As a horse gets older his digestive system becomes less efficient so he may no longer obtain the full nutritional benefit from the feed he gets. If you notice that your older horse is not looking quite as good as he used to on his current diet, it could be time to step up to a specially formulated feed, like Senior Mix. This provides readily digestible, non-heating calories so should promote a little more condition than a high fibre, low energy feed and, with its excellent levels of quality protein, should also help promote improved muscle tone, which can start to fade as the years progress. Yea-Sacc1026 is included to help stimulate fibre digesting bacteria whilst Digest Plus prebiotic feeds beneficial bacteria to help promote gut efficiency. For overall health and well-being, Senior Mix contains a full profile of vitamins and minerals, including chelated (Bioplex) minerals which are more easily absorbed and utilised by the horseÕs body plus soya oil for a healthy coat. Garlic adds its familiar aroma and flavour to this mix and helps tempt the fussy feeder or those receiving medicines or additives in their feed. KEY FEATURES Highly digestible, conditioning, elevated nutrient levels WORKLOAD Rest, light, moderate KEY INGREDIENTS Micronised cereals, soya oil, Digest Plus prebiotic GM STATUS Non-GM KEY INFO NUTRIENT SPECIFICATIONDIGESTIBLE ENERGY 11.5MJ/kg PROTEIN 12.5% OIL 4.5% FIBRE 14% ASH 6.5% INGREDIENTS Micronised Barley, Grass Meal, Oatfeed, Micronised Wheat, Molasses, DistillersÕ Grains, Micronised Maize, Micronised Peas, Soya Bean Meal, Soya Oil, Calcium Carbonate, Dicalcium Carbonate, Vitamins and Minerals, Garlic Supplement, Digest Plus Prebiotic (ScFOS), Yea-Sacc1026 yeast culture FEEDING ADVICE If your older horse is thriving on his current diet, there's probably no need to change yet. Feed all older horses as individuals - the good doer may be better suited to Lo-Cal balancer and the poor-doer to Top Line Conditioning Mix or Cubes. Maintaining fibre intake is particularly important as a horse's teeth fail. Economy Cubes can be softened with water and fed to replace some of the forage ration. Some older horses and ponies my develop other ailments such as laminitis, Cushing's Disease, liver or kidney problems and are likely to require special diets. If you have any queries regarding feeding your older horse, please contact us using the 'Contact Form' or phone one of our Nutrition Team on 01371 850 247 (Option 2).
Baileys Horse Feeds remains a family owned and run operation. The company was founded in 1982. Another vital aspect of the Baileys team is that all of the staff are horse men and women. This means that they take huge pride in their work. They have a good understanding of all the aspects involved when feeding a horse, the difficulties horse owners face and possible solutions.
Baileys are always at the cutting edge if equine nutrition. Their nutrition team, which is led by Liz Bulbrook BSc (Hons), constantly review the recent scientific research into equine nutrition, and apply relevant developments to their product range. Since 2006 Baileys have had a working partnership with Progressive Nutrition of Iowa, USA. This gives Baileys access to further developments and the extensive research Progressive have completed.
