How To Feed Performance Horses on a Budget
Clair Thunes, PhD
September 15, 2025
Get tips for ensuring your horses receive the nutrition they need without eating all your money.
Proper feeding practices for foals, adult horses, and older horses
Get tips for ensuring your horses receive the nutrition they need without eating all your money.
Meet 3 horses successfully rehabilitated after being malnourished, and learn about the efforts made to save them from neglect.
One’s designed to be the horse’s whole diet, while the other is meant to complement his forage ration. Which is best for your horse?
Equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS) can only be definitively diagnosed through gastroscopy by a veterinarian. Sponsored by Endoscopy Support Services.
Two experts explain how you can improve your horse’s joint health through nutrition and how to choose high-quality joint supplements.
Five veterinary experts discuss the latest in diagnosing, treating, and preventing equine gastric ulcers in this roundtable. Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim.
High-quality protein digested in the small intestine helps supply essential amino acids needed for muscle repair, recovery, and performance in horses.
Discover which horses can benefit from higher carbohydrate levels in their diets and the feeds that can supply them.
Vegetable- and marine-based sources can provide your horse with essential omega-3 fatty acids. Consider these factors when choosing an omega-3 supplement for your horse.
Make sure you choose the right type and amount of salt to support your horse’s health—especially during extreme heat.
A veterinarian answers a reader’s question on why some horses have runny manure certain times of the year.
An equine nutritionist explains how starch affects horse gut health and can influence equine behavior.
Learn how horses go from metabolic to laminitic and ways to manage them.
Don’t forget horses need calories to keep cool in the heat.
Learn about feeding your new horse during transport, quarantine, and the first few weeks at his new home.
Read top tips and tricks for medicating your horse with everything from antibiotics and anti-inflammatory tablets to anti-ulcer pastes and deworming medications.
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