Giving Horses Pills Just Got Easier with Standlee

September 24, 2025

Giving oral medications to horses can be a hard task! Pastes are a little easier than other oral medications, often with a long syringe that can be placed towards the rear of the horse’s mouth. Pills, however, can be very difficult to administer to our horses. Owners often grind the pills and try to mix them into the horse's feed. A picky eater will repeatedly sift through the horse feed, making sure not to consume any of the ground pills. Yet, you can't stop trying. Your horse must get the total dose of medicine at the correct time for the prescribed number of days.

Standlee's Horse Pill Solution

Standlee Horse Pill Carriers are a pill pocket alfalfa-based solution used to easily administer oral medication, pills & supplements to horses.

• Premium Quality Alfalfa-Based – natural option for dispensing medication in pill or paste form
• Hollow Cylinder Design with “Pill Holding” Technology – prevents pill from falling out of cylinder
• Soft Center Formulation – maintains pliability longer, making it easy to conceal pill medication
• Safe to Feed – Horse pill carriers can be fed empty as a treat to eliminate potential horse refusal
• Naturally Flavored – Horse pill carriers are naturally flavored with ground fenugreek seed
• Stay Fresh Packaging – re-sealable package to keep horse pill carriers fresh and palatable

Standlee produces very consistent products which is also extremely important when trying to administer a medication. We want to make sure the horse is readily consuming the pill carrier’s void of any medications, so that they view them as a treat. The alfalfa base and fenugreek flavoring then continue to mask the flavor of the medication you are providing. Additionally, the forage in Standlee’s Horse Pill Carriers is not super finely chopped; the fiber length offers a normal texture to the horse and also covers the texture of any medication you may be providing.

Horse Pill Carriers in Action

See what Jett, a 30-year-old Thoroughbred with Cushing’s disease, thinks of the Pill Carriers (Video Credit - Nancy Dunn-Glass).

If you have questions, please contact Standlee or consult your veterinarian.