What supplements do you use to make horses coat shiny?

[Katie270]

What supplements do you use to make horses coat shiny?

 

[AdorableAlice]

Body brush and a hot cloth.

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Elbow Grease, available from all good grooms ?

 

[ycbm]

Sweat.

Theirs.

 

[Michen]

Hunting fit here. Fed equerry conditioning mash barely groomed (terrible mother). Shine from within!

 

[SOS]

Personally I feed linseed as a supplement and good quality forage/hard feed.

I also bathe regularly, hot cloth with oil and have clean rugs on the horses (helps their coat lie flat and not get full of dust).

Here’s a few random photos of horses past and present over the years, I chose these photos as none of them have been groomed prior, bottom right has mud on his head!

 

[Roasted Chestnuts]

Linseed meal, No lotions and potions for me unless going to a show and it’s a quick scoot with body shine before we go in the ring.

 

[Mule]

I notice that oil in their feed makes a difference. Mine has been getting linseed oil for a few months now to disguise the taste of his medicine. He's fleabitten grey with brown flecks so he never looks particularly shiny. It has made a difference to his coat though. I notice it when the light hits his coat a certain way. It's about as shiny now as it's going to get

 

[P.forpony]

Micronised linseed and groomed to death daily.

I groom for its own sake not just because I have to so even if I'm not riding etc she still get a minimum 20 mins full groom which we both thoroughly enjoy ?

 

[PSD]

A good diet! Shine from the inside. She’s unrugged (apart from a sweet itch rug now) I hardly groom her, she’s fed on pink mash so she can take her supplement. Can’t use lotions and potions on her as she has SI so I have to be careful. I always get comments about how shiny she is, this was the middle of winter.

 

[Yeomans]

I swear by Tesco vegetable oil.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Linseed

 

[ownedbyaconnie]

So jealous of all your shiny ponies. My flea bitten grey gets a nice shine in summer if the sun is shining at the right angle, mercury is in line with Venus and I’ve sacrificed 3 yellow spotted frogs at full moon.

 

[silv]

Rapeseed meal, my boy is so shiny I don't even wash him before shows, apart from his tail, face and white sock. Just a quick flick with the body brush and he looks amazing.

 

[Red-1]

Micronised linseed, good vitamin supplement and old fashioned elbow grease.

 

[Griffin]

Micronised linseed and groomed to death daily.

I groom for its own sake not just because I have to so even if I'm not riding etc she still get a minimum 20 mins full groom which we both thoroughly enjoy ?

I am a fan of regular and thorough grooming. I groom mine almost every day, regardless of what we are doing. Making sure they have all the right vitamins and minerals in the right quantities also helps.

 

[PapaverFollis]

Minerals balanced to forage and a touch of linseed seems to sort MrT out. This is his winter coat, I'm hoping his summer coat comes through even better this year.

I hardly touch the poor boy with a brush. Rubber curry comb the mud off and skim over with a dandy brush mostly. I might put some effort into his summer coat this year though.

(After years on greys I'm very much enjoying a shiny chestnut!)

 

[Birker2020]

What supplements do you use to make horses coat shiny?

I feed linseed lozenges which the local feed merchant sells in small bagged up bags, if that makes sense. It's only 1.29 for 1 KG. It really makes a difference in her coat, that and a good brush, you can literally see the oil in her coat.

 

[Green Bean]

Grooming is the key ingredient. I also feed Keyflow Keyplus, eCalm and Naf Oilovite - all are supposed to promote a healthy shiny coat. Last one is a new add due to the amount of time spent in the stable this winter due to the rain so is most likely a bit too soon to judge its success.

 

[windand rain]

Fat natives get a spoonful of micronised linseed daily while coats are changing but when I had the big horses they had copra meal in every feed you could feel the ones that had had it as coat was soft and shiny

 

[Katie270]

I swear by Tesco vegetable oil.

Roughly how much and how often do u feed your horse is?

 

[McFluff]

Another fan of micronised linseed here. Really noticed when I stopped feeding it, so back on it and shiny horse back. I do groom every day too.

 

[Stephleesi]

Bad photo but I use linseed and lottssss of grooming.