A&P/TopSpec alternatives? Feeding advice please............

[RoseyJoe]

We've been feeding my daughters 13hh section 'C' on TopSpec Conditioning Cubes, grass pellets, HiFi original and soaked sugar beet over winter - he lives out. All without a problem.
As she's started to exercise him more & he's getting fitter we needed to increase his feed to maintain condition. Now my main concern with TopSpec is now knowing what the ingredients are and as Allan and Page is rather popular and recommended we thought we'd try Calm & Condition. We added a small amount at first and found that he became more forward going - which was a delight! But with increasing the quantity he has become more of a handful and is quite bad mannered - which isn't like him at all. Also his coats not as shiny & his dandruff has increased.
Looking at the website I've noticed that it shouldn't be fed in combination with alfalfa, molasses - which I am. Why should this be?
It would be lovely to maintain the forward going without the fizz - but TopSpec didn't quite do that either.
Any help or suggestion please?

 

[be positive]

I have one horse on c&c he just gets that with some linseed and a handful of chop plus supplements, he evented last season on it maintaining his energy levels and condition really well, many people on here do not like it although they do use A&P feeds but it suits mine and he loves it, he can be a bit picky, so we are staying on it.

 

[Lego]

I loved my cob on Spillers Response Slow Release cubes - same energy and protein levels as their conditioning cubes, but starch was far lower. His skin and coat were great too - and he generally gets bad skin and v scurfy on anything with even a hint of alfalfa or soya.

Always very manageable, great muscle, but with a bit of extra oomph when we were going out a lot over the summer. He only got a fairly small ration too - about 2 mugs a day, with a bit extra if we were doing something particularly taxing.

Would def use it again!

 

[RoseyJoe]

Thanks for your replies folks.
We started feeding my daughters pony ourselves when we moved from full to DIY livery. So I'm quite new to horse feed. I have a smallholding so I have quite a good grasp of feed & nutrition, but obviously ruminants have different requirements to horses..... so I'm still trying to get to grips with the terminology & differences - I assume that starch levels would come from cereals ?
Would the reason A&P don't recommend mixing with Alfalfa & Molasses because of resulting sugar and/or protein levels - or even calcium ? Is this why it could make a horse more fizzy?