Horsey.rachel
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How much forage should be in a Pony's diet??
A- about half
B- at least two thirds
C- at least a third
A- about half
B- at least two thirds
C- at least a third
Forage??
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d_morrow
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100% or as near as dammit. How much work does it do?
d_morrow
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PS - B and C are both far too low to ensure gut health for ANY horse and A is an absolute minimum which would only be applicaple to horses in very hard work who are receiving large amounts of high energy feed in addition to forage.
d_morrow
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Doh! I meant applicable - silly phone!
Sugar_and_Spice
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D-morrow two thirds is bigger than one half 
OP half is the minimum eg for a racehorse, two thirds if the horse is doing some serious work, one third is inappropriate for anything. As someone else said, as much as possible is best, only feeding hard feed if the horse loses weight or lacks energy because ad-lib forage isn't providing enough calories.
OP half is the minimum eg for a racehorse, two thirds if the horse is doing some serious work, one third is inappropriate for anything. As someone else said, as much as possible is best, only feeding hard feed if the horse loses weight or lacks energy because ad-lib forage isn't providing enough calories.