Equerry Conditioning Mash Horse Feed 20kg Equestrian Food

Equerry Conditioning Mash – 20kg

A conditioning feed in mash form, at an estimated 12.5 MJ/kg with 12% protein, 5.25% oil and 16% fibre. The calories come from a combination of dried beet pulp, oat by-product, soya oil and full fat linseed rather than from a heavy cereal load, so weight goes on steadily without the sharpness a grain-based conditioning feed can produce.

Feeding it as a mash is the other half of the appeal. A warm, sloppy feed goes down well with a horse that has gone off its food after illness or a hard season, and it carries a good deal of water into a horse that is not drinking enough — which in cold weather is a common and under-recognised problem.

Performance & Benefits

• Estimated 12.5 MJ/kg with 12% protein, 5.25% oil and 16% fibre.
• Digestible energy drawn from fibre and oil sources rather than a heavy cereal load.
• Full fat linseed meal and soya oil for coat condition and calorie density.
• Fortified with a vitamin and mineral premix, plus yeast for digestive support.
• Warm mash format encourages fluid intake in cold weather.

Suitable For

• Horses and ponies needing condition and weight gain.
• Poor doers, and horses recovering from illness, injury or a hard season.
• Fussy feeders that will take a mash when they will not take a dry feed.
• Cold weather feeding, where a warm mash also gets water into the horse.
• Contains oats and molasses — not appropriate for a laminitic. A low-starch conditioning feed is the right route there.

Feeding

• Mix with warm water to the consistency the horse prefers and allow it to swell before feeding.
• Feed according to bodyweight and condition, alongside free access to forage.
• Introduce gradually over seven to ten days.
• Make up fresh for each feed and always provide clean, fresh water.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: high-fibre oat by-product, dried beet pulp, wheatfeed, soya meal (GM), oats, molasses, full fat linseed meal, vitamin and mineral premix, soya oil, yeast. 20kg.
• Protein 12%. Oil 5.25%. Fibre 16%.
• Digestible energy 12.5 MJ/kg.

Care & Caution

• Contains dried beet pulp. Always mix with water and allow it to swell fully before feeding; fed dry, beet pulp can cause choke.
• Do not leave a made-up mash standing in warm weather — it ferments.