ex racers show me yours, condition worries !!!

This is my ex-racer George (Aka Sentinelese) he is 9 this year and I have owned him for 3 years. It has taken a while but I'm happy with how he looks this year. I put this down to the better grazing we have had and 1/2 mug of linseed a day which is the only thing that has changed to his usual feed. He has 3/4 scoop unmollased alpha a, Spillers original balancer at prescibed amount and a little speedy beet to dampen. (plus joint sups and hoof sup)
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Some lovely looking horses on this thread. :D
 
This is one of my mares - despite appearances, shes just the 4 months in foal, and this isnt the best picture of her, but its the newest one Ive got. Shes like an orange with legs at the best of times - and we are having bets as to how big she manages to get by January...

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And this is my new one, who I picked up from Devon last Wednesday. She last ran at the end of March, and shes destined to be another broodmare (the chestnut is 16 now, and is getting near the being a "nanny" age) they weighed her when she left the yard - she is 502kg. (on a weighbridge too - not a tape) so I have a feeling when she relaxes and lets herself down she will be pretty darn hefty...

currently both of them are eating sugar beet, a handful of pony nuts and ad lib hay (for the bay) and grass (again - ex dairy farm) for the chestnut. Chestnut has blue chip, and the bay has equistro megabase (multivitamin) but thats it.

Can defiantely vouch for winergy condition though - anyone who knows who I am on the ex-racers club forums might remember my hillarity as the trial of it that we did ended up with me feeding Red a quarter of what they suggested to me and her STILL ending up the size of a spanish villa.... its wonderful stuff !!!

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My TB, 13 Yrs old. won his first dressage test in October. Flat racer for 4 yrs

Hes fed Alfa A oil, Heygates competition Mix and Glucosamine :)
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hi sorry late reply , working and then straight to yard to do all mine , its very interesting on how they all differ , he is a worrier and likes to be kept in a routine , he is upto to date with worm / teeth ect, he has had full bloods and ensocope and scan recently as had bad bouts of colic and we were thought we were going to loose him at one point so it is remarkable that he has come through so well considering all he has been through, he is so well and bright in himsef and clearing every feed and nets that he has !!!! i am going to hand graze him on some richer grass as my field isnt that lush grass , thanks for all your replies will keep you posted .xxxx
 
Jem is very easy to keep weight on. She gets fed 1/2 a stubbs scoop of ERS pellets as she ties up, and a scoop of mollichop daily. She events at BE100 level.

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Harry is a little more difficult. He gets 1/2 scoop of pony nuts, and a scoop of chop in the morning, and the same in the evening, but he also has blue chip original.

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Beautiful horse :D
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He looks like someone has thrown a handful of STARS at him...... wonderful colour, this is about JVB's horse!
All these TBs are so beautiful, if I was 20 yrs younger I would just love to own one. My little mare is atleast 1/4 TB and does actually go back to Gainsborough in her breeding.
 
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My girl is currently having a double handful of chaff with pink powder,

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In winter she gets chaff, conditioning cubes and micronised linseed.
 
my ex racer has always been ribby...:( i am hoping he wont be anymore when he gets fitter!

he is fed adlib hay, alpha oil, cool mix and sugar beet.
grazing is really bad at the mo!


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Allan & Page Calm and Condition is very good and the Winnergy Equilibrium nutritionist is also very helpful.

My tb was very poor when I got her last year and the Allan & Page C&C really helped put the weight on and cover her bones. I was then recommended Winnergy Eq. balancer and that really put a bloom on her coat. I now realise I have a good doer and am fighting the flab!

A good top-line is really the result of correct schooling and excercise.

Good luck - he looks lovely.
 
The biggest thing, imho, is to make sure that you get the environment right to stop them fretting off their weight (and self injuring).

Mine was fed the best of everything x10. Didn't work, she still fretted it off. A change of environment to a clockwork routine on a professional Yard had to involve:
1. If one is out, they were all out
2. If one in, they are all in
3. Timed exercise at a set time of day
4. Feed within 5 mins at the same time every day, along with the others
5. Quiet

Only under the above circumstances did she stop fretting, and then she only needed basic chaff, spillers comp cubes and haylage. It really became hard to maintain that hence my signature ....
 
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My big old tb would go thin if he didnt have enough grazing, however when you started feeding him, even pony nuts, he would look like he was pregnant within a couple of weeks!
 
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