How Do You Feed Sugar Beet To A Horse?
Sugar beet is a popular horse feed in the winter, due to the fibre and calcium richness. It also helps keep the horse warm. • Choose the type of sugar beet: flakes, pellets or shreds. There is no difference between the three types. • Choose whether to buy molassed or unmolassed versions. • Unmolassed sugar beet is ideal for horses/ponies who are sugar intolerent, prone to laminitis, or already have sugar in their diet. • Molassed versions of sugar beet can help heighten energy levels in horses, which can benefit high work horses such as hunters or race horses, or horses recovering from starvation, or simply to maintain weight in winter. • Purchase the sugar beet. Simply order online, or visit a horse feed retailer. • Put the appropriate amount of sugar beet into a container, and fill it with water about 5cm – 10cm above the sugar beet. This will soak into the sugar beet. Hot water is recommended as it will soak in quicker, but cold water can also be used. • Place the container out of r
