feeding laid back good doer

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Help. After thoughts, idea's & suggestions....
I have 16.3 mw hunter type, we do unaff dressage,sj,eventing & riding club sort of stuff. Although plan to start affiliated. He was in a rounded showing condition but got weight stripped off him over summer. I now feed him alfa alfa, spillers instant response. he is worked 6 days a week, hacking, schooling & lesson or rally. Wanting to keep weight off but feel that mixture of feed he will pile it on over winter... After keeping him energetic but he wont be out competing as much. So wont need instant response mix
 
Ad lib forage :)

If you need a bucket feed....

unmolassed hay chaff/straw chaff/beet/Fast Fibre
vitamin and mineral supplement
linseed (to replace the omega oil lost in winter grass)
 
teasle said:
Hi Oberon- its me asking questions again- why do horses need omega oils- what do they do.
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(Copied from my nutrition revision)

The natural equine diet is very low in fat. Grasses usually have about 4 – 6%.
The only fat essential in the equine diet is in the forms of Omega-3 and Omega-6.

These fats (like in fish oils for humans) provide excellent joint health, coat health, gut mucilage and protect the moisture levels in the hoof – to name but a few. The Omega oils are what give that ‘bloom’ to a horse’s coat in spring and summer.

The magic of Dr Green is thanks to the omega oils.

Those horses without access to grass (such as stabled in winter) will need an alternative source of these oils as they are lost in hay and haylage with the drying process and over time.

Linseed (freshly ground or micronized) provides omegas 3 and 6 in similar ratios to grass (with the advantage over grass of no unpredictable sugar levels!)

Fat and the hoof

The outermost layer of the hoof wall (stratum externum or periople) and also the hard portion of the hoof wall contain a variety of fats and waxes, which gives a healthy hoof a naturally slick feel and shine.

The major fat is cholesterol sulphate, which is a ‘polar lipid’. ‘Polar’ means one end is attracted to fat and the other end is attracted to water. These molecules line up with their fat loving/water hating tails facing each other and their water loving heads exposed to the outside and inside. When present in correct amounts in an unbroken layer, these fatty substances, seal moisture into the deeper hoof structures and seal water out.

This can all be gained from access to pasture or feeding linseed as previously mentioned.
 
mine will be on ad lib hay
spillers balancer (at half rate because of next item that is fortified already)
spillers conditioning fibre at a scoop twice a day (I really rate this as a chaff - has grass nuts etc in too and not too high alfalfa content)
cooked linseed (another here who swears by it ;))

and will have baileys conditioning mix as needed (currently on a scoop a day - will reduce to nothing unless she needs it)
 
I feed my laid back well rounded Section D Winergy Medium Energy (made by spillers) its a complete mix so you need nothing else & its has everything in it, give mine that added spark & also helps alot with his concentration when working. Had him on it for years now & its fab!
 
I have the pony version of your horse! I feed tiger oats and equilibra both from gwf nutrition. I add cup of tiger oats a day and simply add an extra cup or so on days she has done more work to keep energy levels up but prevent weighy gain x
 
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