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    Toxic temptations

    Sep 16, 2021 3 minutes
    WORDS: STEPHANIE BATEMAN

    SEEMINGLY HARMLESS, ACORNS can pack a punch when it comes to toxicity in horses, and preventing your horse from eating them is vital. Sadly, oak trees aren’t just a problem in the autumn when they are dropping their acorns, as Jodie Payler discovered earlier this year when her 19-year-old Welsh section A gelding Rocky suddenly became ill.

    “It was February time and I’d brought him in from the field one

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