Practical Ways to Manage Easy-Keeping Horses
Madeline Boast, MSc
October 3, 2025
Learn tips and tricks for navigating the difficulties of managing overweight horses in this article from The Horse‘s Fall 2025 issue.
Learn tips and tricks for navigating the difficulties of managing overweight horses in this article from The Horse‘s Fall 2025 issue.
Follow these 5 tips for feeding horses with recurrent colic while awaiting a diagnosis or targeted treatment.
Hindgut issues in horses can be subtle at first but could lead to colic, diarrhea, weight loss, laminitis, and swelling as the condition worsens.
Get advice on encouraging a hard-keeper to eat more. The first step? Rule out health problems.
Learn about when a horse might need a refeeding program and factors to consider when implementing it.
An equine nutritionist explains why your horse might waste concentrate and hay and how you can combat this.
Don’t forget horses need calories to keep cool in the heat.
Horses evolved to eat frequent, small roughage meals throughout the day, so why do we only feed them twice?
Grass sugar levels shift with time of day, season, and weather. Careful turnout timing can help prevent problems in horses with EMS, IR, or a history of laminitis.
The latest research-based recommendations on managing equine metabolic syndrome and insulin dysregulation. Sponsored by Equithrive.
Explore the methods used to diagnose food-related issues in horses and effectively manage their clinical signs.
Scientists recently examined the role of dopamine in horses with PPID and ID, as well as how pergolide affects dopamine receptors to treat metabolic problems.
Overweight horses and some breeds are predisposed to metabolic problems. Here’s how to feed horses with ID and calculate if your horse’s meal has a safe level of NSCs.
Sourcing lower-energy hay and implementing slow-feeding strategies can help reduce your horse’s risk of becoming obese and developing metabolic problems.
Horses that are used to being on pasture during the spring, summer, and fall might experience nutrient deficiencies during the winter.
Dr. Kelly Vineyard describes the best ways to help an older horse with poor dentition gain weight without putting him at risk of choke or GI problems.
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