Badminton Easy Rider, Equipower Basefeed, Evenkeel, High Fibre Complete Nuggets and Triple Top-Up.

Badminton Easy Rider contains no added sugar. so would also be a good choice. Badminton Alfalfa. Alfalfa Light and Cooked Cereal Meal are all molasses free. Cooked Cereal Meal would be a good means of adding extra energy as it is high in calories.

Equipower Basefeed is barley-free. Feed an unmolassed sugar beet, such as Speedi-Beet or Eurobeet, and plenty of hay. Triple Top-Up is a high calorie supplement based on soya and coconut, and is barley-free. Add this to the Equipower Basefeed for extra weightgain. One coffee mug per day should be sufficient.

She needs a grain-free diet. Evenkeel or High Fibre Complete are low in starch and low in energy. Add Triple Top-Up if she needs extra condition.

It sounds as if your mare is ‘grain sensitive’. Try Evenkeel, which is free from whole oats, barley and maize. 1kg/day will provide all the minerals, trace elements, amino acids, etc, she needs for a healthy maintenance diet. Vegetable oils will provide the right fuel for stamina needed for endurance work (aerobic exercise) and should not affect your mare’s behaviour. However, in their raw liquid form, oils can be unpalatable and difficult to feed in a sufficient quantity to make a real difference. Triple Top-Up will provide high levels of oil (26%) in a palatable, cooked meal form. It contains lecithin, a fat emulsifier to aid correct absorption. It also has high levels of Vitamin E (3,000 iu/kg) which acts as an antioxidant. Fats are best fed long term, so start with 50g/day and work up to 400g/day, if you are doing rides of 50 miles or more.

Triple Top-Up is a low starch, high oil (25%) supplement, which is ideal for putting on condition. It contains no oats, barley or maize. The foundation of his diet can be Equipower Basefeed and forage.

Triple Top-Up is high in oil (25%) and low in starch as it contains cereals. His maintenance diet can be a combination of Equipower Basefeed and forage.

Feed ‘n’ Fibre is ideal as it is a combination of a cool mix with long fibre, which will take him longer to chew and consume his food. The long fibre is pure natural dried grass.

Horses on box rest should be fed a low starch, high digestible fibre ration with additional oil, if further calories are required. Your horse should be fed ad lib good quality hay as the base for your feeding programme. You should then add a low starch feed such as Badminton Horse & Pony Cool Mix or Badminton Horse & Pony Cool Cubes. If your horse needs more condition, feed Triple Crown Triple Top-Up, a fat supplement, which is rich in calories. When a horse is not being exercised, constipation can be a problem. Add one measure of Lakota Salts in each feed to gently stimulate peristalsis. If his droppings appear hard, you can increase this to two measures/feed.

Make his stable as light and airy as possible and feed ad lib hay. If he is inclined to put on too much weight, use a haynet with small holes or place a handful each hour on the floor. Evenkeel is very low in starch and will provide the essential nutrients his body needs for repair. Badminton Easy Rider is another low starch alternative, where fibre and feed are already mixed together for you in one bag.

Add Badminton Tasty Treats to a Boredom Breaker Ball, which will help him pass the time. The treats are high in fibre, low in starch and sugar, but do not contain an vitamins or minerals to affect your horse’s dietary balance.

Triple Top-Up will provide the calories to put on condition and is cereal-free. Easy Rider or High Fibre Complete will provide a good maintenance ration as they are both high in fibre.

Badminton Easy Rider, Equipower Basefeed, Evenkeel, High Fibre Compute and Triple Top-Up.

It sounds as if your mare is ‘grain sensitive’. Try Evenkeel, which is free from whole oats, barley and maize. 1kg/day will provide all the minerals, trace elements, amino acids, etc, she needs for a healthy maintenance diet. Vegetable oils will provide the right fuel for stamina needed for endurance work (aerobic exercise) and should not affect your mare’s behaviour. However, in their raw liquid form, oils can be unpalatable and difficult to feed in a sufficient quantity to make a real difference.

Triple Top-Up will provide high levels of oil (26%) in a palatable, cooked meal form. It contains lecithin, a fat emulsifier to aid correct absorption. It also has high levels of Vitamin E (3,000 iu/kg) which acts as an antioxidant. Fats are best fed long term, so start with 50g/day and work up to 400g/day, if you are doing rides of 50 miles or more.

You should avoid products, which contain barley, as it sounds as if he has an intolerance to it. Easy Rider is a new generation fibre feed of long fibre and vitamin/mineral pellets. It contains no barley or alfalfa. It is low in starch, high in fibre and has no added sugar.

First, speak to your vet about a good worming programme and have her teeth checked. Then you need to feed her a conditioning feed such as Badminton Show & Conditioning Mix or Badminton Conditioning Cubes. The addition of Speedi-Beet or sugar beet pellets will also help to add condition. Feeds should be split between at least two feeds per day. Feed ad lib good quality hay in the winter months and provide access to good quality pasture in the summer.

Triple Top-Up will provide the calories to put on condition and is cereal-free. Easy Rider or High Fibre Complete will provide a good maintenance ration as they are both high in fibre.

He has a big frame to fill so make sure that he is getting enough fibre. Ad lib hay is best and sugar beet feeds such as Speedi-Beet and Eurobeet will increase fibre intake. A diet lacking in essential nutrients or calories will show up as lack of condition or performance towards the end of a hard season. Feed 2kg/day of Equipower Basefeed and 2kg/day Extruform. You can increase the Extruform up to 4kg/day, but due to its concentrated high calorie content, it is unlikely that the horse would need that much. The extrusion process breaks down the starch molecules and makes it easier for the horse to digest than raw grain.

Loss of weight followed by laminitis in an old, but previously healthy pony, suggests that he may benefit from a 20-day course of Remount, a liver tonic. The liver is under constant onslaught from toxins. It has a remarkable capacity for self-regeneration but under certain circumstances, especially in older horses, the regeneration fails to keep pace with degeneration. Impaired liver function is often only a temporary condition, but due you’re your pony’s age, we would suggest you give him a 20-day course 3-4 times a year.

You should, of course, speak to your vet but consider a low protein, high fibre diet. High Fibre Complete at 8% protein and 19% fibre would be a good choice. A course of Remount, our liver tonic, will aid liver function.

High Fibre Complete and Easy Rider are both low in starch and sugar. They are high in fibre and will provide essential vitamins and minerals.

Feed ‘n’ Fibre with its combination of a cool mix and long fibre in the form of pure dried grass will slow down the speed at which he consumes his feed. The long fibre helps gut action by diluting the starch, which is more difficult to digest, and making it easier to absorb.

Dressage horses work hard and should be fed a mixture of energy sources for best performance. These include quality digestible fibre and oil for slow release sustained energy output and some starch for fast release available energy. Badminton Dressage Mix has been formulated to supply all these optimal levels and help maintain performance. Dressage horses are also subject to additional stress when travelling and competing, so Badminton have added a digestive enhancer, EquiMatrix, to Dressage Mix, which helps support the horse’s immune system during the long competition season.

It sounds as if your mare is ‘grain sensitive’. Try Evenkeel, which is free from whole oats, barley and maize. 1kg/day will provide all the minerals, trace elements, amino acids, etc, she needs for a healthy maintenance diet. Vegetable oils will provide the right fuel for stamina needed for endurance work (aerobic exercise) and should not affect your mare’s behaviour. However, in their raw liquid form, oils can be unpalatable and difficult to feed in a sufficient quantity to make a real difference. Triple Top-Up will provide high levels of oil (26%) in a palatable, cooked meal form. It contains lecithin, a fat emulsifier to aid correct absorption. It also has high levels of Vitamin E (3,000 iu/kg) which acts as an antioxidant. Fats are best fed long term, so start with 50g/day and work up to 400g/day, if you are doing rides of 50 miles or more.

Badminton Competition Mix has been formulated to provide hard working horses with sources of quick release energy. It also contains high levels of vitamins and minerals to help maintain optimum performance. It is also fully guaranteed for competition work.

Triple Top-Up is high in oil (25%) and low in starch as it contains cereals. His maintenance diet can be a combination of Equipower Basefeed and forage.

The Triple Crown feeding system is ideal for horses like yours as the feeds are very concentrated, so a little goes a long way. A suitable diet would be: 1.5kg Equipower Basefeed, 0.5kg Triple Top-Up and 1-2kg Extruform, depending on her bodyweight and workrate. This would mean a maximum of just 4kg daily, split into 3-4 feeds. Even with sugar beet and chaff added, each feed is small enough to encourage her to finish it.

The Triple Crown feeding system is ideal for situations like yours. Feed all the horses on Equipower Basefeed. The cob types and those in light work will do well on just this. Those in more work will need extra fuel. Use Triple Top-Up for the fizzy ones, and Extruform for the even-tempered ones. Any that are working hard, may need a combination of both. You will only need three feed bins for storage and this system will save you lots of time.

This is a common problem. You should turn him out as much as possible, preferably before your daughter rides him. Feed him a low starch feed such as Badminton Horse & Pony Cool Mix, Badminton Horse & Pony Cool Cubes or High Fibre Complete. These contain digestible fibre, which provides more slow release energy rather than quick release energy from starch sources. If more calories are needed, add Triple Crown Triple Top-Up, which is a fat supplement. It is ideal for fizzy horses and ponies as it provides extra calories in a slow release form.

The heating effect of oats and other cereals is thought to be related to the relatively high starch levels. Feed a low starch feed such as Badminton Horse & Pony Cool Mix or Badminton Horse & Pony Cool Cubes, which are ideal for all horses at maintenance or in light work. Both products are oat-free so will assist in maintaining a calm temperament.

She needs a grain-free diet. Evenkeel or High Fibre Complete are low in starch and low in energy. Add Triple Top-Up if she needs extra condition.

It sounds as if your mare is ‘grain sensitive’. Try Evenkeel, which is free from whole oats, barley and maize. 1kg/day will provide all the minerals, trace elements, amino acids, etc, she needs for a healthy maintenance diet. Vegetable oils will provide the right fuel for stamina needed for endurance work (aerobic exercise) and should not affect your mare’s behaviour. However, in their raw liquid form, oils can be unpalatable and difficult to feed in a sufficient quantity to make a real difference. Triple Top-Up will provide high levels of oil (26%) in a palatable, cooked meal form. It contains lecithin, a fat emulsifier to aid correct absorption. It also has high levels of Vitamin E (3,000 iu/kg) which acts as an antioxidant. Fats are best fed long term, so start with 50g/day and work up to 400g/day, if you are doing rides of 50 miles or more.

For variety try Easy Rider, a blend of long fibre and vitamin/mineral pellets. High Fibre Complete will also provide variety. You could add Cooked Cereal Conditioning Meal for extra condition.

Park Herbal Mix is an oat-free mix so will not fizz him up. It has real herbs – spearmint, garlic, rosemary and red clover. All in One Muesli is a fibrous cool mix with added dried grass and Speedi-Beet flakes. Both products are high in digestible fibre to produce slow release energy.

Equipower Basefeed with the addition of Extruform or Triple Top-Up would be a good option for her. Mixed with forage, these concentrated feeds go a long way.

It sounds as if your mare is ‘grain sensitive’. Try Evenkeel, which is free from whole oats, barley and maize. 1kg/day will provide all the minerals, trace elements, amino acids, etc, she needs for a healthy maintenance diet. Vegetable oils will provide the right fuel for stamina needed for endurance work (aerobic exercise) and should not affect your mare’s behaviour. However, in their raw liquid form, oils can be unpalatable and difficult to feed in a sufficient quantity to make a real difference. Triple Top-Up will provide high levels of oil (26%) in a palatable, cooked meal form. It contains lecithin, a fat emulsifier to aid correct absorption. It also has high levels of Vitamin E (3,000 iu/kg) which acts as an antioxidant. Fats are best fed long term, so start with 50g/day and work up to 400g/day, if you are doing rides of 50 miles or more.

If you feed a compound feed at less than the recommended rate, your cob will be getting much less energy but he will also be getting less vitamins and minerals. Try Evenkeel, which fed with forage, produces a ration suitable for maintenance to light work. Evenkeel is designed for good doers and native breeds as it promotes optimum health and condition without weight gain.

Easy Rider combines quality long fibre and vitamin/mineral pellets in one feed. It is low in starch with no added sugar as well as being high in fibre (28.5%) so is ideal for good doers.

High Fibre Complete and Easy Rider are high in fibre and low in starch but will provide the vitamins and minerals he needs. They are ideal for ponies, which are prone to overweight.

Evenkeel is specifically formulated for all native breeds. 1kg/day will provide a good maintenance diet without making the pony too fat or silly. If you feel he lacks stamina, add 100g/day of Triple Top-Up.

Badminton Easy Rider, High Fibre Complete Nuggets and Evenkeel are all very low in starch and are formulated for good doers. Whichever product you choose, will give your cob all the nutrients he needs for a healthy life without adding to his weight problems.

Badminton Horse Feeds are aware of the problems associated with feeding poor hay, particularly hay which has been baled before it was dry enough. This hay should not be fed to horses and ponies. Clean hay that has been made later in the year can provide a base for forage feeding, but this can be improved by feeding Badminton Alfalfa or Badminton Alfalfa Light to help increase the nutritional quality of the hay. Badminton Easy Rider and High Fibre Complete Nuggets can be used as partial or complete hay replacers.

Badminton Easy Rider contains added biotin.

Feed 1.5kg/day Equipower Basefeed instead of the cool mix. The high levels of minerals, trace elements and quality protein should improve horn growth and the oil (7%) will give him a glossy coat. If you feel he still needs extra sparkle, add 0.5-1kg/day of Extruform, when he is working hard.

Dressage horses work hard and should be fed a mixture of energy sources for best performance. These include quality digestible fibre and oil for slow release sustained energy output and some starch for fast release available energy. Badminton Dressage Mix has been formulated to supply all these optimal levels and help maintain performance. Dressage horses are also subject to additional stress when travelling and competing, so Badminton have added a digestive enhancer, EquiMatrix, to Dressage Mix, which helps support the horse’s immune system during the long competition season.

Badminton Competition Mix has been formulated to provide hard working horses with sources of quick release energy. It also contains high levels of vitamins and minerals to help maintain optimum performance. It is also fully guaranteed for competition work.

Laminitis is a very common condition often caused by lush grass growth. You can reduce your pony’s sugar intake by up to 85%, by reducing her time at grass to 4 hours/day. Badminton Easy Rider is a combination of fibres and vitamin and mineral pellets and is recommended for ponies under a laminitic management programme. Badminton Alfalfa Light with Speedi-Beet, which is recommended by the Laminitis Trust, is also an excellent alternative.

High Fibre Complete and Easy Rider are high in fibre and low in starch but will provide the vitamins and minerals he needs. They are ideal for ponies, which are prone to overweight.

Loss of weight followed by laminitis in an old, but previously healthy pony, suggests that he may benefit from a 20-day course of Remount, a liver tonic. The liver is under constant onslaught from toxins. It has a remarkable capacity for self-regeneration but under certain circumstances, especially in older horses, the regeneration fails to keep pace with degeneration. Impaired liver function is often only a temporary condition, but due you’re your pony’s age, we would suggest you give him a 20-day course 3-4 times a year.

The object of feeding a pony with liver disease is to make things as easy as possible for the liver, ie not to overwork it. Lower protein diets require less work. Furthermore, the protein supplies should contain high levels of branched chain amino acids, as found in beet pulp. Feed Badminton Horse & Pony Cool Mix or Horse & Pony Cool Cubes with sugar beet pulp. Avoid protein-rich feeds such as alfalfa and stud rations.

Evenkeel is specifically formulated for all native breeds. 1kg/day will provide a good maintenance diet without making the pony too fat or silly. If you feel he lacks stamina, add 100g/day of Triple Top-Up.

The Triple Crown feeding system is ideal for horses like yours as the feeds are very concentrated, so a little goes a long way. A suitable diet would be: 1.5kg Equipower Basefeed, 0.5kg Triple Top-Up and 1-2kg Extruform, depending on her bodyweight and workrate. This would mean a maximum of just 4kg daily, split into 3-4 feeds. Even with sugar beet and chaff added, each feed is small enough to encourage her to finish it.

Loss of weight followed by laminitis in an old, but previously healthy pony, suggests that he may benefit from a 20-day course of Remount, a liver tonic. The liver is under constant onslaught from toxins. It has a remarkable capacity for self-regeneration but under certain circumstances, especially in older horses, the regeneration fails to keep pace with degeneration. Impaired liver function is often only a temporary condition, but due you’re your pony’s age, we would suggest you give him a 20-day course 3-4 times a year.

The heating effect of oats and other cereals is thought to be related to the relatively high starch levels. Feed a low starch feed such as Badminton Horse & Pony Cool Mix or Badminton Horse & Pony Cool Cubes, which are ideal for all horses at maintenance or in light work. Both products are oat-free so will assist in maintaining a calm temperament.

This is a common problem with certain types of horse. Restrict grazing, if necessary, and provide hay of a low nutritional value (ie cut later in the year and/or more stem than leaf). Feed a handful of chaff such as Badminton Supreme Chaff or Badminton Alfalfa Light. A Badminton Feed Block will provide important trace elements, vitamins and minerals. During the winter months introduce a low energy feed such as Badminton High Fibre Complete to ensure fibre and vitamin/mineral intake. When feeding a compound feed at the recommended rate, there will be no need to supplement with the Feed Block. Aim to reduce bodyweight slowly by increasing work, if possible. Do not starve the horse, as this can be dangerous.

Dressage horses work hard and should be fed a mixture of energy sources for best performance. These include quality digestible fibre and oil for slow release sustained energy output and some starch for fast release available energy. Badminton Dressage Mix has been formulated to supply all these optimal levels and help maintain performance. Dressage horses are also subject to additional stress when travelling and competing, so Badminton have added a digestive enhancer, EquiMatrix, to Dressage Mix, which helps support the horse’s immune system during the long competition season.

Badminton Competition Mix has been formulated to provide hard working horses with sources of quick release energy. It also contains high levels of vitamins and minerals to help maintain optimum performance. It is also fully guaranteed for competition work.

Triple Top-Up is a low starch, high oil (25%) supplement, which is ideal for putting on condition. It contains no oats, barley or maize. The foundation of his diet can be Equipower Basefeed and forage.

event horse has suffered from azoturia in the past. My vet has advised me to feed a high oil/low starch diet. What would you recommend?

First, speak to your vet about a good worming programme and have her teeth checked. Then you need to feed her a conditioning feed such as Badminton Show & Conditioning Mix or Badminton Conditioning Nuggets. The addition of Speedi-Beet or sugar beet pellets will also help to add condition. Feeds should be split between at least two feeds per day. Feed ad lib good quality hay in the winter months and provide access to good quality pasture in the summer.

You could feed either Triple Top-Up or Cooked Cereal Conditioning Meal. Both products are high in calories and oat free. Their concentrated calories can be fed in low quantities, which are ideal for fussy eaters too.

Loss of weight followed by laminitis in an old, but previously healthy pony, suggests that he may benefit from a 20-day course of Remount, a liver tonic. The liver is under constant onslaught from toxins. It has a remarkable capacity for self-regeneration but under certain circumstances, especially in older horses, the regeneration fails to keep pace with degeneration. Impaired liver function is often only a temporary condition, but due you’re your pony’s age, we would suggest you give him a 20-day course 3-4 times a year.

Older horses and ponies are less efficient a digesting fibre, protein and phosphorus. These increased needs have been taken into account when formulating Badminton Veteran Mix, which also includes a natural anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and immune enhancer. If your horse’s teeth are not good, soak Badminton High Fibre Complete in water to form a mash. This will provide him with fibre, vitamins and minerals he needs.