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ESTE BALANCER + STEADY & STABLE PACK
Two Curafyt products for horses and ponies that need a low-sugar diet: ESTE Balancer, the low-sugar balancer developed by Dr. Sara Torfs, and Steady & Stable, which supports a normal sugar metabolism and healthy hooves. Every pack comes with a free dosage cup for ESTE Balancer.
What's in each pack
Months are for a 500 kg horse.
Developed by vets
1,000+ vets work with Curafyt
Made in Belgium
Formulated by vets for
A low-sugar diet
Normal sugar metabolism
Strong hooves
Vitamins & minerals
What vets say
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Dr. Sara TorfsEquine internal medicine vet, developed Este Balancer
“Blood tests regularly revealed specific nutrient deficiencies, yet no balancer on the market addressed them all. So I developed my own formula and continued to refine it over time.”
Kathelijne DeberdtEquine vet, Equismile
“I frequently use Steady&Stable for my chubby and senior patients to support their sugar metabolism and hooves.”
4.6 · 1,277 reviews on Trustpilot
All the essential vitamins and minerals, low in sugar, plus sugar-metabolism support. In one daily handful.
Low in sugar
Balanced sugar metabolism
High biotin for hooves
Keep your Steady & Stable. Este Balancer is the daily feed that goes with it.
Make your next Steady & Stable order this pack: both products, up to 10% better value. Compare with 10 balancers
How to feed
What’s inside
DeliveryWhy hay alone is not enough
Is your horse sensitive to sugar and does it gain weight easily? Then you have probably already restricted its diet. Less feed in the bucket also means fewer vitamins and minerals: there is a big chance you cut those too, along with the feed. That is what Este Balancer brings back. Also want to support a healthy sugar metabolism? Then add Steady & Stable.
Your hayLow sugar, but missing important nutrients
Este BalancerFills the vitamin and mineral gaps.
Steady & StableSupports a normal sugar metabolismEste Balancer: why it’s different
Developed by Dr. Sara Torfs, European equine internal medicine specialist, osteopath and PhD, to complete forage-based diets. Hay and grass alone often still miss nutrients a horse needs for strong hooves, a healthy gut, a shinier coat and better overall condition.
Steady & Stable: what it does
Plant-based, vet-formulated support for horses with sensitive hooves and metabolic imbalance.
For horses with hoof sensitivity, cresty necks, weight challenges or seasonal grass sensitivity.
Complete rationstrong hooves
Strong hooves need two things
Good blood flow to the hoof
A normal sugar metabolism helps keep it healthy.→ Steady & Stable
The right building blocks
Biotin to grow strong horn: 20 mg a day, 4× an average balancer.→ Este Balancer1. Sugar goes into the blood. After a meal, the sugar from grass and feed ends up in the blood.
2. The hooves need good blood flow. Tiny blood vessels bring food and oxygen to the hooves. A normal sugar metabolism helps keep that blood flow healthy.
3. Strong hooves need two things. Good blood flow to the hooves, and the right building blocks, like biotin, to grow strong horn.
This pack gives the hooves both. Steady & Stable supports how the body handles sugar and healthy blood flow to the hooves. Este Balancer gives biotin: 20 mg a day, about four times an average balancer.
Why Este Balancer is different
Dr. Sara Torfs built Este Balancer around the deficits she kept finding in blood work. In an independent comparison of 11 leading balancers on the European market:
Daily amounts at the recommended dose for a 500 kg horse.
Meet the vet who developed Este Balancer
“Blood tests regularly revealed specific nutrient deficiencies, yet no balancer on the market addressed them all. So I developed my own formula and continued to refine it over time.”
Dr. Sara Torfs · PhD, DVM, equine internal medicine specialist · DAP Torfs
Made by vets, used by vets
“I frequently use Steady&Stable for my chubby and senior patients to support their sugar metabolism and hooves.”
“In my practice, I regularly use Steady & Stable for horses with metabolic sensitivity: a tendency to gain weight, difficulty metabolizing s…”
“In my practice, I regularly use Steady & Stable for horses with metabolic sensitivity: a tendency to gain weight, difficulty metabolizing sugars, or hoof sensitivity, situations we encounter very frequently. Its formulation works on multiple levels of metabolism, supporting microcirculation in the hooves, liver function, and overall metabolic balance. When integrated into a broader management approach including nutrition and veterinary care, I see very good results in many horses.”
“I’ve had several clients with very poor hoof quality and clear hoof issues. For them, I recommended Steady & Stable. After about five month…”
“I’ve had several clients with very poor hoof quality and clear hoof issues. For them, I recommended Steady & Stable. After about five months, the difference is truly remarkable: much stronger hooves that are far less sensitive than before.”
Every horse is different. Always work with your vet and farrier.
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After
Galloping again after years of sensitive hooves.
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After
Comfortable and lively again at 24.
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Moving with ease again three weeks later.
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After
Doing much better since it became part of the routine.
Why this pack
4.6 on Trustpilot · 1,277 reviews
“Within two weeks my horse looks amazing.”
“A fantastic balancer. Within two weeks my horse looks amazing, his coat shines and he is so happy in his skin. My eighteen-year-old gelding is in great condition and at a good weight.”
“Less fat build-up around the tail and crest is clearly noticeable.”
“Less fat build-up around the tail and crest is clearly noticeable. The horse is also fitter and clearly feels good in his skin.”
“My horse's coat and mane have changed.”
“I have been using it for a month and my horse's coat and mane have changed. Beautiful. I don't know if it's down to this, but he's in great shape, so I recommend it.”
“My mare, who tends to put on weight in spring, didn't this time.”
“Very good product. My mare, who tends to put on weight in spring, didn't this time, and her hooves look better.”
Feeding guide
Your horse: 500 kgFree weighband in the 2- and 3-month pack.
Este Balancer, one cup per 500 kg.
Steady & Stable, one scoop per 500 kg.
Introduce both gradually over the first week: start with a small amount and build up to the full dose. Some horses need a few days to get used to a new smell.
Owners who see a change this early usually mention energy first. Coat condition tends to follow.
Hoof horn grows about 1 cm a month, so look at the coronet band first.
A full hoof wall takes 9 to 12 months to grow down. Many owners keep both in the ration all year.
Not sure the pack fits your horse’s ration? Our vets answer questions every day.
Keep your Steady & Stable. Este Balancer is the daily feed that goes with it: low in sugar (4.2% sugar, 3.5% starch), it fills the gaps hay leaves in vitamins and minerals, and it adds 20 mg biotin a day for the hooves. Make your next Steady & Stable order this pack and get both at up to 10% better value.
Horses and ponies that need a low-sugar diet: horses that gain weight easily, older horses, and horses with sensitive hooves. Has your vet advised you to cut back on sugar? Then this pack fits that diet.
They do different jobs at very different doses. Este Balancer is a daily feed you dose by weight: 50 g per 100 kg. Steady & Stable is a concentrated supplement: 15 g for a 500 kg horse. Keeping them separate means each one is dosed right, and you can adjust one without touching the other.
Set your horse’s weight in the pack selector and each pack shows how many days it lasts for that weight. The pack names are for a 500 kg horse. Compared with buying both separately, the 1-month pack is 2.5% better value, the 2-month pack 5% and the 3-month pack 10%. The 2-month and 3-month pack come with a free Curafyt weighband, so you dose by your horse’s actual weight.
Steady & Stable is not recommended during pregnancy, so leave it out and ask your vet. For Este Balancer, we recommend raising the dose by 20% from the third trimester and keeping it there during lactation.
Yes, when you combine several feeds. Total selenium should stay under 3 mg a day, so check the selenium content of every concentrate and supplement in the ration.
A small daily feed that adds the vitamins, minerals and protein building blocks a horse needs on top of grass and hay. You feed a few hundred grams instead of kilos of grain mix, so the ration stays low in sugar. Este Balancer is a pellet: one full dosage cup a day for a 500 kg horse.
If your horse is sugar-sensitive, Steady & Stable adds targeted support for normal sugar metabolism and the hooves. The balancer completes the ration. Steady & Stable does that second job.
Yes. It contains 4.2% sugar and 3.5% starch, about 10.5 g of sugar per daily serving for a 500 kg horse, far less than horses typically take in from hay alone.
Yes. Many owners use the balancer to replace that scoop. If you keep some, reduce the balancer by 50 g for every 1 kg of concentrate a day, and talk to your vet about the total ration.
*Daily amounts and price per day at the full dose of both products for the selected horse weight. Complementary feed, not a medicinal product. To be used in support of, never as a replacement for, veterinary diagnosis and treatment.
