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NUTRITION -RELATED PROBLEMS Condition
 Horses lose condition because of an inadequate supply of essential nutrients!
HORSEHEATH  NUTRITION products have been used very successfully for many years to restore lost condition and then maintain it, as you can see from the accompanying testimonials.

Significant weight loss will involve muscle wastage; rectification requires good quality protein. You will find this in these HORSEHEATH products:  Body-Builda™, Equi-Builda™, LinGold™,  Stud Mix, Competition Mix, Working Horse Mix, AntiLam™ & Full Fat Soya. Good quality hay/haylage  and pasture (especially spring grass) will help. Also check teeth, worm control and liver function (esp. older horse - consult your vet). More info.... at the PRODUCTS page.

Causes

  • Human error - underfeeding!
     
  • Illness suppressing appetite or impairing digestion e.g. gut tumours, colic, scour, gastric ulcers, etc.  Consult your vet.
     
  • Stress e.g. bullying, travelling. Stallions are notoriously prone to weight loss during the covering season.
     
  • Worn or damaged teeth preventing a horse chewing its food properly; this restricts food digestion.
     
  • Inadequate worming - serious damage can be caused to the gut, liver and blood vessels, which will cause condition loss and ultimately death.
     
  • Age - A horse's digestive system will become less efficient over time. A number of veterans, including some toothless geriatrics (equine) have had their lives extended considerably with HORSEHEATH products.

A horse requires a minimum of 1% of its bodyweight per day of dry fibre to keep its gut working properly. A 500 kg horse will therefore need 5.7kg (12.5lb) of hay (12% moisture content) or 8.3 kg of haylage (30% moisture). In practice it will need rather more (to satisfy its chewing urge) and can eat up to 3 - 4% of its bodyweight in fibre. A typical small hay bale weighs around 20kg/44lb; a stabled horse will normally require around 1/2 bale/day. If in doubt weigh your haynet!  Especially if you are feeding hay or haylage from large bales.

Horses' natural diets are primarily grass-based; this is normally inadequate for the performance horse and so needs supplementing. HORSEHEATH NUTRITION achieves this by selecting and blending feedstuffs which centuries of experience combined with the latest scientific research tell us can be satisfactorily digested by the horse. 

 

Condition-Overweight

Fresh air!! - We can't bag it; Exercise!! - We don't sell it!!
As with people, weight can only be reduced by cutting down on nutrient intake, and/or taking exercise!

You should first cut high energy/protein foods, and then restrict forage or grazing, or reduce its quality. Remember the 1% rule about minimum fibre requirement.

Daniel Neilson - Ongar, Essex. Winner, Young Showjumper Competition - Olympia 2007, Silver Medal  Junior European Championship, Auvers, France 2007 etc.etc
“I first experienced Horseheath products last summer when Helen West sent her High Tone Z to Katrina & Jason Moore. We were impressed by the way her horse maintained condition and even temperament on the feeds she supplied. We now use Body-Builda as the main base feed for the whole of the yard, adding EquiBuilda and/or Competition Mix depending on workload and condition. The horses all look very well & have plenty of stamina, in spite of their high workload, and remain level-headed.”

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Tony Clark, Newton Longeville, Bucks.
 THREE STAR  Event Rider


                      

 

 

                         February                                                 June    
This was “Drop o’Port” last February, having worried himself into a rather poor state. We changed his feed to BodyBuilda & EquiBuilda; he’s  a bit calmer and his condition has improved no end.  We have quite a number of  competition horses, several of which are prone to weight loss  - BodyBuilda is very effective in maintaining their condition.”   
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Letter from CHRISTIANE  HOLTSCHOPPEN (Chinnor)
Herewith the pictures of my 20+ veteran. Erstwhile a hunter/showjumper he still does flatwork and hacking and works regularly five times a week.
The
two pictures showing him before he was moved to BODYBUILDA AND EQUIBUILDA at the end of April  and three months later (July ). You would not believe he was  the same horse.                         April
 

I would not feed my horse anything other than     
               
 
these two products and recommend your feed  highly! I am not sure that my horse would still be with us today if it had not been for your feed.
Thank you for looking after us.                                                           June

 

 
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Case History

This Pony Mare was in foal to one of Anne Smalley’s stallions. It went very lame seven months before foaling, looked like a toast-rack and was written off by its vet. Its owner was referred to John Chapman for advice, as a result of which it reared a healthy colt foal (which later bit him!) and made a full recovery. It was fed Horseheath AntiLam with additional soya and a mineral/vitamin supplement (Pegavite).

                                             
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RORY GILSENAN, Tingewick
“I saw the improvement in Lyn Jones’ horses last winter so I thought I’d better give BodyBuilda™ a try. It’s fantastic - the horses all look terrific - they keep level in the ring - perform well and have lots of stamina."
 
      
      Rory on Pencarder Gatsby at HOYS last year
                Owned by Sharon Barnes

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SHARON MYNARD, Leckhampstead Wharf Stud, Buckingham.
 
Some of the latest crop of foals:

“For a number of years I have used BodyBuilda™ as the base feed for all the horses here plus some full-fat soya for any that need a little extra. All our horses like the product and look very well. “
N. b. Sharon has been using BodyBuilda™ since about1998!
              
  

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Beverley Brightman  Bedfordshire - based Grand Prix Dressage Rider
"......A Trakhener stallion recently arrived somewhat under weight; he has responded magnificently to a diet of BodyBuilda™ and Equi-Builda™.”
                                                 
Beverley on De Delux at Keysoe

Dolly (City Spring Venture) retired Eventer - 28 & still going strong on 
   AntiLam & BodyBuilda  - ridden    here by Faye Woods                     

                                

ANN SMALLEY, Barkway Stud (Royston)
"Since I have used Horseheath Products all my ponies have looked fantastically well, and our success in the Show Ring I think proves it."
Ekens Fifer
!st, Royal International Show Hickstead 1st & Champion, Three Counties Show, Malvern.
1st & Champion, BSPS Summer Championship Show
Supreme Champion BSPS Area 15a Points Awards

Customer since 2000. Anne mainly uses BodyBuilda™ plus some AntiLam™ and Stud Mix
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Claire Highnam, HIGHTOPPS STUD & SHOW TEAM
Thanks to Gravenhorse, I am able to maintain my ridden ponies in top show condition without worries about laminitis. All my ponies are fed a high-fibre low sugar/starch diet  - Anti-Lam & Full-fat soya, giving a superb topline, wonderful glossy coats, all without excitability. The continued success of the products speak for themselves in our long list of showring achievements to date”

                           
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Alison Balfour-Lynn, Putteridge Bury, Luton
“ I have a 26 yr old Appaloosa x TB , never a good doer, always a picky feeder. As usual it lost a lot of condition this winter. I was persuaded to try Body-Builda and Full-fat soya. Three weeks later the feed was disappearing at an alarming rate, but the horse looked much better. It’s also got much more stamina, and doesn’t keep running out of puff”
                visit  Alison's website  
 Apollonia Snowcloud                              

 
Appaloosa x TB mare. 26 years old. Became dangerously ill in October 2005, probably virus. Was within days of being destroyed. Wouldn't eat, became extremely thin. Because eating     so little had to have extr-            
Jan 2008                    emely high calorie feed. Put on Bodybuilda, full fat soya pellets, oats and sugar beet 3 times a day. Took a year to fully recover, but now fine and back in work

                              Hopeful (Hope) - originally  named "Hopeless" !!
 

 

 

 

Jan 2008        June 2007   Full (unregistered) Appaloosa mare, now 4 years old. Bought from Ireland in Dec 2006. Extremely poor when bought, failed to thrive. Veterinary tests showed extensive internal parasite damage including liver and arterial wall damage, extensive hind gut scarring. Prognosis dire. Extensive worming programme, probiotics, rich grazing. Fed equibuilda, bodybulda, full fat soya, oats, barley and sugar beet. Looking much better, has just started work, although long term future still uncertain.


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