A friends Equine Dentist Recomended Feeding a scoop of sugar beet with a scoop of speedi beet for horses that drop weight during winter.(SOAKED ,never feed dry)

Mainly Because Sugar beet releases energy slowley, thus it warms their bellys up.

Which keeps them warmer therefore they drop less weight!!! (He did say more but I really cant remember it!!!)


I hope this helps others

Sorry but I dont agree, the slow release is not what a horse needs to keep weight on its what a horse needs to keep weight off!

Do you have a problem with a horse keeping weight on?

Nope But my point is slow release energy keeps them warmer during winter, If their warmer, If they feel warmer in themselves they wont waste energy trying to keep warm.


My 8month old colt dosent seem to be having weight issues, seems to be doing farley well.

I have problem with keeping him fat.
He lose weight in cold months.
should I feed it more?

Dogs are also not fat.
I keep them outside.

What are you feeding at the moment.
Sugarbeet is not good for putting on weight and is also very good at hotting horses up so feed with caution.
What type of horse have you got and what work is he in?
Also have you wormed him recently?

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Personally I won't touch sugar beet and don't even get me started on Speedi-Beet!!! My boy is sugar intolerant anyway so I have to be extreamly careful with his diet. I feed in the winter Allen & Page Calm and Condition with Fast Fibre, and I cannot recommend this feed enough!! It's completely natural and put kilo's back on him when he dropped a huge amount of weight last year. In the summer months I change him to Allen & Page Ride and Relax. Both feeds I mix with Ready Grass and supplements but I do recommend emailing Allen & Pages nutritionists as tehy are extreamly helpful and knowledable. They've tailored a complete feeding schedule for me and it works out very cheap too!! I spend around £25 a month in the winter on hard feed for him and that's 2 meals a day to keep weight on, and half that cost in the summer to maintain his weight.

RIde and relax is a fave of mine alongside Ad lib forage and a good chaff.

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Jemahan Tinkerbell's Magic

there is a supplemtn on the market, 365 complete, it is an all round supplement and really helps horses maintain condition, think you can only buy it online but it is very reasonably priced, 50 days supply for £15.99 i think. if you google 365 complete you should be able to find it.

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a good quality ad-lib supply of hay is a great winter warmerwheat middlings are a good way of putting weight on horses my old mare is doing very well since this additionplus i add hot water to make a warm feed

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I had trouble keeping weight on my 27 year old Warmblood mare last year, I was recommended by an Equine Nutritionist to feed her Dengie Alpha Oil, Baileys No. 4 (Conditioning Cubes) and Barley Rings, this has really worked and she is looking really well now. When she was younger she was a good doer and I fed her Sugarbeat to bulk out her food not put weight on.