Horse Feeds

WHAT IS THE BEST HORSE FEED FOR MY HORSE?

A general rule of thumb is that an average 400 Kg horse that receives light work needs about 2% of its body weight in forage to stay in good health and avoid colic. That means your horse care should for a horse of this weight should include about 8 Kg of quality hay. But horses also need other nutrients (such selenium and Vitamin E) in order to heal wounds, recover from exercise, and remain healthy. This can be accomplished by feeding 6 Kg of quality hay and 2 Kg of quality feed concentrate.

WHAT IS THE BEST HORSE FEED CONCENTRATE FOR MY HORSE?

Endurance horses need a concentrate that has a 75-25 ratio of fat (75%) to glucose (sugar-25%). Three day eventers need 67% fat and 33% glucose. Hunters need 50-50. So choose the best horse feed regiment for your horse based on her breed and discipline.  

WHEN SHOULD I FEED MY HORSE?

Horses can be fed hay right up to the time of competition. For horses that have ulcers, this is particularly true because hay will buffer the stomach from excess acid. Alfalfa hay is better for horses with ulcers than grass hay.

Grain or feed concentrates that are high in starch should be feed at least FOUR HOURS before exercise or competition. The sugars and starches in grain will produce a rapid rise in glucose (sugar) in the horse’s body. Insulin will then rise to compensate, interfering with proper glucose metabolism.

Feeding more than 2 Kg of grain or feed concentrate in one feeding will put too much strain on the horse’s hind gut to process, causing fermentation and an increase in intestinal acidity. This greatly increases the risk of colic and other digestive ailments. It is better to spread out feedings in smaller quantities.

DOESN'T GRAIN (OR PROTEIN) MAKE A HORSE "HOT"?

We’ve all heard that grain can make horses “hot”. It turns out that it is the non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) in grain that does this. Different grains have different amounts of NSC. The highest are corn (60%) and oats (52%).

WHAT IS THE BEST HORSE FEED FOR HORSES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS?

Horses that frequently “tie up” are very sensitive to dietary starch. They need a diet that is high in fat rather than starch.  

Source: Purina

Popular Horse Feed Products We Stock

Please check at time of purchase that these products are still in stock.

High Performance Feeds

  • Breed N Gro
  • Breeda (20kg)
  • Calm Performer (20kg)
  • Completo (20kg)
  • Cool + (30kg)
  • Cool Horse & Pony
  • Cool Stamina
  • Copra Meal (20kg)
  • Economix (20kg)
  • Equibix (20kg)
  • Equi-jewel (20kg)
  • Equine Senior, Higain (20kg)
  • Fibre Essential, hygain (20kg)
  • Fibrebeet (20kg)
  • Gold (20kg)
  • Green & Gold (30kg)
  • Gumnuts (20kg)
  • Ice Cool, Hygain (20kg)
  • Low GI Pellets
  • Maxisoy (25kg)
  • Micrbeet, Hygain (2o kg)
  • Munga (20kg)
  • Nutririce Show & Comp
  • Nutririce Versatile (22kg)
  • Nutririce Veteran (22kg)
  • Old Timer, Pryde's (25kg)
  • Omega No Grain Gold
  • Rice Bran (25kg)
  • Salt (25kg)
  • Senior (25kg)
  • Silver Pony Club Mix (20kg)
  • Speedibeet (20kg)
  • Stablemate (20kg)
  • Total (20kg)
  • Weightgain (20kg)
  • Weightlifter (25kg)
  • Xtra-Cool (20kg)
  • Zero, Higain (20kg)
  • Tru Gain, Hygain (20kg)
  • Prydes EasiSport (20kg)
  • Prydes Oid Timers (25kg)
  • Maxicoat (10kg)

Chaffs and Hays

  • Barley (30kg)
  • Barley (25kg)
  • Barley, Micronised, Hygain (20kg)
  • Barley, Molassified (20kg)
  • Barley, Rolled (20kg)
  • Barley, Rolled (25kg)
  • Barley, Rolled & Coated (20kg)
  • Barley, Extruded (20kg) Mitavite
  • Canary Seed (20kg)
  • Canary Seed (25kg)
  • Canola/Rape
  • Chaff – Lucerne
  • Chaff – Oaten
  • Chaff – Unimix
  • Chaff – Wheaten
  • Corn (25kg)
  • Corn (30kg)
  • Corn, Cracked (25kg)
  • Corn, Rolled (30kg)
  • Corn, Rolled & Coated (20kg0
  • Hay  - Rye/clover
  • Hay – Lucerne
  • Hay – Meadow
  • Hay – Oaten
  • Hay – Wheaten
  • Linseed (25kg)
  • Lupins (25kg)
  • Lupins (30kg)
  • Lupins,Rolled (20kg)
  • Lupins, Cracked (25kg)
  • Lupins, Rolled & Coated (20kg)
  • Millet Jap (25kg)
  • Millet White (20kg)
  • Millet White (25kg)
  • Milo (25kg)
  • Mung Beans (10kg)
  • Mung Beans (25kg)
  • Nigar (kg)
  • Oats (20kg)
  • Oats (30kg)
  • Oats (40kg)
  • Oats, Hulled (25kg)
  • Oats, Rolled (20kg)
  • Oats,Rolled (25kg)
  • Panicum, Red (20kg)
  • Rape (25kg)
  • Safflower (25kg)
  • Straw – Barley
  • Straw – Pea
  • Straw – Pea (Bagged)
  • Sunflower, Black (25kg)
  • Sunflower, Grey (25kg)
  • Wheat – 20kg
  • Wheat – 40kg