Articles, case studies & advice

Dr. Stephanie Valberg, world-leading specialist in equine muscle myopathies explores the evolutionary, environmental and genetic factors that influence exertional rhabdomyolysis.

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

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

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

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.

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

Due to a lower forage intake and high workload during training, many racehorses may suffer from gastric ulcers at some stage of their life.

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

Tying-up or ER (exertional rhabdomyolysis) is a problem that every yard will encounter at some point in time with reports of 5-7% of the thoroughbred population being affected.