Which conditioning cube?

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My younger cob is super fit and spot on weight wise - except my grass is now running out and he isn't a big hay eater so with his workload he's going to drop quite quickly. Last year he had Allen & Page muscle & focus but he is not a fan of mashes so used to leave loads. He does love anything that is a pony nut or cube though.

Energy wise he's full of it and I can manage that up or down with oats and his Bailey's bonkers balancer (performance balancer - it makes him bounce) if he gets flat, so I'm really just looking for a cube that can keep some condition on until Spring grass comes through.

So many brands - I need mainstream so the feed store will have it, but advice for keeps weight on without adding too much stupid energy?
 
I'd personally just start with good old grass nuts before you go down the cereals route? (the pellets that are actually grass - i.e. Dengie Pure Grass/Emerald Pellets/Simple System Blue/Red pellets). Anything that's pelleted needs to be soaked really, especially if feeding more than a few handfuls.
 
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Hallo2012 said:
rather than the spillers conditioining cubes i feed the ulca power cubes from the racing range-slightly higher DE, similar ingredients, better value 925kg bag)

doesnt hot up my TB

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My understanding is that conditioning, racing, yearling & stud cubes are pretty much the same, just in a different sack with a different price so take your pick.
 
IrishMilo said:
I'd personally just start with good old grass nuts before you go down the cereals route? (the pellets that are actually grass - i.e. Dengie Pure Grass/Emerald Pellets/Simple System Blue/Red pellets). Anything that's pelleted needs to be soaked really, especially if feeding more than a few handfuls.
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He's not a fan of soaked grass pellets - i use simple systems & unless they're mixed with chaff he won't eat it. They tell me they wouldn't recommend feeding dry because of how they swell so I assume other brands are the same

AdorableAlice said:
Linseed and rolled barley will keep a top on nicely. Always worked with the hunters, plus good old fashioned sugarbeet. Showing my age I guess !
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I've gone off micronized linseed (although i think the extruded pellets are a different process) but didn't you find barley makes them hot? We used to feed it when I was younger to hunters for energy. He was still jogging yesterday after 2 hours of fast riding with a lot of hills & that's enough on the energy front!

I'd forgotten about rice bran but might be quite high in starch.

marmalade76 said:
My understanding is that conditioning, racing, yearling & stud cubes are pretty much the same, just in a different sack with a different price so take your pick.
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Spillers the feed store definitely do - so I'll have a nosey online & see what the difference is in the bags. I'd guess conditioning is more likely to be in regular stock than the others. I'd forgotten about Saracen and was a bit nervous about Baileys given how much oomph we get from their performance balancer.
 
If everything else works I would just add maybe a chaff with added supermarket oil of some variety. I usually get mine the cool and condition from Dengie as has some pellets in it and they all scoff it up. It's DE12 so a good start and then add oil if required. Will cost you a lot less.
 
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