PREMIER EQUINE TEAM

Performance, no matter what arena you ride in

Equine feeds come in many different forms that are fed at many different feed rates to a wide variety of horses and ponies. 

Innovation is key, but issues such as regulatory requirements, shelf life, justification of claims, and prohibited substances, all impact on product design.

We understand this complex world and its consumers, and can help you develop category-leading products.

FEEDING CHAMPIONS, TRUSTED FRIENDS AND MANY OTHER HORSES IN BETWEEN

Our premixes are used across our customers’ entire product ranges, and we know our manufactured supplements carry the weight of an end user’s expectation for that brand. That’s why delivering quality, relentlessly, day-in day-out is our top priority – not just ensuring what’s meant to be in there is actually there, but also keeping out unwanted undesirables such as heavy metals and prohibited substances.­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 

We listen to your objectives, propositions and target markets then offer advice on tailoring them for maximum success. We can suggest ingredients and nutrients to meet the product proposition then we support you in developing packaging options, labelling and claims, as well as advising on prohibited substances.

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UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES

Rules on prohibited substances are governed by international racing and competition regulators. They are divided into substances banned at all times and those not permitted on competition or race day. A number of prohibited substances are naturally occurring or common contaminants of ingredients used in equine feedstuffs. This leads to challenges for owners, riders and their feed supply chain.

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WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?

Premier Nutrition experts have all led, or been part of, technical teams in significant feed and nutrition businesses internationally. They have a breadth of knowledge from the pure science of nutrition to the successful design and implementation of products and nutritional solutions.

We are deeply committed and driven by our tenacity to make a difference by listening, thinking and working in partnership with you to help put nutritional sciences into practice for your equine brands.

Fiercely independent – we do not market our own additives and ingredients into the equine market; we are focused on developing the best equine nutrition for our customers and putting your needs first.

MEET OUR EQUINE TEAM

Clare McCafferty

Equine Nutritionist

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Clare McCafferty

Equine Nutritionist

Clare joined the business in 2015 as a support nutritionist in the technical team. Previous to this Clare had been a dairy farm hand for 7 months and a groom at her local riding yard for 10 years previous. Clare graduated from the University of Glasgow and SRUC in 2014 with a BSc(Hons) in Applied Animal Science. Clare’s areas of expertise are formulations, product design, NOPs, equine nutrition, labelling and legislation. She is also an R-SQP, has HACCP intermediate 3 qualifications and is FAR registered.

E: clare.mccafferty@premiernutrition.co.uk
T: +44 (0)7525 141 059

Dr Kayleigh Manthorpe

Equine Nutritionist

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Dr Kayleigh Manthorpe

Equine Nutritionist

Kayleigh joined AB Agri in 2010 as a nutritionist and has spent the last 5 years as Technical Manager for AB Neo.

Prior to joining AB Agri, Kayleigh spent 3 years completing a PhD in Nutrition at The University of Nottingham after obtaining a 1st class BSc (Hons) degree in Equine Science from Wye College, Imperial London.

Kayleigh has always had a passion for horses and is lucky enough to own 3 of her own. When time allows, she likes to event and show jump. She can also sometimes be spotted showing with her young daughters on their pony.

E: kayleigh.manthorpe@premiernutrition.co.uk
T: +44 (0)7889 601 646

Kate Robinson

Business Manager - Equine

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Kate Robinson

Business Manager - Equine

Kate has worked at Premier Nutrition since 2009, formerly heading the International Team in a multi-species role. From the beginning of 2023 she joined the equine team to look after Premier Nutrition's customers both in the UK and overseas. Her focus is on understanding customer requirements and helping them to develop their feeds and supplements using our in-house nutrition, product development, labelling and prohibited substances expertise.

Kate is fully familiar with the equine industry, having spent her early career in the horse racing sector and latterly has evented and show jumped her own horses.  Nowadays, Kate’s passion is dressage and she spends her spare time training and competing on the British Dressage circuit.

E: kate.robinson@premiernutrition.co.uk
M:​+44 (0)7791 122 158

Jessica Loftus

Senior Customer Services Co-ordinator

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Jessica Loftus

Senior Customer Services Co-ordinator

Jessica has been with Premier Nutrition for 8 years working in Customer Services with a short-term secondment to work with the Quality team.

E: jessica.loftus@premiernutrition.co.uk
T: 01889 572 540
 

Rob Halls

Head of Commercial - Companion Animal

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Rob Halls

Head of Commercial - Companion Animal

In 2015 Rob joined Premier Nutrition to head up the pet and equine divisions having previously held commercial management roles at Roquette UK Ltd for the last 10 years. He has extensive experience of selling and marketing into the pet food, equine, aquaculture, food and pharmaceutical sectors. Prior to his time at Roquette, Rob worked in the companion animal veterinary pharmaceutical industry for two top tier global pharmaceutical companies.

Rob works closely with the pet and equine teams to maximise customer benefit from the nutritional solutions available to pet food manufacturers across Europe.

He was awarded a BSc (Hons) in Zoology from The University of Hull and an MSc from Imperial College.

E: rob.halls@premiernutrition.co.uk
M: +44 (0)7701 280 833

TAILORED NUTRITION, ENGINEERED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Talk to us about your requirements and how our independently recommended premix solutions can add value to your equine nutrition.

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