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Glycaemic Index of Horse Feed

You’ve probably heard the term “glycaemic index” at some point. This buzz-phrase has been circulating among informed horse owners for several years, but what does it mean? More importantly, why is it...

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Conception to Birth

You have made your choice of stallion for your mare. You’ve paid all the vet bills associated with breeding your mare. Now, all you have to do wait for your new foal to arrive! Nutrition plays an...

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Feeding the Hot & Fizzy Horse

Hyperactive, hot, fizzy. There are numerous ways to describe a horse that has too much energy and is being difficult to manage. Worse yet, this behaviour generally occurs at the most inopportune...

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Feeding the fussy eater in winter

As we move into winter we need to prepare our older horses to maintain their health and condition through winter to come into spring in a healthy way.  This preparation needs to combine both nutrition...

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Nutritional Assistance for the Show Ring

By David Nash, Head of Nutrition & Quality  BARASTOC (Ridley) Ensuring your horse is in the optimal condition for the showring is extremely important to all competitors. The need to catch the...

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Feeding Fibre in drought!

By David Nash, GM Nutrition & Quality BARASTOC (Ridley) Droughts are an ever increasing part of life for horse owners in Australia. Each drought brings its own set of difficulties. How well you and...

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Early Lactating Mare

Nutrition plays an extremely important role in how your mare and foal develop and can weigh heavily towards ensuring that the foal develops to its full potential and your mare is equipped to continue...

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Spring Feeding and Insulin Resistance

In many parts of Australia we have endured severe drought with the pasture base being totally destroyed. During winter we have had some rain and the temperature has remained quite mild. What this...

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Tips for handling horse feed in hot weather

Handling and storing horse feed during the hot and muggy summer months can be a challenge. The equine nutritionists at Barastoc and Kentucky Equine Research offer the following tips: Store your feed in...

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Batwings, Foo Foo Dust and Unicorn Poo – De-bunking Myths of Supplements

The title this month is an old saying in the nutrition business, of seeing new products on the market which have ingredients that don’t have, do not or have not yet been proven to be effective and...

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