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Asked on: 20-Sep-2009
Answered by: Richard Brosnan

Hello, I have got a ten year old Standardbred gelding and a four year old Shire horse gelding, both need to put on condition, especially the SB is a very poor doer. The pasture they are grazing is quite poor quality but they have hay available ad lib. At the moment I'm feeding about 700g of NRM Equine Balancer and 1-2 kg of FibrePro (Chaffhage). Could I replace the FibrePro with perhaps NRM Equi Jewel? Can I actually feed Equi Jewel and Equine Balancer together? I also read in another question that when feeding Equine Balancer I still need to ad salt. How much do I need to ad (mineral block is available at all times)? Have you got any other recommendations what to feed to put on condition, which doesn't heat them up as they are not doing much work? Your advice would be much appreciated! Yours sincerely, Elfi Menpes

Thank you for your query.

The simple answer is to introduce more calories into the horses diets. I wouldn’t recommend changing the Fibrepro as it will be providing the horse with roughage which is helping the horses system work efficiently. What I would suggest doing is replacing the NRM Equine Balancer with NRM LowGIsport. This change will add calories to the ration without compromising the vitamins and minerals in the diet.

NRM LowGIsport is unique to most ‘cool feeds’ as it has a higher calorie level therefore perfect for your horses to gain condition. The majority of calories in NRM LowGIsport are derived from ‘cool’ energy sources in the form of fat and fibre. The supply of ‘cool’ energy comes from but isn’t limited to the super fibre beet pulp and the high fat stabilized rice bran supplement KER Equi-Jewel. NRM LowGIsport also contains a KER premix which means at the recommended intakes your horse will receive its daily requirements of vitamins and minerals except salt. If you have a salt block available for the horse it should sufficiently supply the horse with its daily requirement of salt.

The amount to feed the horses will depend on the workload and weight of your horses. The feeding recommendations can be found on the back of the bag.

I hope you find this information useful



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