It is always worth reminding yourself of the important rules you should follow when feeding to maintain the health and condition of your horse. Click on the following link from The Horse to check if you have remembered them all.

With the warm temperatures and frequent rainfall our horses are currently grazing the richest, sweetest pasture that I can recall in my thirty-eight years of horse ownership. Every responsible horse owner/carer should be keeping a wary eye on their horse’s body condition but vets and farriers are increasingly frustrated that despite their words of caution and advice an increasing number of obese horses are being referred with laminitis.