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Feeding horses prone to Gastric Ulcers
As you probably know, gastric ulcers are common in performance horses. Researchers estimate that well over three-quarters of all performance horses are afflicted. Don’t be fooled into to thinking that...
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Feeding the Overweight Horse
Does your horse get fat off the smell of any oily rag? Owning a good doer presents a different set of nutrition challenges and this is doubly true if the horse is susceptible to becoming overweight....
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Feeding the Hot Competition Horse
For many competition horses, there is a fine line between having enough energy to train and perform successfully and having a horse where control is lost at vital times of an event. The energy...
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DOD and other challenges with growing horses
It’s breeding season and after months of waiting, your foal has finally arrived. How can you ensure that your young horse gets the best start to life and grows up healthy, strong and sound? OCD...
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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...
View ArticleConception 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...
View ArticleNutritional 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...
View ArticleFeeding 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...
View ArticleEarly 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...
View ArticleSpring 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...
View ArticleTips 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...
View ArticleBatwings, 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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