RespiraFix | Comprehensive Respiratory Support

Our respiratory range is two products with one philosophy and very different builds. Breathe is the everyday one: five whole herbs, cut like a loose-leaf tea, for the ordinary stabled life. RespiraFix is this one: fourteen ingredients — thirteen botanicals prepared as concentrated extracts, plus vitamin C — the longest botanical list in the Hi Form range, in a powdered formula. Both do the same honest job: supporting healthy respiratory function in horses stabled for long periods or kept in dusty environments. The difference isn't the promise — it's how much formula turns up in the scoop. Most horses start on Breathe and stay there; RespiraFix is the step up for those needing more focused support, and the free nutrition advice team will tell you straight which half of the pair fits yours.

What we formulated it for

Let's say it as plainly as we're allowed: RespiraFix was formulated in Australia for the respiratory system, full stop — for the horse who spends long months stabled, works in an indoor school, eats hay all winter, or lives on a yard where dust is simply part of the weather. Not an all-rounder that mentions airways in passing; a formula with one purpose, built comprehensive because that purpose deserved it. If you're reading this page, chances are we don't need to describe your horse to you. Tell our free nutrition advice team the whole story — the horse, the yard, the vet's involvement if there is one — and they'll tell you honestly, one-to-one, whether RespiraFix belongs in the plan.

Thirteen botanicals, prepared the concentrated way

There's a reason RespiraFix is a powder while Breathe is tea-cut: thirteen botanicals don't fit in a 20g scoop as whole herbs. So every botanical here goes in as a concentrated extract — most at 6:1 or 10:1, and the aloe vera at a remarkable 200:1, two hundred kilos of plant into every finished kilo. Alongside them sits vitamin C, an antioxidant the formula carries two ways — added in its own right, and naturally through rosehip. And as with everything we make, the formula works as a whole: no hero ingredient, no supporting cast. Every ingredient is human grade and listed with Australia's TGA for human use, blended in our HACCP-certified, Feedsafe-accredited facility in Australia — no fillers, no artificial flavours, no preservatives, to the standard we've held since 1990.

"Just over two years ago my beautiful warmblood gelding Coffee who is by Fidertanz was diagnosed with asthma and required constant medication in the form of Flixotide. We used the Breathe formula however even with high doses we could not manage the asthma without medication. This interfered with his work program, there were days when he was unrideable and many competitions and clinics were cancelled, he was working towards advanced level. Coffee was the motivation for myself and one of my other practitioners Karyn Campbell, who is a Naturopath and Equine Herbalist to formulate a new product specifically for asthma and COPD conditions. And so, the RespiraFix was born, Coffee has now been free from all drug medication for three months, not only has this formula kept the asthma under control but his lungs are stronger, and his work ability has improved dramatically. I have owned him for almost eight years, purchasing him as a very green 6-year-old. My good friend and sponsored rider David Boyle has trained him for a number of years and he is just as excited as I am in fact the whole team at Hi Form. If you have a horse diagnosed with Asthma or other respiratory conditions please check this product out, I have to say the success of this product fills our hearts with pure joy."