Nutrition FAQ from  Spillers horse feeds 

Q) I am competing my horse regularly and feel he needs more energy, but when I feed a traditional competition mix he gets too excitable. What options do I have?

Answer) This is a common problem amongst horse owners either you can't feed too much as it makes matters worse, or your horse ends up with not enough energy for the work you want to do. 

Traditional competition feeds are normally high in cereal starch and are therefore best avoided when choosing feeds for naturally exuberant or difficult characters.

 Fibre and oil, on the other hand, release fuel to the horse gradually and tend not to encourage excitable behavior, despite being valuable sources of energy. 

It is therefore possible to feed hard working or poor doing horses plenty of calories whilst keeping over-exuberance at bay. 

SPILLERS RESPONSE^® Slow Release Energy Cubes and Mix are ideal for these types of horses; providing a medium level of energy suitable for the competition horse without the high level of starch seen in traditional competition feeds.

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