feeding youngsters

[kassieg]

My mare is rising 5 & in 5 days work, usually 2 days off but sometimes 1 of those is a walker day if no turnout due to our lovely weather atm !!
Shes in moderate work to get her fit to event this season so 3 school sessions doing either flat, poles or 1 jump session & then hacking on a weekend fittening work inc hills.. all roads atm due to ground usually 1 hour to 1 hour 30 mins

Now I'm always conscious not to over feed a youngster but now im worried shes not getting enough
Ive just upped it so she gets 1/2 horse & pony cubes, 1 graze on & 1/4 fibre beet on a night & the same morning but without the fibre beet
Previously she didnt get the h&p cubes on a morning
Baring in mind her work load would you say she needs more?

 

[celia]

I think that here the work load is irrelevant (although personally I'd put her closer to light work than medium). Are you happy with her current condition and energy levels? And is she getting plenty of forage? If you're worried that she is losing weight I'd look at making sure she has ad-lib forage before adding more hard feed and if she's lacking in energy then a change in product would be more suitable than just adding more. But if she's doing fine on her current ration I wouldn't be changing anything!

 

[kassieg]

Yep gets ad lib forgage
Shes a perfect weight & condition so im really happy there
She gets tired after like 1 hour sessions of schooling to warm up then jump but normal schooling & hacking shes fine
I wanted to really see how she went at her 1st couple of events before putting her on something with more energy but I just had an awful thought that I hadn't changed her feed but had upped her work load