Just thinking back to all of the big yards I have worked for whilst trying to decide which feed to put my new (slightly underweight) horse on and wondering if we overcomplicate feeding our horses way too much?! Feed companies are rubbing their hands together at us owners who just have a few horses, getting drawn into all the feeds which would be best for our horses.All of the big competition yards I have worked for have literally just fed nuts of one form or another. That's it. Yard 1. Every horse had 1 scoop of nuts (either high fiber or racehorse cubes depending on energy requirements) 3x a day, with a bit of salt and oil in their evening feed, plus electrolytes the day after a competition. Even 4* horses. Yard 2. As above (2x a day) but with some hi fibre chaff and most of them had some form of supplement as he was sponsored by a big supplement co.Yard 3. A scoop of high fibre cubes 3x a day, that's it.Add decent haylage and good work and they all looked amazing.....What do you think? Should we all be simplifying our feeding and concentrating on good work and forage or do you feel like your more complex feeding approach is justified?
01-23-2018, 03:30 PM
Do we over complicate our horses feeds?
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