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FlyingCircus

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I'm getting a bit bewildered after having tried to do some research. Have come away more confused than I started!

I'm looking for a winter feed for my welsh D 5 Yr old. She is in light work - schools twice a week for 30/40 mins, hacks 3 times a week for an hr or so and then lunged once a week.

She is about right weight wise. I certainly don't want her to put on any more, but I also don't want her dropping too much over winter.

She is blanket clipped at current and has a 100g turnout during eve (she's not a warm pony and still cool to the touch in this).

Out 24/7 but grazing is crap now and becomes pretty non-existent in winter, so I feed a lot of hay (never weighed, as generally allow ad lib).

Any ideas what I can feed to make sure she has the necessary vits and mins, as well as the energy to maintain current workload. I'm thinking a chaff and a balancer? Or maybe something like speedi beet?

Cookies for anyone who has gotten this far. I pay far more attention to the pony and her diet than my own!
 
My youngsters have balancer and pink mash. I add a bit of plain grass chaff sometimes. The fat one has a tiny bit of straw chaff with powdered vits the two old ones have pink mash and chaff with turmeraid. I will add micronised linseed if anything loses weight they get no hay as we have foggage
 
Supercob gets Topchop- the alfa one cos hes a prince and wont eat zero ? and baileys 14 the lo cal balancer. When they're in more we will add a bit of speedibeet to it but for now we just wet the chop
 
If you buy good hay/lage and can feed it without soaking your mare should not need any extra feed or balancer.
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I’d give her something like dengie hi fi molasses free plus equimins advance complete powder to make sure she has the full spec of vits and mins. If she drops off a bit over winter I’d then add a grass chaff.
 
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