What regime have you got your good doers on ATM?

My little Welsh B is doing far too well, and we're really struggling to get the weight off him. He came in on the 1st, so he's turned out at 9 am and then back in at around 5 pm. He has a small net of soaked hay double netted overnight and is given the most minute palm-sized portion of Healthy Hooves so he doesn't feel left out when everyone else is eating. He's currently unclipped and unrugged, although he did have his lightweight stable rug on last night and Monday night because the temperature dropped to -1.

My other gelding is also a reasonably good doer, although he doesn't need to lose weight. He's on the same routine re rugging and turnout, but he has ad-lib hay overnight and is fed 2 Stubbs scoops of Healthy Hooves and a Stubbs scoop of Fast Fibre.
 
I've got 2 good doers who are fat and a new forest who's just about right at the minute.

12.2 pony is overweight, she's on a strip of pretty much no grass and gets to nibble that and has 2ish kg hay and straw mix a day. Ive clipped her and she has a light weight sheet on. she's still got 30- 40kg at least to lose. then i will graze her with the other two over the rest of the winter.
14.3 gypsy cob is over weight (managed his weight most of the summer and then September he put it on!) He's clipped and living out in a rain sheet on short grass with no extra hay. he will lose it over winter without me having to do much more.
New forest pony is in the same field as gypsy cob but gets a higher calorie feed each day and comes in for a hay net. he's unclipped and in a rain sheet.
my plan is to have them out most of the winter, just coming in when weather makes me want to save the fields (which last winter was only the odd night or two each month.
all 3 get vit supplement with either a tiny handful of straw chop or a bigger feed (new forest).
gyspy cob will go to a medium weight only when freshly clipped if the temperature is very low at night.
New forest will prob go to a medium weight if very cold as he's 18 and doesn't always do well over winter
 
Fatty oldies. No rugs, chopped straw chaff with unmolased SB (they are used to having a feed). Out at 7.30, in between 5-6. Net of haylage at 10pm. We only have homemade haylage. They are loosing weight slowly.
 
6 hours turnout (sadly already nearly a bog), no hard feed, weighed hay, 2 unrugged, 2 clipped yesterday were in MWs overnight but unrugged before. They're the ones we're trying to get weight off.
 
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Yes I'm wanting my ID to lose weight as he is far too fat! He has 2 small haynets a night of not great quality hay and he picks at his straw bed if he's hungry. Fed tiniest bit of chop with his balancer in. Fully clipped with a MW on and he goes out from 6.30am to about 6pm in a large but bare field. Aiming for him to come out of winter looking quite poor as the grazing is really good at my yard and I don't want him to blow up like he did this summer as I made the mistake of giving him ad lib haylage last winter and he went into spring already fat.
 
I've got two IDx a 17hh and a 16.3. They're out 24/7 unclipped at the moment with lightweight rugs on (for my benefit as they're both grey!). They're not getting anything but grass and a token feed of unmollassed chaff and veg peelings to make sure they come when they're called as they're still on the 40 acres of hay fields spread across 6 fields so finding them can be a nightmare! They're worked about 4-5 times a week doing a bit of everything (although one can't jump very often due to foot problems) and will be clipped at the weekend. Rugs will change to mediumweights once they're clipped but that's all that will change ntil they start coming in - when grass has run out, hopefully not for 4-5 more weeks yet! Once they're in (overnight) they have adlib haylage (all that's on offer at yard and it doesn't seem to cause problems thankfully) and a token feed of chaff, fast fibre and a handful of mix sprinkled over the to to keep them quiet while the others are eating.

One keeps a constant, decent weight all year round on this regime. The other loses some over the winter and puts it on again in the summer he seems to be far more affected by fresh grass. We know it's stopped growing as soon as he starts to drop weight. Hasn't happened yet!
 
Mine are out for up to about 8 hours, with some short grass. Ad lib straw overnight and a bucket of fast fibre when they come in, with oats for Fergus when he's working hard. Neither need to lose weight, D is fine, but not in a lot of work atm. Fergs is working fairly hard - schooling 2-3 times a week, hacking the rest of the time (not long or very fast hacking, but he works very hard in the school these days).

Fergs is rugged, currently a light MW turnout and a rainsheet over the top at night (everything else is waiting for cleaning, and he's a cold pony, even though his clip's grown back a fair bit). Dae's naked and only partially clipped, also grown back a lot.
 
My NF is a very good doer & had laminitis this summer, so trying to establish a really good winter regime to give us a head start going into Spring.

Being at a livery yard, dictates he is on at night. He's turned out about 7am & is bought in by my YM between 3.30-5pm.

He gets 2 small token feeds a day (as all the others are fed twice daily) of Fast Fibre with magnesium oxide, salt, micronised linseed & brewers yeast.

He has hay that has been soaked for 12 hours overnight in two teeny, tiny holed haynets & ad-lib straw to munch on.

He's still unrugged and his having a small clip at the weekend (most likely just neck/chest to help ease the sweating when ridden as he looks like a yak) - I'm hoping he can remain un-rugged for quite a while even with his little clip.

He's still over his 'ideal' weight, but he's not looking too bad at the moment.
 
My NF came to me in September about a 4 condition score after an easy summer. He's unclipped and out 24/7 unrugged with some unsoaked hay (how much depends on the weather) on a closely grazed but unpoached 1.5 acres, with a little buddy. He's getting a mug of linseed and fast fibre with his minerals. He is worked 4-5 times a week, only lightly because of his bear-like coat, because we're getting to know each other and because he had his shoes off recently and is building up the work. He's lost a little, is now somewhere between a 3 and a 4, and I will use the winter to slowly get the rest off him. Hopefully by the spring his feet will be capable of more work so we won't get too podgy next year! He'll have a little bib clip soon and remain unrugged until the new 1200D coolheat rugs are available over here.
 
My highland is out 24/7 on very short grass, can come in if persistent rain for a few hours during the day. He is chaser clipped, naked if in and a rain sheet on if temp not too low at night. Last night he had a 50g fill rug on as temp dropped. He is fed once a day fast fibre and a handful of cool chaff. Fed 8lbs of soaked hay at night in the field. Exercised 5 days a week for an hour, mainly hacking and fortnightly lesson. He is currently just the right weight and looks well on this regime.
 
My 17.2hh Cleveland bay is a good doer and he is wintering out for the first time this year. At the moment he is looking just right, though I wouldn't mind if he lost a bit first thing in the new year. At the moment he has a blanket clipped, turned out in a lightweight (no fill) during the day with a 100g stable rug underneath overnight if it is chilly. He's not getting any hay yet as there is plenty of grass for them to pick at, though I am sure at some point we will supplement their grazing with a couple of nets of hay a day. bucket feed wise he is getting a round scoop of graze on, a mug of micronized linseed and a handfull of grass nuts a day with his supps added. he was muzzled in the daytime up to a week ago but has since been out 24/7 un-muzzled. Exercise wise we are hacking for 45 minutes twice a week plus 1hour or just over a both days at the weekend. :)
 
Mine are on the same regime all year round that way they gain weight Spring and Summer and lose it over the winter, They live out 24/7 on lawn length grass year round and are fed year round a small very small feed of grassnuts well soaked and about a mug full of alfalfa chaff to carry supplements. In winter if the snow is deep enough they get a slice of hay each but the rest of the time the grovel for the grass on the bit that is rested in summer due to it growing faster than they can eat it
 
Natives Out 24/7 on a large area of rough meadow. Hay if the snow's more than 6". (or floods). No rugs. Natural shelter only. Lots of grass, but it's mostly weeds if you look close, and they'll be scavanging twigs and water marginals by the end of January. Looking for the stuff they've missed keeps them moving and gives them something to do.

Like WaR I'll let them drop some condition in March. It goes on fast enough come Apri/May.
 
Not a good doer but is lami prone so we have to keep him very light. He is unclipped and in a 300g standard neck rug (gets very cold). He is out in the all weather with haylage during the day and has a soaked hay net at teatime and another at 10 pm.
 
Little sec a has far too much condition on him so he is out 24/7 unrugged, no additional feed or hay as there is still plenty for him to go at and he needs to drop some blubber over winter. Big fella is the same but he has a lightweight turnout to keep dry and relatively mud free for riding. Once it struggles to get to about 5°c during the day he can have a M/W on - I am mean!
 
Blanket clipped, back on track sheet with a no fill stable sheet over the top, no necks. Or a 100g turnout no neck.

Handful of dengie healthy tummy am & pm for supps.

2 small hole medium haynets overnight.

Recently opened up her restricted grazing to more grass for the winter during day. Cue slightly nutty horse!

And lots of work!

Weight is perfect.
 
My sec a is unclipped, up rugged out on a small patch where he has to hunt for grass soaked hay and lunged or long reined 4 times a week - he's still fat...

I think I have strange horses tho my ridden horses are rugged and fed as if not they drop weight quickly in the winter ... And one is a cob - go figure...
 
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My very good doer pony is a perfect weight at the moment. Out overnight on sparse grazing, in during the day with a trickle net of meadow grass haylage. Feed is Spiller's Lite Balancer. Hunter clipped and rugged as she is hunting/competing.
 
My welsh d is turned out for approx 7hrs a day and overnight has ad lib haylage, handful of fast fibre (with brewers yeast) and a few high fibre nuggets in his ball (his favourite thing ever!). In winter I only tend to ride at weekends. He is losing weight steadily and will remain unrugged for as long as possible (he's unclipped) - if we get lots of heavy rain he will have a lightweight but nothing more than that unless we have a mega cold winter.
 
My good-doer last week (on the right):
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She's not massively fat but I'm keen that she doesn't get any bigger and she really does need to lose some weight before spring.

Currently out 24/7 on about 5 acres (we've added an extra fence to divide the field) with another horse. The grass is quite short and the other horse needs supplementing with haylage so they're getting a net each (this mare has about 8lb in hers) in the late afternoon. She's also started ulcer treatment in the last week. Out unclipped in a no-fill rainsheet but she's been turned away for the winter so could probably be naked.
 
I've got two. Both out 24/7 currently on bare grazing although I move the fence occasionally so they get some more grass. They are getting a haynet each now the weather has turned.

The ISH is hunter clipped so is wearing a 300g TO with neck. She is fed 1/2 scoop chaff and 3/4 scoop stay power cubes. Weight is about right .

The Section A is not rugged or fed and is still muzzled. She could do with being slimmer but isn't massively overweight! (looks like a rescue case compared to some obese ones I've seen!!!).
 
My Welsh D mare is looking 'well' at the moment and ideally I'd like her to lose some weight.
She is unclipped and lives out 24/7. She has a no-fill rain-sheet on when it is wet and is naked most of the time when it is dry.
She has a handful of 'good doer' chaff with a general vits & mins supplement once a day and in the morning gets 1 section of soaked hay.
At the moment she has LOADS of grass in her field due to the fact that we only moved there in August and we've been strip grazing it since we moved her there. So at night I move her fence back about a foot maximum.
She is also ridden 5 or 6 times a week.
 
Heavy weight cob, in very light work and wearing a lightweight rug only if it's pouring. Handful of chaff, sugarbeet, one haynet overnight and out on very short grass. He tends to drop massively over winter and I don't want too much off him so I'm watching him very carefully.
 
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