Feeding Blue chip to a 5 Year old?

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Would putting a young horse (5) on something like Blue chip original, still do the same job as if i gave it to an older horse who is more matured. Would i still see similar results?

Im just wondering since a livery said that by giving it to my 5 year old it would not benifit him and would be a waste of my money, but i know it is expensive, but im willing to give it a go. Just wondering what i should believe?

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yep i have read through all the case studies, thats why i was a bit confused. The lady saying it wouldnt work but the manufacturer saying it would. Still going to give it go i think
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I used Blue Chip for years with my horse & it was really great stuff however I have since changed brands due to the price it currently sells at.
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There are other balancers on the market that will give you the same results but with much less damage to your wallet.
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Can you reccomend one? As i want a balancer, and i have been told that Blue chip is one of the best, but i really dont want to pay about £40 a bag!
 
Topspec does much the same job and is approx £8 cheaper and if you use the powder version that's about £25.

**However** if you use D&H suregrow..... it works out about £15 per bag - it is designed for babies but it is perfectly safe to feed to older horses (have checked
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TopSpec is better than Blue Chip IMO. My girls look fantastic on TopSpec, OH's horse looks brilliant and is incredibly shiney on it.
 
I use equilbra - cheaper and this was the original feed balancer that a lot of others are based/copied from.

I originally put Cairo on it about 6 months ago, he was 22 and aging fast. It certainly seemed to do things for him - he looked a lot better for having it.

I now feed it to both my 4 year olds - they are still growing. In 2 weeks of feeding equilbra along with some linseed, Farra's coat has really improved and she has put on a bit of weight and looking good. Chancer really put on some topline and filled out on it, people commented at BSPA how well he looks.

Mine just get a few nuts and simple system lucie stalks/green gold with it.

Years ago I fed it to my TBs, again gave good results compared to them not having it.
 
i feed blue chip to my youngster didnt make a bilind bit of diffrence and its very expensive but then i tried top spec and it sort of worked i noticed a small diffrence but for youngsters i would recomend barly rings and bailys number four which would still be cheaper for them both. barly rings roughly about 6 pounds baliys number four roughly about 9 pound a bag. also if you are looking for a bulk feed feed bread as it willl bulk them up through the winter to fill them up.
 
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