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Nutritional Assistance for the Show Ring
Ensuring your horse is in the optimal condition for the show ring is extremely important to all competitors. The need to catch the judge’s eye with a healthy shinny coat is great but for a nutritionist, having the horse that is both healthy inside and out is extremely important. With the show season nearly upon us, having a horse that is in healthy condition is essential to ensure that they perform at their peak level for the entire show which for some of us may be 10 days.
The horse’s general wellbeing and health needs to be addressed when preparing an animal for the show ring. The first nutritional review to conduct is to look at the current diet. Does it have the correct amount of nutrients such as protein, fats, fibre, vitamins and minerals etc for an average healthy horse?
We then need to asses if the horses current body condition score (BCS) is sufficient, if we want to gain or lose condition. If we want to make a change to the horse’s condition we really need to do this gradually over a period of time. A sudden change in diet can easily cause gastric complications. Once we have a basic balanced diet we can then tweak the diet to assist with the key areas. This can be done via the addition of key nutrients.
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