FLAIR® Articles
Jim Chiapetta, one of the two nasal strip inventors, takes us through it’s short history. As is often the case, the aid started as an idea, over ten years ago. Many athletes then used nasal strips to support their own breathing. The nasal strip supports the nasal passages making it easier for the horse to breath when it needs oxygen the most. In humans, the nasal strip is also known as a remedy against snoring and nowadays there’s even a version for children. Jim understood the strip could mean a lot for horses as well. Together with his partner Edward Blach, with whom he worked when he was a young veterinarian, they decided to develop a nasal strip for horses… van der Net, Inge and van den Brekel, Lilianne | Lets Get Some Air| Horse International | July 2011 Read More>>
The respiratory system and its limitations can be a major cause of poor performance or premature retirement from competition. In beginning to understand this, it is important to recall that horses can only breathe through their nose, This is the only avenue through which oxygen can reach the lungs in order to be transferred into the circulating blood for use by working muscles… Chiapetta,James DVM, JD and Epp, Tammy DVM, PhD. |Breathing Easy: A Key to Equine Performance and Health | Women’s Professional Rodeo News | December 2009. Read More >>
Nasal strips’ future in Thoroughbred racing seemed limitless in the fall of 1999. Just two weeks after long shot Burrito won a race at Keeneland wearing one, 20 of the 101 horses competing in the 1999 Breeders’ Cup at Gulfstream Park November 6th had the 4-by-6-inch strip affixed 1.5 inches above their nostrils…Heiler, Bill | Nasal Strips | European Trainer | Summer, 2007 Read More>>
When the Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships was held at Belmont Park recently, not a single horse was wearing a FLAIR® Equine Nasal Strip, a product that was introduced to the horse industry two weeks before the Breeders’ Cup at Gulfstream Park in 1999. Invented by veterinarians Jim Chiapetta and ed Blach, FLAIR Nasal strips caused a bit of a stir when a horse named Burrito won a race at Keeneland Racecourse in October of 1999 – at long odds – while wearing a nasal strip. Cohen, Bettina | Beyond the Flaring Nostril | The Blood Horse | November 2005 Read More
Equine Nasal strips since their launch have gained high-profile recognition with such big race winners as Kyms Girl (NZ Trotting Cup), Flight South (Auckland Trotting Club), Elect to Live (Horse of the Year) & the latest star Pullover Brown (NZ Oaks, Australian Oaks, Breeders Crown). However, despite over one thousand race winners who have worn strips there remains much debate about their merits. An Edge With Every Breath… Equine Nasal Strips | Pacing & Trotting Guide | Issue No. 2, 2004 Read More
