ACTHA Monthly April 2015 | Page 58

Demands for fly management this year have been at an all time high, even this early in the season. The rains and rounds of new bacterial infections can cause you and your horse to go insane!

Carrie and I have tried them all, and for us Espree simply works best. If it didn't we wouldn't have has Espree as a long time sponsor. It's simply too important for us to have

Endorsed by Tom

Editorial by ACTHA's Tom and Carrie Scrima Carrie, who co-founded the American Competitive Trail Horse Association in 2008, and husband, Tom, who serves as CEO of the now non-profit association. Carrie is a life-long, avid horsewoman, together the couple advocate trail riding as a conduit toward the preservation of equine employment, which has become their life pursuit.

Tom and Carrie

Scrima of ACTHA

a great fly product for our members. Our riders are subjected to all kinds of flies and insects during the year. It's just not as much fun if your swiping flies while your horse is stomping.

To be truthful I am not as aware of the use and efficacy of natural ingredients as I should be. But, I am impressed when putting away any product I have reached for as my go-to remedy because it works, and it was made from natural ingredients.

As an old pharmaceutical representative I am skeptical. But when it works, and in fact works better than the old chemicals I grew up with then, and only then, I take my hat off to the manufacturer.