Nutritional Articles
Preparing Your Horse Or Pony For A Stay Away Show.
A stay away show is a great way to spend a weekend with your horse. Here are our top tips on making sure you and your horse are ready for an action packed competition.
Will A Balancer Make My Horse Fat?
Forage alone will often fail to supply a horse with their daily nutrient requirements, but will adding a balancer make your good doer fat?
Dehydration
Do you know what the signs of dehydration are and how to prevent it?
How Much Grass Does My Horse Eat In A Day?
It is now a common understanding that the minimum any horse should eat to maintain a healthy digestive system is 1.5% of their body weight in dry matter per day. For horses at grass, how do we calculate this intake?
3 Reasons To Feed Essential Balancer This Summer
Other than providing the ultimate Saracen Shine find out why Essential Balancer is the perfect feed this summer
Molasses In Horse Feed.
Molasses is an ingredient that is commonly used in horse feed. It is often associated with the negative impacts of feeding a high sugar diet, but what are the facts?
Should We Prioritise Daytime Forage Over Large Haynets For Good-Doers Prone To Ulcer?
Daytime forage deprivation may cause Equine Squamous Gastric Disease whereas night-time restriction in the same horses may not. So, using this information it seems appropriate to prioritise daytime forage over large haynets at night for good-doers if you can't feed ad-lib.
Choosing The Best Type Of Hay For Your Horse
Choosing the right type of hay for your horse can be tricky when faced with different types to choose from, so what is the difference between different types of hay?
The Science Behind Shape-Up™
SHAPE-UP ™ is a low starch, high fibre mix designed to provide a balanced diet even at low intake levels. It can be used as a calorie-controlled ration for ‘good-doers’ in work as a way to help maintain a normal, healthy metabolism and provide slow release energy.
Supporting Foal Development Through Correct Broodmare Nutrition.
During the first three months of lactation, broodmares have a significantly increased demand for energy in order to support both their own and the nursing foals’ nutritional requirements.
Reach For Pro-Yeast To Support Hindgut Health
PRO‐YEAST is a research-proven live yeast additive with a probiotic effect that helps promote a more stable hindgut environment and improves fibre digestion
Radios And Gastric Ulcers: Is There A Connection?
Some horses might prefer a quiet stable, according to an Australian study* of gastric ulcers. Scientists gathered data on more than 400 Thoroughbreds in race training. More than half the horses had ulcers, and the percentage increased with length of time in training.