{"product_id":"topspec-lite-feed-balancer-15kg-low-calorie-balancer-for-good-doers","title":"TopSpec Lite Feed Balancer – 15kg Low Calorie Balancer for Good Doers","description":"\u003ch5\u003eTopSpec Lite Feed Balancer – 15kg\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eLite Feed Balancer is the one for the horse that lives on air. TopSpec declare it at 9.1 MJ\/kg with 15% protein and 6.5% starch — deliberately below the 25% protein and 12.5 MJ\/kg of the Comprehensive balancer, because a native or a cob in light work does not need either and will simply carry the surplus as fat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat it does not cut is the micronutrients. Biotin is declared at 30mg\/kg, the same as the full-fat balancers, and calcium 2.4% and magnesium 0.6% match them too. Vitamin E is the one figure that steps down, at 1,000iu\/kg against 2,500 in Comprehensive and Performance Lite — a fair reflection of a horse in light work rather than hard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026lt;\u0026gt;\u003ch5\u003ePerformance \u0026amp; Benefits\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9.1 MJ\/kg and 15% protein — genuinely low-calorie compared with the 12.5 MJ\/kg Comprehensive balancer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiotin still declared at 30mg\/kg, giving 15mg a day to a 500kg horse at the recommended rate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalcium 2.4% and magnesium 0.6%, unchanged from the higher-specification balancers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVitamin E at 1,000iu\/kg, set for a horse in light to medium work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17% fibre and 6.5% starch, on a base of high fibre oat by-product and dried beet pulp.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBalances a restricted grazing or soaked-hay diet in 500g a day, without adding condition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u0026lt;\u0026gt;\u003ch5\u003eSuitable For\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGood doers, natives and cobs in light to medium work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorses on restricted grazing, a grazing muzzle or soaked hay.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverweight horses being brought down in condition that still need their full vitamin and mineral requirement.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorses and ponies prone to laminitis — TopSpec state Lite Feed Balancer is suitable for them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNot the right choice for a horse currently laminitic or under veterinary treatment for it: TopSpec AntiLam Forage Balancer supplies a higher level of micronutrients and is the one we stock for that.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u0026lt;\u0026gt;\u003ch5\u003eFeeding\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeed 100g per 100kg bodyweight daily — 500g for a 500kg horse, 250g for a 250kg pony.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTopSpec's own worked example is 250g per feed, twice a day, for a 15hh cob cross or native good doer in light to medium work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA half-pint mug holds roughly 200g. A 15kg sack lasts a 500kg horse 30 days, or a 250kg pony 60 days.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMix into a small damp feed or a handful of chop. Do not add a bucket of hard feed to carry it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvide access to a salt lick at all times, and clean fresh water.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u0026lt;\u0026gt;\u003ch5\u003eComposition \u0026amp; Analysis\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComposition: high fibre oat by-product, soya bean meal (GM), dried beet pulp, wheatfeed, linseed expeller, grass, calcium carbonate, molasses, vitamin premix, sodium chloride, magnesium oxide, dicalcium phosphate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTypical analysis: protein 15.0%, oil 3.5%, fibre 17.0%, starch 6.5%.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDigestible energy 9.1 MJ\/kg. Calcium 2.4%, magnesium 0.6%.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVitamin E 1,000iu\/kg. Biotin 30.0mg\/kg.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTopSpec publish no sugar percentage for this balancer, so none is stated here.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15kg sack, pelleted.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"TopSpec","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41372188016704,"sku":"gdk1789534544539","price":29.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/4091\/9616\/files\/topspec-lite-feed-balancer-15kg-low-calorie-balancer-for-good-doers_1.jpg?v=1789534549","url":"https:\/\/heritagefashionclad.shop\/products\/topspec-lite-feed-balancer-15kg-low-calorie-balancer-for-good-doers","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}