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    WATCHING THE waistline

    Jan 06, 2022 5 minutes

    MEET THE EXPERT

    DONNA CASE BSc (Hons) is an experienced, fully insured independent equine nutritionist who runs her consultancy The Horse Feed Guru out of Newmarket, working both nationally and internationally. She works with a variety of horses and ponies from competition horses to retired veterans. Visit thehorsefeedguru.com

    FORAGE IS THE foundation of your horse’s diet and can be fresh in the form of grass, or preserved in the form of hay and haylage. It should form the largest source of nutrition including energy (calories), fibre, protein and a certain amount of vitamins and minerals.

    If we think about how horses evolved as trickle-feeders, they have an innate need to chew for 16-18 hours a day. When the horse eats grass, hay or haylage, he has to chew for longer than when eating a

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