Feeding Horses

Horses are grazing animals with small stomachs designed to digest small amounts of food almost constantly. A horse or pony usually consumes about 2% or more of their body weight in feed each day although an individual horse's nutritional requirement will vary depending on their age, weight and activity.

Types Of Horse Feed
Information about the different types of horse feed and their qualities.

Forage And Concentrate Feed Ratios
A guide to forage and concentrate feed ratios for horses according to workload.

Feeding Times
Information about when to feed horses and when to avoid feeding horses.

Feed Quantities
Information on how much to feed a horse.

Feeding A Grass Kept Horse
Information about feeding a horse kept at grass.

Feeding A Stable Kept Horse
Information about feeding a horse kept stabled or partially stabled.

Water

Horses require 5-15 gallons of water per day and water should always be available to a horse whether it is grazing or stabled and it is particularly important that water is available prior to feeding.