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Sharon Baker @ EquiMedic USA
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USRider Motor Plan & EquiMedic USA Partner for Horse Safety

EquiMedic USA and USRider Equestrian Motor Plan have teamed up to provide today’s trailering horse owners the best possible safety protection while they travel the roads of America with horses in tow. With USRider, equine owners can assure themselves of belonging to the most comprehensive roadside assistance program available for those who travel with horses.

EquiMedic USA, elite manufacturer of a full line of equine first aid kits, now makes its very popular Trailering Kit available at a 15 percent discount to all USRider members. This kit is just one of the perks available through the Winner’s Circle Advantage member benefits program. Designed to be kept in your horse trailer at all times, this complete first aid kit offers 36 products and 153 different items to cover most equine emergency needs while you are on the road with your horses.

Designed to meet all of the needs of traveling equestrians, USRider offers an all-inclusive service that will take care of your vehicle, trailer and horses. With an annual fee comparable to that of other roadside assistance programs, USRider offers the typical flat-tire repair, battery assistance and lock-out services, plus benefits designed with horse owners in mind. For example, USRider will arrange towing services for a loaded trailer. It will also arrange emergency stabling for horses, if necessary, while a vehicle is being repaired.

“We took a unique approach to motor plans. We are horse people that created a motor plan – not a motor plan that created something for horse people. It is truly exciting for us to partner with a company that enhances the safety of horses while traveling. Similar to USRider, EquiMedic USA was created by folks who are committed to the welfare and safety of horses,” says Mark Cole, managing member for USRider.

EquiMedic USA’s well-crafted Trailering Kit is designed to complement the human first aid kit that you should have in your towing vehicle. “Some horse owners equip their barns with equine emergency items, and many intend to grab those supplies each time they travel,” notes EquiMedic USA Equine Practitioner, Dr. Rick Norton, of Lincoln, Neb., “but most forget to move them to their trailers, and end up traveling unprepared for emergencies away from home,” he adds.

“You wouldn’t travel without a spare tire, and you shouldn’t haul horses without similar precautionary planning,” Dr. Norton warns. “Traveling can be stressful enough, and accidents and emergencies can become nightmares or even life-threatening,” Dr. Norton warns.

USRider and EquiMedic have partnered to assure horse trailer drivers that their needs will be covered while away from home.

While the USRider Equestrian Motor Plan can send help to you when you need it, the EquiMedic Trailering Kit lets you take action until professional help can arrive. The kit also lets you take care of minor emergency and medical needs. The well-stocked, bright red, soft-sided EquiMedic Trailering Kit is easy to find in your trailer’s tack room and is well-organized with one large main compartment featuring elastic loops on both sides to hold bottles and jars upright. Three outside pockets allow further organization and easy access to all of the necessary emergency supplies stocked in this complete kit.

This mobile equine emergency kit is only about half full when purchased to allow horse owners to add any other supplies that they might want to carry with them, such as ethical drugs and specific medications and treatments. EquiMedic USA has a full array of optional supplies to purchase and add to this kit, such as a first aid book, various oral pastes, a wider variety of wound medications, and single- or double-headed stethoscopes. One clear outside pocket comes with a card listing a horse’s normal vital signs, and the other is empty to allow the horse owner to place other emergency information, including emergency contact information and other health-related documents.

EquiMedic USA has agreed to include two safety documents created by USRider in each Trailering Kit: an emergency “Contact” form for horse owners to fill out and a limited power-of-attorney form so that horse owners can formally and legally designate a third party to make emergency health care decisions for their horses in the event that the owner is incapacitated.

“Regretfully, many horse owners do not think about what will happen to their horses if they are unconscious, unable to make decisions, or perish in an automobile accident,” notes Cole. USRider makes these forms available to all of its members and to all customers of the EquiMedic Trailering Kit as a courtesy.

To order a mobile emergency kit, or for more information about EquiMedic safety products, call 1-866-211-1269, or visit their website at www.equimedicusa.com.

For more information about the USRider Equestrian Motor Plan, call 1-800-844-1409, or visit their website at www.usrider.org.

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