elliefiz
Well-Known Member
This is probably a weird request but i would really appreciate some feeding advice. I am a bit of a feeding novice despite owning horses all my life- my horses have always been on full livery were I have had no input into what they are fed apart from requesting it to be increased/ decreased in accordance with work loads.
My eventer is finally coming to the UK after 3 years in Ireland, where he has mainly been at grass after winding down his eventing career when I moved to the UK. I have a yard picked, stable reserved and he will be transported across in June to me which I am so excited about.
Now the feeding part. Most livery yards I have looked at will provide full livery but I need to supply the feed. They have also advised that the amount of hay/ haylage he eats will be calculated seperately and invoiced at the end of the month. This is completely new to me- I have always entrusted these things to the YM and the professional rider he was based with so I literally have not a clue what to even buy to feed him.
He is going to be coming back into medium work- ridden 4 times a week with a mixture of hacking and schooling to get him back to fitness with a view of competing at low level dressage and show jumping towards the end of the summer. He is a 17hh TB- is a bit fat at the moment and a pretty good doer- he is also a greedy guts who loves his food. Is there any specific foods i should be feeding to support muscle development and topline? I know we always fed Blue Chip Balancer and I will defo continue with this, just unsure what else i need. Last time i was buying feed was prob 15 years ago when we were buying pony nuts for our first ponies and i imagine feeding has come along way since then!
Id like to be feeding something as non-heating as possible as he can be a handful at the best of times. Does anyone have any good recommendations? Also any ideas what amount of haylage he should be eating? He will be turned out on decent grazing during the day and as far as I am aware the yard feeds 3 times a day. Any advice would be gratefully received! :-D
My eventer is finally coming to the UK after 3 years in Ireland, where he has mainly been at grass after winding down his eventing career when I moved to the UK. I have a yard picked, stable reserved and he will be transported across in June to me which I am so excited about.
Now the feeding part. Most livery yards I have looked at will provide full livery but I need to supply the feed. They have also advised that the amount of hay/ haylage he eats will be calculated seperately and invoiced at the end of the month. This is completely new to me- I have always entrusted these things to the YM and the professional rider he was based with so I literally have not a clue what to even buy to feed him.
He is going to be coming back into medium work- ridden 4 times a week with a mixture of hacking and schooling to get him back to fitness with a view of competing at low level dressage and show jumping towards the end of the summer. He is a 17hh TB- is a bit fat at the moment and a pretty good doer- he is also a greedy guts who loves his food. Is there any specific foods i should be feeding to support muscle development and topline? I know we always fed Blue Chip Balancer and I will defo continue with this, just unsure what else i need. Last time i was buying feed was prob 15 years ago when we were buying pony nuts for our first ponies and i imagine feeding has come along way since then!
Id like to be feeding something as non-heating as possible as he can be a handful at the best of times. Does anyone have any good recommendations? Also any ideas what amount of haylage he should be eating? He will be turned out on decent grazing during the day and as far as I am aware the yard feeds 3 times a day. Any advice would be gratefully received! :-D
