A few questions, sorry!

[malibu211211]

How much work does your horse do?
What do you feed your horse?

Having a disagreement over feeding the beast so just wondered what everyone else feeds and how much work they are doing with their horses

Basically I'm checking to see if I'm mean

 

[stencilface]

Ridden 6 days a week, mainly hacking, schooling once, jumping once or a lesson.

Gets fed a few handfuls of light competition mix (enough to mix in the garlic for the flies

) once a day and thats it, no hay, shares 5-6 acres with 3 others. Doing an intro in a couple of weeks, then (if that goes well) maybe a PN in august/september - interspersed with some unaff sj - if theres any decent ones on!

Ooh, and fully clipped yesterday (gets too sweaty) out 24/7 has a LW rug on at night, but only for a couple of weeks until his coat starts to come back.

I am mean!

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

Difficult to answer properly as different horses have different needs. Your best bet for getting the best advice is to contact one of the feed companies, Dodson & Horrell, Baileys, Spillers etc. They all have a helpline/email address that is free to use. There will be a form to fill in that will aske you various questions about your horse, exercise, work etc & what you are feeding & they will comment & make suggestions on what they think would be right. They are the professionals & will give you impartial advice. They do not put down any manufaturers products in favor or theirs, they are very professional. I've used them several times.

 

[Flame_]

I think the rule is.... Feed nothing/next to nothing except grass/hay/haylage unless your horse loses condition/becomes lethargic/shows signs of deficiencies and then increase as required.

 

[Booboos]

Mine are on a tiny bit of chaff at the moment only so I can mix in their 'extras' (Farrier's Formula for everyone, garlic for the cob, magnesium supplement for the two competition horses). They live out 24/7 this time of year, get ridden 6 times a week (probably half and half hacks and schooling) and the competition horses get a lesson each a week and compete on average twice a month (dressage).

In the winter they get haylage and during the worst months one gets a weight gain mix with a no-barley mix and the other one pony nuts and the weight gain mix. The cob continues to live off fresh air through-out the year!

 

[Dressagebabe]

My 16.3hh M/W advanced horse does 1 hour schooling 3 days a week 3 1hour lessons and a 1hour hack on sundays and I feed him a full scoop of Baileys No4, a full scoop of Speedibeet, a full scoop of Dengie Chaff, 3 carrots, 1 apple & Cortaflex HA twice a day with a 241bs of haylage at night.

My 16.1 Anglo does 3 hrs of schooling and 2 hours hacking per week and has 1/2 scoop of fibre nuts, a handful of chaff, carrot, apple and Cortaflex HA once a day with 251b of haylage at night.

 

[malibu211211]

Would you say this is about right?
My boy is 17hh saddlebred x who is quite a good doer
He has an hours lesson once a week, schools prob 2/3 times a week and the rest is spent hacking

Will be doing some dressage in the coming weeks and he may start jumping
He is having one handful of Alfa A Lite and 3/4 of a scoop of High fibre nuts. No supplements
The grazing he is on is not all that good quality.

 

[Nats_uk]

Ridden 5-6 days a week, mainly hacking, schooling once or twice, jumping once or a lesson and a comp normally 3 times a month.

Bane gets 24/7 grazing in summer. Summer feed is (split between two) 3/4 scoop of competition mix, couple of handfuls of alfa a oil, 3/4 scoop of pony nuts, dash of oil, garlic and joint supplement.

In the winter he comes of the mix and gets outshine and alfa-beet instead. Also in overnight in winter with ad-lib hay.