10/01/2025
With increased time in the stable and reduced exercise, many horses experience ‘pent-up’ energy during winter. Cold weather, wind, and rain can also make them more ‘on their toes’ - especially if they’re freshly clipped!
Here are some things to be aware of if your horse tends to be spooky, naughty, or over-excited in winter;
1. Too many calories can either make your horse overweight, or in some cases lead to over-exuberance
2. If your horse is a poor doer, and needs a high calorie diet, make sure that you are feeding the right sort of energy!
3. Feed for the work you are doing.
4. If your horse is on a low cereal, high fibre diet and is fed the correct amount for their condition and workload, adding a calming supplement like Steady- Up® can really help to curb over-enthusiastic behaviour, and aid concentration.
Learn more in this week's Knowledge Base article 👉🏼 www.feedmark.eu/helping-your-horses-behaviour-during-winter-2
