Best way to put more weight on thoroughbred?

[amandaco2]

Maybe add copra cool to his feed?
My chap is 17.2 and in adv Dr work.
He gets fast fibre, oil, linseed meal and pro hoof....I am going to add copra as he's dropped a bit too much.
If it was the end of Feb or mid march I'd not be worried.
He is unshod and has sensitive hooves

 

[TPO]

QR- you can buy Omega Rice bran online from Falcon feeds. Another option is copra/ coolstance; I've had good results with it.

I feed my Bf Tb Speedibeet(instead of FF), Alfa A oil, micronised linseed, equine answers 365, salt & Aviform glucosamine. He has adlib hay too.

I noticed he dropped off a little with the snow (hay in field) so added a scoop of spillers hi fibre cubes. I've just bought a bag of winergy growth as a "boost" for him as a friend with Bf tbs had good results. It is low sugar and starch even though it contains mologo. I'd prefer to use copra but postage charges make it expensive and no one near me stocks it or would order it. Winergy is worth a shot IMO but if it doesn't work I'll fork out for copra.

 

[BigGinger]

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[ellie11987]

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he's not bad for mid-jan IMO. I'd just knock the fast fibre on the head for speedibeet and some sort of ulcer/barefoot friendly hard feed such as Saracen Re-leve if you want more cover.

 

[Sare]

I swear by topspec cool condition cubes, no cereal, low sugar, low starch

http://www.topspec.com/products/topspec-cool-condition-cubes/

 

[Belzandwhistles]

Re: Rice Bran- Keyflow does a Rice Bran feed, its called KeyPlus, I've found it great for helping put weight on my usually skinny, fussy TB. I've just been feeding it with their Stay Cool mix, and HiFi chop. He's looking the best he's looked in ages, being the middle of winter that's saying something!!

 

[Zargon_91]

Fast fibre is great as a mixer base or as a forage replacer but for weight gain it serves no more purpose than straw chaff, because thats basically what it is...
Id go down the speedibeet route, or fibrebeet for getting the extra calories from alfalfa in (although may not be necessary if you are feeding alfalfa chaff). My fizzy warmblood has done very well on fibrebeet. Just remember with any sugarbeet diet you have to feed LOADS to make up the dry weight...
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this should help

 

[FfionWinnie]

I have just started my mare on cool stance copra. I have to say I didn't think she was going to eat it as she turned her nose up at it for two days but now she is onto it she seems to love it. I have dropped the fast fibre down as previous stated its not much use for putting weight on and I'm now feeding 2kgs cool stance copra and 600grams micronised linseed per day, and 500grams FF, that's all dry weight obviously. She is willing to eat more than she was previously when I was feeding speedi beet in place of the copra.

 

[Firewell]

I put my TB on FF for a bit and he dropped off, I found it just a very expensive way of feeding mushed up straw!
I like fibre nuts personally, the d&h ones. They are 98% cereal free. I asked what one of the rehoming ex racer
charities what they fed their horses as they looked so good and they said lots of fibre nuts! Ive fed my TB them since I got him and he does really well in them.
If you want to go for a full on conditioning feed topspec cool and condition are good and they are also cereal free .

 

[zangels]

I really feel for you as I know how hard this situation can be. I'm currently going through this with my mare. She has 1kg of unmollased beet, 1kg grass nuts, 250g micronised linseed, and 550g top spec senior balancer split between 3 feeds a day plus adlib haylage and turnout at grass for usually 8 hours currently.
I physically can not get her to eat any more as anything I up amounts on she will cut down on something else.
I also feed low starch and sugar as barefoot.
I hope you find the answer for getting some weight on your horse op. I will be reading this thread in hope

 

[muff747]

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How old is your TB? If in his teens, may be worth having a blood test for PPID?