What do I need to feed my horse?

[Folly's place]

She scored 49; pretty good, IMO. She's by Tanzeln, who's by Enrico Caruso, an international sire in many areas, out of a approved mare by Amethyst, who competed in eventing at the Advanced (3*) level. Nice horses!!!
Mary

 

[mominoz]

I have 2 arabs now, had Tb,Qh ...was working on endurance riding once upon a time.Learned a lot from those vets. Roughage is what they are designed to eat. Good quality horse hay unless they are like my arabs who ate cow hay for years... then soaked beetpulp (which is halfway between a hay and a grain), then alfalpha pellets , then whole oats... or you can spend a lot for a name brand mix of the above. I feed my 20 something with 3 teeth missing now, our pastures (rotated), the above as needed... add fat before you add sugars.... (they used to suggest adding oil if you had a horse with low weight up to 2 cups a day)...

 

[casportpony]

I want to add that if you don't have a lot of experience around horses, and riding lessons, DO NOT go out and buy one! Find a good stable and instructor, and take lessons, for at least six months to a year. If that's not possible financially, or timewise, neither is horse ownership!
I'm also not riding any more, and still have horses at home. The ground gets harder every year! And, my old 'steady eddy' mare is buried out here, and no way am I getting on my 'sweet young things'!
As everyone has said, grass pasture or grass hay is the base diet, with salt and mineral blocks, and then extra calories as needed. Some are fat on pasture, and some need lots more.
Horses are great, but they are not toy poodles!
MaryView attachment 1445729

This showed up on the random picture thing and I just wanted to say how much I like this mare again!

 

[Animals45]

You should let it graze in the pasture and maybe feed it some hay.