Nutritional Influence in Sale Preparation
Achieving the best coat shine, topline and behaviour of youngstock entering the sales ring is aspired by many breeders and for them to maintain sound development and to become successful in their future performance career.
Antioxidants
Increased oxygen intake drives metabolic processes and helps cells to produce energy to help power your horse during exercise.
What is Equine Exertional Rhabdomyolysis? And how can a correct feeding regime and management help manage this disease.
As the workload increases for horses preparing to go out hunting or for racehorses beginning their training for the national hunt season, Exertional Rhabdomyolysis (ER) is a common problem in Ireland and can occur year-round.
Get Ready for Autumn with Bluegrass Horse Feed
Ashley Neely BSc, SQP from Bluegrass Horse Feeds highlights the key points to consider when altering your horses’ diet for autumn and winter.
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Is Starch Bad for My Horse?
With the recent trend of feeding lower starch and sugar feeds, it is important to understand the role of starch in the diet, and when low starch feeds are beneficial.
Benefits of Yeast in Horses Diets
Horses’ diets are based on a high fibre content, digested in the hindgut through microbial fermentation, known as hind gut fermenters.
Electrolytes and Your Horse
During exercise and when out competing our horses can produce alot of sweat, it’s their natural method to help regulate their body temperature.
Impress the Judge - Improving Topline and Condition
Improving topline and condition for showing and performance horses not only helps to impress the judge but is also required for balance and strength.
Does What we Feed Affect our Horses Coat?
As horse owners we spend endless hours brushing and washing to achieve that perfect shine whether its for a competition or just to keep them looking great.
Getting it right: Weaning
The weaning process has been reported in recent research as one of the most stressful events in a horse’s life (Mach et al 2017).
Developmental Orthopedic Disease - Nutritional Influences
Abnormal growth and development in young horses can significantly impact their future career as sound athletes.
Getting it right - Nutrition and the Neonatal Foal
Within the first 12 to 24 hours after birth it is essential that the foal receives colostrum, a rich and essential source of antibodies.
Can Poor Nutrition Affect Hoof Quality?
Brittle and damaged hooves are always an owner’s concern, poor quality hooves can impact their performance, comfort and can develop into related lameness problems.
Feeding the foetus – Nutrition, The key to success
Correct nutrition is key in all developmental and growing stages of the foal, not only in the early stages of life, but also throughout the gestation period.
Race 13 ® - Product Focus
The choice of the world’s leading trainers, Race 13® is the benchmark for equine performance diets.
Safe Feed Storage Guidelines from Bluegrass Horse Feeds
Bluegrass Horse Feeds are focusing on the important of correct feed storage with a helpful print out guide for horse owners to put in their feed rooms.
Hay v’s Haylage – Which Forage Should You Choose?
The foundation to any feeding programme is the forage content of the diet, recommended by the National Research Council to be a minimum of 1.
Sugar - Is it bad for my horse?
We all crave those sweet sugar tasty treats, but is sugar also bad for our horses? And what is the sugar level in my horses feed? Some owners manging horses with metabolic, digestive or behavioural issues often ask the Bluegrass Horse Feeds team these questions.
Feeding Management for Equine Cushing’s Disease
Equine Cushing’s Disease is remarked as the most common endocrine condition in the horse, correctly known as Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID), estimated to develop in 20 to 33% of horses around the age of 20.
How Does Correct Nutrition Affect Equine Joint Health?
Performance horses, the developing foal and senior horses are all at a higher risk of joint injuries and issues occurring.
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Can Over- Rugging your Horse Contribute to Equine Obesity?
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For some horse owners it can be easy to fall into the illusion that our horses are feeling the colder temperatures and reaching for a heavier rug is often the case.
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Nutritional Influence in Sale Preparation
Keep Reading
Achieving the best coat shine, topline and behaviour of youngstock entering the sales ring is aspired by many breeders and for them to maintain sound development and to become successful in their future performance career.
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Antioxidants
Keep Reading
Increased oxygen intake drives metabolic processes and helps cells to produce energy to help power your horse during exercise.
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What is Equine Exertional Rhabdomyolysis? And how can a correct feeding regime and management help manage this disease.
Keep Reading
As the workload increases for horses preparing to go out hunting or for racehorses beginning their training for the national hunt season, Exertional Rhabdomyolysis (ER) is a common problem in Ireland and can occur year-round.
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Get Ready for Autumn with Bluegrass Horse Feed
Keep Reading
Ashley Neely BSc, SQP from Bluegrass Horse Feeds highlights the key points to consider when altering your horses’ diet for autumn and winter.
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Is Starch Bad for My Horse?
Keep Reading
With the recent trend of feeding lower starch and sugar feeds, it is important to understand the role of starch in the diet, and when low starch feeds are beneficial.
-
Benefits of Yeast in Horses Diets
Keep Reading
Horses’ diets are based on a high fibre content, digested in the hindgut through microbial fermentation, known as hind gut fermenters.
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Electrolytes and Your Horse
Keep Reading
During exercise and when out competing our horses can produce alot of sweat, it’s their natural method to help regulate their body temperature.
-
Impress the Judge - Improving Topline and Condition
Keep Reading
Improving topline and condition for showing and performance horses not only helps to impress the judge but is also required for balance and strength.
-
Does What we Feed Affect our Horses Coat?
Keep Reading
As horse owners we spend endless hours brushing and washing to achieve that perfect shine whether its for a competition or just to keep them looking great.
