Optimal hydration for health and performance is more complex than just providing your horse with water. Make a healthy splash on your equine friend!
I don’t know about you, but when the summer hits I tend to be glued to the weather forecast planning my training, and changing length, intensity and timing ad-hoc usually before the sun rises, and again late afternoon. It really depends where one lives but in hotter climes checking temperature, humidity, wind speed becomes rather…
How to keep your equine partner’s electrolyte intake balanced in the heat. Summers are a story, of chilling in the pastures, or doing the rounds at competitions, it all depends on where we live. The bottom line though remains, it is hot! And a horse that sweats loses electrolytes, which must be replaced for your…
It is easy to fall into the trap that cold means less thirst, and therefore, it is only normal that our horses need to drink less when it’s cold. Whilst it is true that they will drink less than in summer, the basic need must be covered. On average, horses tend to drink 30 to…
Our equine partners in northern climes may well have a little more time off than usual, depending on whether we have indoor arenas to train them or not. However, whether your horse enjoys a winter holiday or not, he definitely requires the calories needed to keep him warm. You could be forgiven for thinking, oh,…
Water of course, you would say. Yes, no water no life, making sure equines always has access to water sounds simple enough. But considering the average horse consumes between 30 and 50 litres a day and up to double than that in hot summers, you would really want to know what is in that water,…