HORSE | 400KG | 500KG | 600KG |
| Light work | 0.75-2kg | 1.5-3kg | 2.5-4kg |
| Moderate work | 1.5-3kg | 2.5-4kg | 3.5-5kg |
| Hard work | 2.5-4kg | 3.5-5kg | 4.5-6kg |
A suitable alternative for NRM Ultimate Sport is NRM Low GI Sport® or Sweetfeed™.
Nutrient Composition per 1kg of NRM Ultimate Sport (on an as fed basis)
| Crude Protein | 140g |
| Lysine | 6g |
| Methionine | 2g |
| Calcium | 11g |
| Phosphorus | 6g |
| Magnesium | 3g |
| Sodium | 5g |
| Potassium | 9g |
| Chloride | 9g |
| Zinc | 190mg |
| Copper | 70mg |
| Selenium | 0.9mg |
| Manganese | 165mg |
| Iron | 240mg |
| Iodine | 2mg |
| Cobalt | 0.4mg |
| Chromium | 1.6mg |
| Vit A | 16,000IU |
| Vit E | 300mg |
| Vit D | 1,600IU |
| Vit K | 8mg |
| Vit B1 (Thiamine) | 11mg |
| Vit B2 (Riboflavin) | 17mg |
| Vit B3 (Niacin) | 70mg |
| Vit B5 (Pantothenic acid) | 20mg |
| Vit B6 (Pyridoxine) | 5mg |
| Vit B7 (Biotin) | 200mcg |
| Vit B9 (Folic acid) | 5mg |
Ingredients selected from
Barley, beet pulp shreds, Equi-Jewel®, grain and grain co-products, vegetable protein meal, molasses, vegetable oil, yeast culture, KER vitamin and mineral pre-mix, amino acids, minerals and salts, mould inhibitor, apple flavour, natural vitamin E.
Feeding Recommendation
Ultimate Sport can be fed alone or combined with a suitable fibre source. Adjust intake according to needs based on breed, body weight, body condition, work load and available forage. Always provide at least 1.5% of the horse’s body weight in good quality forage (pasture, hay, chaff, fibre products) per day. Always allow free access to fresh clean water.
Storage
Please ensure product is stored in a cool, dry and vermin free environment.
Caution: Do not feed to any animal species other than those stipulated on the label.
NRM and Kentucky Equine Research
Kentucky Equine Research (KER) works closely with an international network of horse feed manufacturers dedicated to the advancement of equine nutrition and exercise physiology to produce healthier, more athletic horses. Using advice from KER, NRM feeds are formulated to incorporate the very latest advances in equine nutrition. The combination of NRM’s long-standing role as a leader in the New Zealand feed industry and KER’s technical expertise in the field of equine nutrition makes NRM feeds some of the most scientifically advanced available in the local market.
