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16.3, 17yo TB. Poor doer in the winter and he's starting to get ribby already and is prone to gastric colic.

I've tried Winergy, TopSpec etc but he still goes bonkers. Does anyone have any recommendations? I think he may be sensitive to alfalfa...
 
No offence rangerover but baileys local is just a balancer and is also low calorie, hence the name! Simple systems is based on alfalfa!

I would feed- Ad lib hay/haylage, even in field. Unmollassed sugar beet and fibre nuts as a hard feed.

If you need more energy than this then soething like Badminton Triple Top Up or Coolstance Copra Meal. They are high oil feeds, very energy dense, so they will help with weight gain but with minimum starch to reduce chance of silly behaviour.

What topspec/winergy products did you try OP? Topspec cool condition cubes are very low starch, so shouldnt cause excitability. With gastric colic you should avoid starch anyway.

Has the horse been scoped fo ulcers?
 
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No offence rangerover but baileys local is just a balancer and is also low calorie, hence the name! Simple systems is based on alfalfa!

I would feed- Ad lib hay/haylage, even in field. Unmollassed sugar beet and fibre nuts as a hard feed.

If you need more energy than this then soething like Badminton Triple Top Up or Coolstance Copra Meal. They are high oil feeds, very energy dense, so they will help with weight gain but with minimum starch to reduce chance of silly behaviour.

What topspec/winergy products did you try OP? Topspec cool condition cubes are very low starch, so shouldnt cause excitability. With gastric colic you should avoid starch anyway.

Has the horse been scoped fo ulcers?

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he gets ad-lib hay, the haylage sends him barmy but unfortunately I'm not allowed to feed it in the field.

I tried Winergy Low Energy, have tried the Growth as well. I tried the TS CoolCondition Cubes and also have tried their Senior and Comprehensive balancer.

He hasn't been scoped for ulcers but is fed in an ulcer-friendly way.
 
teddyt's advice is spot on. Feed as much good-quality hay or haylage as the horse will eat, and then base the 'meals' on fibre (SB and nuts).

Then if any more energy is needed, supply this though oil - Baileys Outshine is effective, if rather pricey, micronized linseed meal and soya flakes are available from Charnwood Milling for considerably less £££ but are essentially the same thing.

Nothing puts weight on a TB quite like good fibre.
 
grass nuts - horses sensitive to alfalfa usually do very well on these. pure grass no molasses added, so a very plain and natural feed, aslo comes in a chop variant as well, and being fibre will help with the colic thing, also feed as much hay/haylage as he will eat. you could add some speedibeet as winter get colder too.
 
I have four ex racers and have tried all sorts for one of them who is very hard to keep weight on!, tried all the expensive stuff and ended up with Think Pink Powder, Cherry Showshine, Fibrebeet, coolmix and lots of turn out and Hay/haylage!!!oh and plenty of rugs is important to keep them warm!
 
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