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Browse Mad Barn’s skin and coat supplements for horses, with high-quality ingredients to maintain a healthy, shiny coat and support the skin’s natural barrier against everyday irritants.
“As a nutritionist and horse owner, I've seen firsthand how Mad Barn transforms horse health across all life stages.”
— Jessica Artman, MScEquine Nutritionist
Make Your Horse’s Skin and Coat Glow
Your horse's skin and coat health tells you a lot about their overall well-being. Changes in the coat, such as dullness, fading, dryness, or irritation, are often early signs of an underlying nutritional imbalance.
The skin is a metabolically active tissue, and maintaining its health requires a daily intake of key nutrients involved in hair growth, immune function, tissue repair, and antioxidant defense.
Providing the right nutrition helps your horse maintain a resilient skin barrier, a shiny coat, healthy mane and tail growth, and improved comfort in all seasons.
Balanced Nutrition for a Healthy Coat
At Mad Barn, we take a nutrition-first approach to skin and coat health. A properly balanced diet supports the skin’s natural barrier and helps reduce the risk of issues like coat fading, rain rot, rubbing or hair loss, sweeet itch, and other skin irritations.
- All-In-One Nutrition:
Vitamin and mineral deficiencies contribute to skin and coat quality issues. Zinc, copper, and vitamin E are important for supporting the immune response and hair growth. Omneity®is a complete vitamin and mineral supplement formulated with all the nutrients required to keep your horse’s coat shining. - Omega-3 Enriched Oil: If your horse has dry, flaky skin or a coarse, lackluster coat, consider W-3 Oil. This targeted fat supplement provides a rich source of DHA, natural vitamin E, and plant-based oils to support skin integrity and promote a healthy, glossy coat.
- Support for Sensitive Horses: Spirulina is a blue-green algae rich in antioxidants, amino acids, and phycocyanin, which support a balanced inflammatory response. Spirulina is used to support horses with seasonal skin allergies or itchiness, contributing to normal immune function and helping maintain healthy skin and coat condition.
- Targeted Support for Sun Bleaching: If your horse’s coat appears sunbleached or faded 3:1 Zinc Copper can help restore true coat color. This concentrated blend of organic trace minerals provides the ideal ratio of zinc and copper to correct coat fading and dullness — especially in horses with high iron intake.
Help Your Horse Look and Feel Their Best
Supporting your horse’s skin and coat health starts with a balanced diet combined with good management practices. Environmental factors, grooming routines, and overall wellness all play a role in maintaining healthy skin.
- Consistent Access to Forage: A steady intake of high-quality hay or pasture promotes gut health and provides the foundation for optimal nutrient absorption, which is essential for skin and coat condition.
- Clean, Fresh Water: Hydration supports circulation and skin elasticity. Make sure your horse always has access to clean water, especially in hot weather or during heavy work.
- Free-Choice Salt: Electrolyte balance impacts everything from hydration to skin and coat quality. Providing loose, free-choice salt helps horses regulate intake based on their needs.
- Regular Grooming: Daily grooming improves circulation, distributes natural oils, and allows for early detection of skin changes or irritations before they become larger issues.
- Turnout and Shelter: Time outside supports physical and mental well-being. Providing shelter from extreme sun, wind, and moisture helps protect the skin and coat from environmental stressors.
- Minimizing Stress: Chronic stress can negatively affect immune function and skin condition. A consistent routine, adequate social interaction, and a low-stress environment all contribute to better overall health.
For horses with ongoing skin and coat concerns, it’s important to evaluate the full picture, from feeding practices and forage quality to environmental conditions. Our team of equine nutritionists is here to help you customize your horse’s diet for optimal health. Submit a free diet evaluation online for personalized feeding and management recommendations.
A dull, faded, or sun-bleached coat is often linked to trace mineral imbalance, particularly involving zinc and copper. These minerals are essential for pigment production, healthy hair growth, and skin integrity.
Horses with low levels of zinc or copper, or with high dietary iron that interferes with their absorption, may develop a washed-out or brassy coat. Vitamin E also supports skin and coat quality through its antioxidant function.
Balanced nutrition with bioavailable minerals can help restore natural coat color and condition. We recommend Omneity® for complete support, or 3:1 Zinc Copper for targeted trace mineral supplementation.
Key nutrients for skin and coat health include zinc, copper, vitamin E, biotin, and amino acids. These support healthy hair growth, skin barrier strength, and oxidative balance.
A balanced diet that meets these requirements is essential for coat condition. Omneity® provides these nutrients in highly bioavailable forms to support skin and coat health from within.
Dry or flaky skin in horses may indicate low intake of essential fatty acids, antioxidants, or trace minerals. Omega-3 fatty acids, especially DHA, help support skin hydration and barrier function.
To address these issues nutritionally, consider adding a targeted supplement like W-3 Oil, which provides plant-based fats, DHA, and natural-source vitamin E to support sebum production in skin and a soft, glossy coat.
Healthy mane and tail growth depends on consistent intake of key nutrients such as biotin, zinc, copper, and amino acids, which support keratin production, hair follicle strength, and skin integrity. Horses with nutrient deficiencies may experience breakage, thinning, or slow hair growth.
Feeding a complete supplement like Omneity® provides the full spectrum of vitamins and minerals needed for healthy hair growth. For horses needing additional support for hair growth, our Biotin powder delivers a concentrated daily dose to support keratin synthesis and hair quality.
Seasonal skin issues in horses may be related to immune reactivity, oxidative stress, or compromised skin barrier function. Nutrients that support a balanced immune response and normal inflammatory function can help maintain skin health during seasonal changes.
Spirulina is a natural source of antioxidants, amino acids, and phycocyanin, which supports immune balance and skin integrity. W-3 Oil provides DHA and natural vitamin E to support skin barrier function and reduce sensitivity associated with dry, irritated skin.
Dapples are circular patterns or spots that may appear on a horse’s coat and are often viewed as a sign of good health and balanced nutrition. While genetics influence whether a horse can develop dapples, nutritional status affects how visible they become.
Horses on a well-balanced diet that meets their requirements for vitamins, trace minerals, and amino acids may be more likely to display dapples. These nutrients support skin function, hair quality, and metabolic balance, factors that contribute to overall coat appearance.
Feeding a comprehensive formula like Omneity® and adding W-3 Oil for essential fatty acids can help support a healthy, glowing coat that may express dapples when other conditions are met.
Adding oil to your horse’s diet increases fat intake, which can support natural sebum production and contribute to a shinier coat. All oils will provide this benefit by enhancing the fat content of the diet.
For additional skin and coat support, oils enriched with the omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA offer functional benefits beyond coat shine, including support for joint health, immune function, and skin integrity. Mad Barn’s W-3 Oil is enriched with DHA and natural vitamin E to support healthy skin and a glossy coat.
