ride & relax- anybody use?

[bushbaby28]

hiya, looking for a very basic unheating mix for my tb. hes currently on sugar beet but hes getting a bit hyper on it. got a fact sheet on ride and relax and it looks good. his previous owner gave her calm and condition but this apparently hyped him up as well.

 

[Tinkle]

I had my mare on Ride and Relax a couple of winters ago. She seemed to love it and it certainly didn't make her hyper as other mixes can and sugarbeet just made her loopy. It had a lovely fresh smell and seemed very good quality. Only problem for me was it wouldn't be enough to keep condition on her when she's clipped (she was unclipped that winter).

x

 

[KatB]

Fab feed. Really keeps them looking really well. A friend evented her TB mare off it and the mare always looked very well and kept a sane head

 

[Carow]

Had my gelding on Ride & Relax last winter and he certainly did well on it. Compared to Calm and Condition it has lower levels of oil, protein and starch and a lower digestible energy percentage. R&R is high in fibre, 22% compared to 11.5% for C&C.

Allen and Page recommend that R&R be damped down but it doesn't have to be soaked as such.

It used to have quite a strong minty aroma but I don't think it's now as pronounced as it was...could be my diminishing sense of smell! Have heard anecdotal stories of R&R making some horses loopy, but that wasn't the case for me...think mine was a bit too relaxed at times.

 

[devonruby]

i have used ride and relax.it was fab had a hot headed chestnut mare and it was the only feed i found suited her fed all year round and she went on to event on it always looked really well and it calmed her down no end brillant stuff

 

[bushbaby28]

excellent! really good to hear so many great reviews about it as went out and got some yesterday. Little worried as he's dropped a bit of condition but hopefully this will at least help him maintain condition. Fingers crossed he stays sane

I gotta laugh- I make him out to sound a right nutter but i think hes the calmest ex racehorse you could ever find! (wel...when hes not on heating feed!)

thanks for your advice guys xx