
Free-Feeding Hay: When Will My Horse Slow Down?
A nutrition expert offers advice for ensuring free-fed horses don’t overeat hay.


A nutrition expert offers advice for ensuring free-fed horses don’t overeat hay.

A reader’s horse that doesn’t like to drink when traveling recently tied up at an event. A nutritionist offers advice to get the horse to hydrate in the future.

As horses age, they might need additional nutritional support. Read advice on feeding senior horses.

Keeping competition horses well hydrated isn’t always easy. An equine nutritionist offers tips to help prevent dehydration.

Restoring muscle glycogen, rehydrating, and ensuring a horse’s diet offers enough vitamin E all help with recovery after strenuous exercise.

While steeped in tradition, feeding bran mashes can cause GI distress in horses. Learn why, and discover alternatives.

Researchers have shown feeding horses alfalfa prior to riding can help buffer stomach acid and offers relief for ulcer-prone horses. But is hay or a pellet better?

Do you struggle to get pills into your horse? A nutritionist offers advice and some precautions.

Do you have a horse with flaky skin and a dry mane and tail? The right feed might help.

Find out how your horse’s diet could support shedding and his incoming summer coat.

Can feeding hay cut later in the season lead to impaction colic in horses?

Sometimes mares don’t produce enough milk to support their foals’ demands. Here’s what you can do to help.

A nutrition expert offers advice on preventing weight gain and boredom while a hefty horse is on stall rest.

With careful management and feed selection, owners can provide broodmares the nutrients they need to support foal growth. Here’s what one equine nutritionist recommends.

Learn the difference between ration balancer feeds and supplements and how they benefit horses when pastures are scarce.

Find out how to safely feed horses fat and if it’s a good weight-gain solution.
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