Can anyone reccomened a diet for my 4 yr old pls?

[sherwood']

I am currentyl jsut feeding him cool mix and sugar beet with ad lib haylage and he is out all day in the field. i am bringing him back into work and is jsut doing walking work for a few weeks. once i start working him a bit harder would anyone have any suggestions please?

i normally have had show horses in the past but this one is more of an eventer/ SJ type and i dont want to feed him the same sort of feed that i would have been used too for showing as i thinkk it would make him sluggish and put on too much wieght when i want to keep him lively and trim for jumping?

any help much appreciated!

 

[ihatework]

Why change?
Cool mix, SB, haylage and grass should provide everything a working 4yo needs.

 

[MagicMelon]

Yeah, keep him on that until you get any signs that he needs something else (if he starts to lose weight etc.).

My 4yo is currently on a conditioning cube with a high oil chaff as he needs building up (he looks very lanky!).

 

[Nickymac]

My 4 yr old has been on Allen and Page Calm and Condition and looks great on it. It's difficult to keep the feeding right when they seem to have growth spurts (when they go all angular) but this seems to have kept him looking shiny and round all season. He's a livewire but this seemed to do what it said on the bag and keep him relatively chilled out.

 

[sherwood']

thanks very mcuh everyone! ur right nickym about the growth spurts and them looking horrifc!!

 

[Nickymac]

It's so easy to overfeed them, isn't it? All of sudden they look lanky and angular, you up their feed and before you know it you're riding a mad thing!

 

[KatB]

Mines the other way and completely chilled out all the time, and gets fat!! However, i've had him on topspec and various types of Alfa A depending on what he's doing, and he looks amazing on it, and always feels well! He also has haylege, and alfa beet in the winter.

 

[Helena88]

mines on mix, SB and barley... hes the same as KatB's - fat and chilled out!

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

The best course of action is to go to the feed makers. They have specialists who will give you free advice on what is best for your horse once you have given them all the relevent information. They don't try & force their feeds onto you they are very helpful. One such address is the link below:
http://www.allenandpage.com/products/13.htm
Spillers etc all have them.

 

[Fiona]

Readigrass and cool mix. Non heating, good levels of minerals etc for young horses, no fizziness. Fibre based diet which takes longer to eat. Also can add sugar beet and oil in the worst of the winter if a little extra needed.

Fiona