Your horse’s workload will have a bearing on the type of feed you choose and the proportion of forage to concentrates.
The tables below give recommended feeding amounts for concentrates (mixes or cubes), alongside forage according to your horse’s workload.
Be careful not to over-estimate your horse’s workload – we have given guidelines for workload beside each level to help you choose.
One to three hours per week, made up of 40% walk, 50% trot and 10% canter.
Three to five hours per week, made up of 30% walk, 55% trot, 10% canter and 5% pole work or low jumping.
Four to five hours per week, made up of 20% walk, 50% trot, 15% canter and 15% galloping and jumping.
If these amounts provide too many calories (your horse gains weight or has too much energy, drop to a feed with a lower Digestible Energy (DE) content or cut back the amount fed and top up with a balancer to reduce calories while keeping the diet balanced.
The image below, shows a rough guide on varying calorie levels of a horse's diet, while keeping nutrient levels fully balanced. (Based on a 500kg horse).