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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.

We are often asked: ‘what is the optimum body condition score for my horse to be in?’

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.

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.

The first equine growth-monitoring software of its kind, Gro-Trac^® lets breeders compare their young horses’ growth rates with others of the same age, sex and breed locally or worldwide.

MicroSteed™ is the equine nutrition calculator and ration evaluator developed by Kentucky Equine Research to assess total dietary intake of nutrients from feed, forages and supplements.

Kentucky Equine Research Celebrates 30 Years Of Equine Research 1988 - 2018