Recommend me some feed for condition......

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New horsey is arriving tomorrow, she needs to put on a bit of condition, but her being TB I don't want to heat her up. Last horse got fed Mollichaff showshine and conditioning cubes which was fine, he looked good and didn't heat him up, would people recommend I continue this? Not looking to spend a complete fortune and I like to keep things fairly simple!

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Baileys No4 Cubes with Allen and Page Calm and Condition with Alfa A oil! A sure bet, tried and tested with various breeds. Non heating and great conditioning.
I have used this on my own Tb to a very good result!
 
wiz07 said:
Baileys No4 Cubes with Allen and Page Calm and Condition with Alfa A oil! A sure bet, tried and tested with various breeds. Non heating and great conditioning.
I have used this on my own Tb to a very good result!
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C & C doesn't heat all horses but it can heat some up. I'd definitely go for Alfa oil, but I'd add some linseed meal to it with a good broad spec vitamin and mineral supplement, then plenty of hay and dr green.
 
Micronised linseed - 2 mugs a day with a low sugar/starch feed (such as speedibeet and alfa a oil) and a min/vit supplement. Ad lib haylage. Whats your grazing like? Most TB's do very well on grass so wouldn't bother with masses of conditioning cubes.
 
22 year TB - fed an unmolassed chaff and Lifeforce - plenty of energy and no fizziness.





Lifeforce contains live yeasts to maintain hind gut health and organic minerals - an effective hind gut means they get the most out of a fibre based diet.

By the way the TB lived out this winter 24/7 - only fed chaff, hay and Lifeforce - have always struggled with his weight/fizziness before while trying to keep weight on him.
 
This time of the year just good grazing and nothing else. My TB has not had a hard feed for about 2 months but when feed he gets, alpha a oil and linseed meal (excellent and cheap) simple systems grass pellets. nothing more.

He is 5 out of racing 12 months

 
I have a TB who is on Alfalfa A, Top spec comprehensive balancer and Allen and page calm and condition (he came out of winter looking a bit on the light side at 525kg so I put him on c&c)
A&P lady recent came to out yard to do some assessments and had her weigh bridge- he's now 597kg and looks so much better. She was very pleased with him.

Also- I've not noticed any fizziness compared to before, he's in medium to hard work though so pretty fit anyway.
 
I have one on calm and condition (does not heat him, but can heat some) with linseed and he is doing fantastic on it. He can't have Alf Alfa or most cereals as he goes really sharp and spooky.
 
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