diet for pulling horses
    looking for different suggestions on feeding a team of heavy weights.supplements etc.

good hay will make a horse bigger than alot of grain

equipoise

Order puller combo #2 from JOJO feed them good hay and feed and work em hard.Also oil is good

henry it looks to me like an oversupply of vitamins and supplements over an extended period of time does affect the hoofs or basically create bad feet. that is just a theroy i have, what is your opinion ?

Equipoise work great,but it is getting very very hard to get. It is allso so expensive only the rich can afford it, last i saw was 180.00 a bottle. I will be glad when everyone stops useing it.

my experience with equipoise does seem to help young horses, although in older horses muscle builder does appear to be just as good. equipoise will help a horse shed quicker, make him feel better, and increase appetite, but i dont see horses getting stouter on this, although there a plenty who would disagree.

TW; Proper nutrition means proper amounts at the proper time. Too much can be and usaully is as bad or worse than not enough. Vitamins must be balanced with minerals, proteins, energy and water. Vitamins can be toxic if overfed some are more toxic than others. The same is true with minerals, particulary selenium. It scares me to see how much Se some people put in their horses. The polo horses died from Selenium toxicity. Many toxic symptoms show up first in the feet so I would not dispute your theory. Nutrient balance is the key.

On Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 11:01 AM TW wrote:
henry it looks to me like an oversupply of vitamins and supplements over an extended period of time does affect the hoofs or basically create bad feet. that is just a theroy i have, what is your opinion ?

I was always taught to blood test your horse first to see what he needs then go from there. Ben

oh i love hearing all of you ill tell you one thing if you dont use any selenium in you work you horse hard in lugg them heavey you will be burying them in thats a promish charlie

Hey Charlie, Isn't it true that too much selenium will tie a horses up in the long run?? Selenium is found in corn so, if they are telling him to feed corn, oat's & hay then he sound be ok with the selenium issue right?