Expert tips and insights to keep your horse healthy, happy, and well-fed.

The diet of a racehorse is much lower in forage than leisure and competition horses, and they may not have been turned out to grass for many months.

The main error that many owners make when feeding a horse fresh out of training is to place them on a horse and pony mix or cube simply because it is low in energy.

Providing a balanced diet or feeding a balancer that contains a healthy hoof package will ensure that the hooves are provided with all the essential nutrients that they require to grow.

In order to put condition on a horse, you need to increase his intake of digestible energy.

Find our nutritional teams top tips for feeding your ex-racehorse.

Showjumper and veterinary physiotherapist, Lily Buckle, needed a feed that would provide her horse with instant, off the leg energy, whilst being palatable as her horse can be very fussy.