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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Carbohydrates in Horse Diets
There is a lot of discussion these days about carbohydrates, the good and the bad. In reality, they are all related. Carbohydrates contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in varied chemical relationships. Sugars are the simplest of the carbohydrates and can …
Conditioning Your Horse: 5 Types of Fitness
Spring is officially here and you’ve probably got a season full of shows, races, trail rides, and more planned for you and your horse. But before you put your horse back to work, take a minute to think about the …
Supplementing Horse Diets with Omega Fatty Acids
As you look at your horses’ diet, it is important to remember that horses need a balance of both omega-3 and -6 fatty acids for optimal health and performance. One isn’t necessarily better than the other; they simply have different …
Omega Fatty Acids: What do they do for horses?
Adding supplementary fat in your horses’ diet is a great way to provide concentrated calories as well as some other functional benefits to your horse; but what sources of fat are best? Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are a hot topic in …
Poisonous to Horses: Plants
As a horse owner, I have come to realize that horses have an uncanny ability to get themselves into trouble. Whether it be messing with the fence, making play-things of their stall or breaking into the feed room to grab an extra snack, …
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Tagged as How-To, pasture
High-Fat Horse Diets: Performance Horses
A high-performing horse can have up to twice the calorie requirement as the same horse in a maintenance stage. Owners and trainers of performance horses often give more feed to meet that calorie need. Because horses can use fat as a calorie source …
