Feeding Hard-Keeping Horses
Madeline Boast, MSc
November 16, 2025
Consider the reasons your horse needs to gain weight and learn how to help safely and effectively. Read more in the Winter 2025 issue of The Horse.
Consider the reasons your horse needs to gain weight and learn how to help safely and effectively. Read more in the Winter 2025 issue of The Horse.
Cold weather often brings unwanted weight loss in hard-keeping horses. Two experts offer advice on preventing this as we prepare for temperatures to drop.
Age is just a number, but age-related horse health and nutritional challenges are very real. Here are 6 tips to help you formulate the optimal diet for your horse’s golden years. Sponsored by Purina.
Learn how to choose forage, concentrates, and supplements to support weight gain and overall well-being in horses with multiple health conditions.
Do you want a festive fall treat for your horse? Find out if pumpkin is a safe choice.
An equine nutritionist offers care and feeding tips to help owners prepare thin senior horses for cold weather.
An equine nutritionist answers common questions about beet pulp, which has long been a mainstay in many feed rooms for horses.
Experts describe how to help horses experience a comfortable and healthy retirement.
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?
Many senior horses remain active into their later years. Adjusting nutrition—opting for quality protein, fiber, fat, and antioxidants—supports health and performance.
Follow these expert tips to correct common feeding mistakes and improve your horse’s gut health and overall well-being.
A veterinarian answers a reader’s question on why some horses have runny manure certain times of the year.
Learn how to help your horse or pony shed his excess pounds safely.
As horses age, they might need additional nutritional support. Read advice for feeding senior horses.
Does your horse devour his meals? Slowing your speedy eater at mealtime can help prevent issues such as choke and wasted feed.
Learn what nutrients are in your senior horse’s feed and why his body needs them.
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