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Hi Kim!
I'm so delighted that you're finding this forum helpful! 
Reitsport is such a complete and excellent product. It is flaxseed-meal based and horses often do not like the lack of something to chew, so it stays on the bottom of the bucket, as you described. How 'bout adding some water to the feed, to mix it all together, so it sticks to the Triple Crown feed?
Let me know if that works for you and if not, I will search for pellet supplements that when combined, offer a comparable level of nutrients.
All the best,
Dr. Getty
Where are you from? Bayfield, CO
Thank you for your answer. The first thing I tried with all the powdered supplements was a spray of water to make it stick. I don't think the pony cared for the taste or texture because he chose not to eat at all. If I remember I think he ate a little of the hoof supplement but not the accel or reitsport. The mare ate it but made such "I've got peanut butter on the roof of my mouth" faces that most of it fell out into the bedding or onto the isle. Really almost half of her feed! Reitsport is expensive and I couldn't see one wasting it and the other just not eating it. I thought of pellets only because I've been able to get them to eat the worst tasting stuff in pellet form, I don't think they even chew! (I too taste everything I feed to my horses) I gave away the remaing supplements to others in the barn and no one else had any troubles getting their horses to eat them. Just mine ... 
I had thought of the combination of Select II as a milti vitamin and Biotin II 22X by Med-Vet because of its nutritional similarity to Masters hoof blend. Do you see any problems with those two plus Quiessence? I have to order prepackaged supplements (Barn Rules) so I am a little limited to what is offered in pellets. Thank you again, and please let me know if this is beyond the scope of what is allowed in the free forum.
Kim
Where are you from? Connecticut
How did you locate this forum? research on equine nutrition
Hi Kim,
This combination could work, though Grand Meadows does have combination products that may be pelleted. I will contact them on Monday for you.
I wrote to you personally to discuss more.
All the best,
Dr. Getty
Where are you from? Bayfield, CO