I have been barrel racing my horse, Gracie, since she was about 6 years old. She is extremely talented and puts all her heart into what she does. When she was about 9, I noticed she started bleeding, but only at jackpots/rodeos in Reno and Colorado-the higher altitude locations (I live in California at almost sea level). I would give her Lasix and she would stand with her hind legs spread like she had to constantly pee. Not only did I not like using her as a pin cushion and make her go through that, but also it didn''t always work. Then she started coughing at local jackpots and seemed to not want to run. I got her scoped and found out she was bleeding. I realized she was absolutely miserable on Lasix and something needed to be done when we were at a rodeo down south. I did the usual where I''d giver her the Lasix a few horses before she ran. I drew up in a performance, and in the middle of my run she stopped to pee (nothing stops this horse from doing her job). There was no way I would giver her Lasix ever again, so I laid her off for about 3 months to giver her lungs a break and to heal. I had no idea what to do. After a lot of tears and false hope, a good friend, Shelley Boyle, told me about Silver Lining. I started month 2 of her 3 months off to let it go into effect. No bleeding! High altitude, dry, hot, cold weather-you name it, no bleeding. I even got her scoped to make sure and she was fine. A few years went by, no problems what so ever. Decided to take her off the herbs while I gave her a few months off since she wouldn''t be competing, and she bled on a trail ride one day. Put her right back on that day and haven''t taken her off since. The herbs are a miracle and I probably wouldn''t still be racing if I had never put her on Silver Lining Herbs. She hasn''t bled for 7 years. Gracie just turned 16 and is still on top of her game!
