How to Start Your Foal on Feed
Madeline Boast, MSc
June 22, 2026
As foals grow, their nutritional needs change rapidly. Learn when to introduce creep feed and how to support your foal’s healthy development.
As foals grow, their nutritional needs change rapidly. Learn when to introduce creep feed and how to support your foal’s healthy development.
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.
Although researchers have shown horses prefer untreated hay, it is safe for horses to eat hay treated with preservatives. An equine nutritionist explains why.
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.
An equine nutritionist explains how to address common nutrition challenges when feeding horses with the dental condition EOTRH, before and after surgery.
Do you have a horse with flaky skin and a dry mane and tail? The right feed might help.
Careful dietary management helps horses with EMS stay in work while reducing laminitis risk.
An equine nutritionist breaks down nutrition terms and acronyms, including NSC, WSC, and ESC. Understanding these concepts can help you manage horses with metabolic problems.
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.
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