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I have recently acquired a TB who is a pooor doer and needs quite a bit of condition putting on. Can anyone recommend a feed that gives the condition without the'fizz'. Apparently he isn't keen on calm and condition (previous owner tried that!) Any suggestions welcome.
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Plenty of good quality hay or haylage, fed ad-lib if possible, is such a help to poor doers, especially TBs.

As far as hard feed goes, you need a product that is high-oil as opposed to high-cereal. TopSpec Cool Condition Cubes are great, Baileys No 4 can be really good but does fizz some horses up.

I had my chap on Baileys Outshine to get weight on him without fizz and that was fantastic, if pricey; an alternative to this would be micronized linseed and soya flakes.

Try and get a good quality chaff or short feed too; I use Graze On which is just plan grass, so no molasses or added gunk, just good quality grass. It's about £7 for 15kg.

Hope that helps
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We have got weight on OH's TB with TopSpec balancer, TopSpec super conditioning flakes, SpeediBeet & oil.
 
Thanks for the suggestions so far - I want to introduce oil into his diet anyway, but he is fussy bugger, so will do so very slowly. Am planning to keep him out as much as possible as he is a bit stressy in the stable so will also ensure he has plenty of good grass which I guess will help
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Fulmart feeds (manufacturer of equilage) have brought out a feeding range. They do a 'chill out conditioning cube' which I would highly recommend - very competitively priced too. Its manufactured at the yard where I keep my horses. They are sponsoring a fence at Bramham so will more than likely have some samples etc if your going
 
I had a really thin youngster who needed extra condition and i used chaff and blu chip and it worked wonders along side haylage and good quality grass .He looked a picture of health in no time. The blue chip is expensive about £40 a bag i think but is sure wirth it.
 
Allen & Paige 'Ride & Relax' is good, it's barley free & barley is something that can fizz up a horse (Calm & Condition has barley & fizzed up one of mine). My two are fed on Ride & relax & Baileys No 14 Lo Cal Conditioning. They compete regularly, go well, don't fizz up & are in great condition. It could be worth a try.
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I changed from Blue Chip because it got ridiculously expensive. Bailey's No 14 is about £22 a bag.
 
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(Calm & Condition has barley & fizzed up one of mine

[/ QUOTE ] Calm & Condition does NOT contain barley - however, it does contain maize which can fizz up susceptible horses.
 
was feeding calm& condition - mare was major fizzy justthought it was the way she was - but hvaing gained condition now she is on grass and balanced show mix(1 scoop) relax me and she is much calmer..Oh and soya mash(much cheaper than outhsine but same job) all is well - if you have good grass it really is the best beefer up!
 
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It all starts with GOOD hay,I am not sure there are many people left who know what good hay looks like.If I were in youre position I would give serious thought to buying a pallet of Canadian hay.I saw that someone in wiltshire (i think) was importing the stuff and sending out pallets of it via a courier company.This was 2 years ago,and I found him by doing a search on Canadian hay.In my opinion ,anything you spend an good hay you will recover on less hard feed and better usage of the hard feed.
 
TGM Thank you for that clarification- I nearly fell over in horror when the other poster said that calm and condition contained barley as I specifically had trouble finding a feed that provided enough energy without barley because of a suspected intolerance!
For the record I love calm and condition it is a fantastic conditioning feed she has never looked so good and she loves her mash! Highly recommended
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I feed Hickstead conditioning cubes in the summer and conditioning mix & cubes in winter. Good glug of veg oil each day too. My TB is blooming.
 
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