feeding

[polyphonic]

i own a hot headed tb x welsh. im wondering what to feed him over the summer. he will be in heavy work 1 1/2 hours a day possible 2 hour hacks, and this would be 5 times a week. competing once a week SJ, XC and DR. He could live off grass in general but what withhis work load i dont want to feed him nothing as he still needs to retain the vitals he needs. I was thinkingf along the lines of calm and condition and ready grass?? any ideas. he does hot up easily and on certain foods like spillers cool mix he loses the plot. thanks

 

[airedale]

Alfa-A oil - slow release energy and non-heating
Readigrass is good idea

 

[polyphonic]

what woulld be the best hard feed? would you say calm and condition would be enough for him to keep up with his workload (although i do know fitness plays a key part in this)

 

[sleepingdragon10]

Have you thought about something like Saracen Releve? It's a very low starch 'hard feed' and may suit your fella as it's generally the starch content in cereal based mixes that send some horses a little loopy.

Bethxx

 

[mat]

plain old maintenance nuts would give him all the vits and minerals he needs, puls they are non heating!

 

[Mooch]

I love Top Spec.

 

[polyphonic]

matt so your bog standard pony nut??

 

[mat]

yeah, we use countrywides own brand maintenance nuts (like £3 something a bag i think)for the horses that need no extra spark.. we then mix in conditioning cubes if they need more oomph!

 

[henryhorn]

Talking to a couple of local event yard owners all they feed are pony nuts and add some competition mix to anything quiet, so I would agree with the advice to try nuts..just don't add the comp mix!

 

[polyphonic]

right i am off down the feed shop tomorrow so i can start mixing it in asap

 

[ticobay831]

Topspec and alfa a

He will get all he needs from topspec wihtout putting on weight.
Give them a ring they will advise you, they are very helpfull

Debs x