Topline/Muscle

[LittleWelshPony]

What can I feed my sec c who eats like a pig to help build muscle on his shoulders and bum and topline? He is hacked 2 days a week in winter, schooled 2 times and lunged on the pessoa once a week. Also sometimes jumped so does 5/6 days of work.
Any feeds or schooling exercises. He is rising 7

 

[impresario08]

pole work, transitions, hacking up and down hills, does he work in an outline?

 

[JillA]

Protein is what builds soft tissue, and muscle needs protein and work to build it. Check his diet for protein levels and consider supplementing with either soya meal, whey powder or amino acids, particularly lysine
Some useful articles here https://forageplus.co.uk/?s=protein

 

[LittleWelshPony]

pole work, transitions, hacking up and down hills, does he work in an outline?

Yes he does. All the time when schooling apart from cooling down and sometimes when hacking

 

[LittleWelshPony]

He Is on alfa a oil, dobson and horrell build up mix and a glug of corn oil. What could I change to enchorage the build of muscle? Oils? Nuts? Mix?

 

[JillA]

Read labels for the % of protein, choose one with a higher percentage or add whey powder, soya meal or amino acids (look on the Forageplus website).

 

[Mule]

Working in an outline will build his top line. It won't happen overnight. It takes time for a horse's shape to change noticeably. Keep at it and reassess in a few months.

Food or supplements won't build muscle, only exercise​ will. If he is getting a balanced diet (forage and a complete food) supplements are a a waste of money.

 

[beryls2001]

I wrote this - it might help....
http://www.horseandpethealth.com/about-natural-supplements/for-horses/toplineinhorses/