Travelling after feeding

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How long would you leave a horse before travelling it after it had eaten a large feed?

My horse is a very good traveller and I would leave him for at least an hour. Although its always much much longer as I give him his breakfast before getting him ready for a comp so we dont usually go anywhere for at least 2 hours.

Would your answer be different if the horse was a very good traveller compared to very bad? Or if you were just going up the road as apposed to a long journey?

No particular reason for asking, I just wondered wanted your thoughts
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I like to give my horse 45 mins to an hour before travelling. Not for any particular reason but just my own preference. By the time I've hitched up and sorted myself out it's normally that long anyway, even if we're only going for a lesson.
 
I like to give mine at least 1.5 hours til they travel, however if the horse was on only fibre feed then it could go almost straight away
 
I agree with KatB (although in an ideal world I would give him an hour before travelling but this is not always possible) and as he's on a fibre diet then not so much of a prob? Plus he's a very quiet traveller.
If he was a bad traveller then I would certainly leave him at least an hour before travel as I think that could upset the balance!!
 
I dont worry too much about it - at an enduance ride i give spooks a feed before he goes in the trailer as if he has just done a long ride - i think it is better for him to have something in his stomach rather than waiting another 2/3 hours for us to travel home (he tends to ignore his haynet when moving) and it also helps his recovery to have something in side of him
 
I will feed in the morning and then put straight on the trailer. Often Chancer will have a new nuts whilst on the trailer whilst I am getting last few things packed and then he has a haynet to nibble.

I do feed SS products but have normally fed and then put on the trailer for years. Only time I would not feed and then put on the trailer is if I was on a short trip and wanting to get riding as soon as I got there, in which case they would have been fed earlier.

I am lucky in that (touch wood) never had one of my horses have colic or show signs of it so am probably not as concerned about feeds as others.
 
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