Can anyone recommend a fine chaff?

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Feeding my boy (16 yo warmblood) on A&P Ride & Relax mix and alfa a (and a smidge of sugarbeet) at the minute but he's had to have the dentist out as he's got a gap opened up between his 2 back teeth (bottom). He's taken down the tooth above to stop it compressing food into the gap and he recommended feeding a finer chaff. Anyone got any ideas? Or do you think he needs chaff at all? Currently on hay at night and out in the day, but soon to be out 24/7, when the sugarbeet will stop, and I'll reduce the amounts of his other feed.
 
Mollichaff is fairly fine, much more so than any of the stuff I've seen from Dengie anyway. If he's fine with the hay why not just cut the chaff out of his feed as you say, unless he is likely to bolt his mix?
 
Yes I can if only I can remember the name!!

I'm pretty sure it is called Leighs, big pale green bag and it's a local NW manufacturer. I think it might even be for older horses? I'll check the on the bag later on.

I used to use Youngs supermollymix (my 19 year old grew up on it!) until they stopped making it last summer and have spent the winter trying different ones out. Finally someone in the feed shop over heard me quiz the ladies on all they had in stock and recommend it. This is the best so far soft and platable. IMHorsesHO!!
 
Thanks all, tried the 'mash' (with no chaff) last night and he was distinctly un-impressed and left most of it!! Just damped his brekkie down with the sugarbeet this morning and that went down a bit better but he didn't lick his bowl out like usual so he may just be a bit sore still from the dental work. Bought him some mint to put on his feed tonight.
Would be interested to know the fine chaff from Leigh's (we're just on the edge of the NW so might be stocked at the big animal feed merchants nearby), otherwise I will just stick a handful of ponios Happy Hoof in as thats quite fine and maybe try Mollichaff or this Leigh's stuff next winter when he needs a bit more bulk.
I think all the Dengie ones are lucerne based which makes them a bit more nutritional but they also all have the hard stalky bit in which we need to avoid now.
 
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