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The Benefits Of Light For Stallions

“After consultation with our vets Cambridge Equine Hospital and, in particular, Dr. Robert Hitchcock, we decided to install Equilume lighting in our new stallion barn, built during 2019.  Dr. Hitchcock said the results of testing from the Equilume li...

Circadian Lighting Naturally Enhances A Horse’s Performance

“I was amazed at the overall change in the horses after about six weeks under the Equilume Stable Lights, by the condition they were carrying and the way their coats looked.  We were quietly surprised how clean all the throats looked when we scoped t...

Accelerate winter shedding with Equilume

Equilume Performance Lighting mimics a long summer’s day. The biologically effective light stimulates seasonal hormones, including prolactin that are regulated by the lengthening hours of daylight during spring.  These hormones are in part responsibl...

Optimize Sales Preparation

“At Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm we have been using the Equilume Light Masks not only for breeding, but also to prep our weanlings, yearlings and breeze-up horses for sales. These masks allow us to prep from the paddock, even in a colder environment,...

Reduce costs with Equilume Performance Lighting

Equilume’s suite of products have been shown to reduce costs whether your horse is stabled, at pasture or travelling to competition. Equilume Light Mask Using the Light Mask means that your horse will receive the optimum light it needs for a slick sh...

Red Light at Night facilitates rest and recovery

Dim red light or darkness at night is required to facilitate rest and recovery and, for the nightly rise in the circadian regulating hormone melatonin. Firstly, it is important to understand the role of the hormone melatonin. Melatonin is a protein h...

Research shows Blue Light reduces bacterial and fungal growth

As early as 1887, visible blue light was known to be the most effective part of the light spectrum to stimulate phototropism in plants. Recent research in the human medical field has shown that blue wavelength light can inhibit specific microbial gro...

Dr Barbara Anne Murphy talks about the benefits of the Equilume Stable Light

Our CSO and Founder Dr. Barbara Anne Murphy explains the benefits of the Equilume Stable Light.

How Light Signals the Breeding Season to the Mare

To understand the importance of light for our horses we need to go back to the very beginning.

  • "The 20 masks you put on our mares in early December are working beautifully. Our mares are foaling closer to their due dates than is usual during the winter months and they are just as effective in getting mares to come into oestrus as lighted stalls, if not more so. They represent a large saving of both money and labor as compared to bringing mares in and out of barns with lighted stalls, cleaning and rebedding stalls etc."

    Alan J. Leavitt, Walnut Hall Ltd. Kentucky, USA.

  • "I think that Equilume Light Masks will open the eyes of the horse industry to the benefits of light manipulation in the same way that deslorelin brought focus to ovulation-inducing drugs"

    Dr. Angus McKinnon B.V.Sc., M.Sc., Diplomate A.C.T., Dip.Vet.Med., Diplomate A.B.V.P, Director, Goulburn Valley Equine Hospital, Shepparton, VIC, AUS.

  • "We used the Equilume Light Masks last season on a selection of our in-foal mares with a history of long gestation lengths. We found that the masks worked to good effect and resulted in a significant reduction in gestation lengths compared to the 2013 gestations in the same mares. We felt the light masks were effective at reducing prolonged gestations in pregnant mares and intend to use them again."

    Mick and Tiffany Allen, Celadon Benbrook Australian Stock Horses Luskintyre, NSW.

  • Last season, I really put the Equilume Light Mask to the test. I used it on mares that for years would’nt cycle until April or May. With the EquilumeTM Light Mask the mares were cycling by the end of January. Staying outside with the mask is positive for the horse, for their life, for mares cycling, for their hair coat. I look forward to using the mask again this season. I am sold!

    Chris Benedict, Judge AQHA, NRCHA, NCHA, DLR Ranch, Weatherford, TX, USA

  • "We used the Equilume Light Masks last year with great success. Our dry mares were all cycling and covered early, while reducing our management costs significantly. Our pregnant mares that wore the masks foaled on time with excellent post-foaling fertility, especially mares that had previously struggled to cycle with foal at foot. We would highly recommend Equilume to farms that want to reduce costs and improve breeding efficiency."

    Mike Fleming, Broadwater Thoroughbreds.

  • “I loved having​ the light mask this past winter for my mare. It worked SO well. She is an older mare, and absolutely hates being stalled. So I had no choice than to either wait til summer to start breeding her, or use the light mask. I took a chance and used the light mask. It worked like a charm! She started cycling early (March), kept her weight on beautifully, and most importantly, she was HAPPY to be outside. The mask held up great! I never had any issues with her rubbing it off, or it falling apart, etc. I would love to have another one!"

    Kaylah Gilkey, Barrel Racing Competitor, Oregon

  • The very best device I have seen in 25years of reproductive practice, second only to the introduction of the ultrasound. It will get them bred early.

    William T. Gray, DVM, Cottonwood Veterinary Clinic, California

  • "All mares with the Equilume™ mask showed heat in January and they had normal oestrous cycles. Equilume is effective to control reproductive organs as much as standard method of light control. The mares with Equilume were covered in the early breeding season and 70% of them became pregnant immediately. Equilume saved our time and daily running costs (electricity, bedding and labor etc)."

    Dr. Naoya Yoshida DVM, Winchester Farm, Kentucky, USA

  • We at Taylor Made used the Equilume Light Masks on over 50 barren and maiden mares this season (2016) to bring forward seasonal reproductive activity. We found that the light masks worked just as well as conventional stable lighting at ensuring early cyclicity. In addition we believe that there are significant advantages to extended turn-out for mares that Equilume facilitates.

    Frank Taylor, Vice President, Taylor Made Farms, Kentucky, USA

  • "I initially used the Equilume Light Mask on "The Job is Right" during the darkest days of winter as I felt the horse just wasn't thriving. A month later he started to look and feel a lot better in himself and was enjoying his work more. I also used a mask on a barren mare who shortly afterwards started cycling and went in foal on her first cover."

    Micheal Hourigan, Racehorse Trainer