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Is Feed Making My Horse ‘Hot’?
Q.At the end of this summer I started my 4-year-old mare under saddle. She’s been doing really well, especially in the walk and trot. However, when we canter she picks up speed and resists slowing down.
She was getting grass and alfalfa hay and 4 pounds of a low-starch, fairly-low-calorie textured feed. In an attempt to make her less “hot,” I’ve removed the alfalfa
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Clair Thunes, PhD
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