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As winter approaches, some horses can struggle to maintain good body condition. This can be due to a lack of nutritious pasture and/or loss of energy due to maintaining body temperature.

Tips for maintaining body condition. 

Add fibre:  Supplement with alternative fibre sources such as hay, beet, chaff, seed or pulse hulls, flax flakes or compressed chaff or hay pellets.

Add fat: Adding fat is a concentrated way of increasing calories. This can be done with quality vegetable oils: flax, hemp, or rice bran oil or high-fat meals - full-fat soya, sunflower, rapeseed meal or rice bran pellets.

Add carbs: Increase carbohydrates with a quality premixed feed of legumes and /or grains or individual grain such as barley.

Add protein: Increasing protein helps to maintain muscle and condition. High protein meals and supplements include soya, sunflower, rapeseed & flax seed.

Add vitamins and minerals: Include a quality multivitamin-mineral supplement in your horse's diet and a quality probiotic to maintain gut health and optimise digestion. 

Reduce stress and pain: If your horse suffers joint pain/arthritis or is stressed, consider a quality joint supplement and calmer.

Add warmth:  Maintaining body temperature with covers saves your horse from using its to stay warm.  Choose a waterproof rug to suit your horse's grazing condition and provide paddock shelter from the elements where possible. 

  • Dunstan

    Dunstan Sugar Beet Flakes

    $67.90

    A lightly molassed, highly palatable, calorie dense, ‘super fibre’ for horses. A ‘super fibre’, more calorie dense than traditional fibre sources ...

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    $67.90
  • Kumeu Grain

    Hay Bale - Meadow - New season

    $28.00

    Click and collect Horselands Kumeu only, unable to send on courier. New season conventional hay bales.

    $28.00
  • McMillan

    McMillan Grain Free 20 kg

    $47.50

    NOTE: This product only available at Horselands Kumeu Grain  • High levels of digestible fibre for optimum hindgut health and slow release energy. ...

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    $47.50
  • Hygain

    Hygain Fibre Essential

    $46.00

    A revolutionary fibre source that guarantees consistent nutritional values. Formulation Highlights: HEALTHY CONDITIONING: Superfibres are ferment...

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    $46.00
  • Dunstan

    Dunstan Beta Beet 20 kg

    $65.90

    A highly palatable, calorie-dense, ‘super fibre’ for horses. A ‘super fibre’ - more calorie dense than traditional fibre sources Low in starch and...

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    $65.90
  • Fiber Fresh

    Fiber Protect 20kg

    $39.50

    NOTE: This product only available at Horselands Kumeu Grain Premium forage fibre for optimal health and performance – suitable for all horses Fres...

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    $39.50
  • Kumeu Grain

    British Feeds Speedi Beet

    $69.90

    Speedi-Beet is sugar beet pulp with no added molasses, which has been subjected to our patented cooking process to produce a superb complementary f...

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    $69.90
  • Champion

    Champion Bran 20 kg

    $43.70

    NOTE: This product only available at Horselands Kumeu Grain Bran is the seed coat or outer layer removed during flour milling. Usually fed to horse...

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    $43.70