Pegasus Health Raspberry Leaf

Pegasus Health

Raspberry Leaf for horses is best-known for its beneficial effects on pregnant mares and its ability to tackle the moodiness sometimes caused by hormonal fluctuations in pregnant mares and young fillies coming into season for the first time.

Raspberry Leaf for horses also helps replace vital nutrients lost during foaling. It is believed to continue working on the uterus in the weeks after labour, helping it to cleanse and tone and return to normal.

The extra calcium in Raspberry Leaf is thought to help control nerve response to pain during birth and also aid the development of the unborn foal’s bones. Experience indicates that feeding Raspberry Leaf during the last 45 days of pregnancy will help when it comes to the time to deliver.



Raspberry Leaf for horses contains:

• Calcium
• Magnesium
• Potassium
• Trace minerals - including chromium, iron, manganese and zinc.
• Vitamins A, B, C and E

Feed Raspberry Leaf to mares to:

• Tackle moodiness caused by hormone fluctuations
• Strengthen and tone uterus muscles ahead of delivery
• Help a mare produce good quantities of milk
• Support an unborn foal’s bone development

100% Raspberry Leaf (Rubus idaeus).

	g per day
Horses & Ponies	30 - 50

A 900g refill fed at 40g per day will last 22 days.

Raspberry Leaf has been heralded down the centuries as an aid to help pregnant women give birth.



It has been shown to strengthen and tone the muscles in the uterus in readiness for labour and subsequently, it is believed, to help the body give birth.



The same benefits can be found in Raspberry Leaf for horses, say its many supporters.


Raspberry Leaf for horses is also said to help the mother produce good quantities of milk.

Horse owners have reported improvements when they have fed Raspberry Leaf to mares that have previously had problems with long labours, retained placenta, excessive bleeding during delivery or meagre milk production.


Raspberry Leaf for horses is readily and easily absorbed by the body.



Some owners have reported that Raspberry Leaf, along with Chaste Tree Berry (Vitex Agnus-castus for horses), can help balance hormones in young fillies coming into season for the first time and reduce any moodiness or difficult behaviour.



The leaf of the red raspberry plant is a pale-green colour and contains tannins that have an astringent effect enabling them to soothe inflammation and tighten the tissues of the intestines to prevent water loss. This means Raspberry Leaf for horses can also have a useful and soothing effect in some cases of diarrhoea.



It is also reputed to help with joint health due to the rich minerals and trace minerals it contains.