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Forage Analysis for Horses Explained
Forage Analysis

Forage Analysis for Horses Explained

Find out how a forage analysis helps balance your horse’s diet. Learn when to test hay, haylage, or grass and how results guide equine nutrition.

Forage Analysis for Horses Explained
Feed Ingredients for Horses
Feed Ingredients

Feed Ingredients for Horses

Discover the key horse feed ingredients used in Saracen Horse Feeds and why they matter. Learn how fibre, cereals, protein, oils, vitamins, and minerals support equine health, condition, and performance.

Feed Ingredients for Horses
Managing Metabolic Conditions in Horses
Metabolic Conditions

Managing Metabolic Conditions in Horses

Learn how to feed and manage horses with metabolic disorders and laminitis prone using a low starch diet.

Managing Metabolic Conditions in Horses
Signs of Dehydration in Horses and How to Prevent it
Dehydration

Signs of Dehydration in Horses and How to Prevent it

Learn how to keep your horse hydrated, spot dehydration, and use electrolytes for hot weather care.

Signs of Dehydration in Horses and How to Prevent it
Managing the Poor Doer Horses
Poor Doer

Managing the Poor Doer Horses

By focusing on high-quality forage, and choosing a suitable conditioning feed, you can help your poor doer stay at an optimal condition, year-round

Managing the Poor Doer Horses
Celebrating 20 Years of World-Class Nutritional Science
Nutrition Advice

Celebrating 20 Years of World-Class Nutritional Science

Saracen Horse Feeds are proudly celebrating an exclusive 20-year partnership with Kentucky Equine Research, World Leaders in Equine Research and Nutrition.

Celebrating 20 Years of World-Class Nutritional Science
Managing the EMS Pony
Case Studies

Managing the EMS Pony

Senior Nutritionist, Lizzie Drury, explains what to look out for when managing horses and ponies with equine metabolic syndrome (EMS), based on her own management techniques with her pony Rita, whose body shape illustrates very well where fat pad areas and higher risk areas are.

Managing the EMS Pony
Electrolyte Loss and Rehydration Strategies
Nutrition Advice

Electrolyte Loss and Rehydration Strategies

During intense exercise, horses can lose up to 12 litres of sweat per hour, approximately 4% of their total body water.

Electrolyte Loss and Rehydration Strategies
Weight Management: Choose a Low Calorie Diet
Weight Management

Weight Management: Choose a Low Calorie Diet

Choose a low-calorie, fully fortified balancer to support health and well-being when your horse or pony is on a weight management program.

Weight Management: Choose a Low Calorie Diet