I am competing my horse regularly and feel he needs more energy, but when I feed a traditional competition mix he gets too excitable. What options do I have?
This is a common problem amongst horse owners and in these circumstances usually owners have tried low energy mixes or cubes but without much success. Either you can’t feed too much as it makes matters worse, or your horse ends up with not enough energy for the work you want to do. Traditional competition feeds are normally high in cereal starch and are therefore best avoided when choosing feeds for excitable of highly strung individuals. Fibre and oil, on the other hand, release fuel to the horse gradually and tend not to encourage excitable behaviour, despite being valuable sources of energy. It is therefore possible to feed hard working or poor doing horses plenty of calories while also keeping excitability at bay. Fibre and oil are also safely digested and will not cause irritating abdominal pain. Gain® Freedom is ideal for these types of horses; providing a high level of energy suitable for the competition horse without the high level of starch seen in traditional competition feed
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