Horses love to eat short, juicy grass. They also eat hay (which is dried grass) especially in the winter or when they are stabled. Extra high energy food such as barley, oats, maize, chaff, bran or processed pony nuts are good for working horses. Horses have small stomachs for their size and need to eat little and often - if in a field, horses will graze for most of the day.
Sometimes cattle need to be put in a horse pasture for a while to even out the grass. Horses crop the grass deep down and unevenly. That leaves grass too short to eat and uneven spots of grass. Cattle, on the other hand, crop the grass so that there's still some grass left to eat later. They also make the length fairly even throughout the field.
There are many grains and oats that can be fed to horses that are stabled mostly, or even stabled partially.
There are all kinds feed you can give your horse. However some may not be right for your horses needs. Use this information to help you figure out what you should feed your horse (but remember that if you actually plan on changing your horses feeding plan talk to someone with experience first!!) This also lists Supplementary feeding and Rules to good feeding (information collected from Pony Club manual #1)
The following lists types of feed that you can feed your pony or horse (not all types of feed has been listed).
The amount and type of feed a pony needs depends on a number of factors. The most important of these are :
You can also visit Body Weight vs. Daily Food Requirements if you're not sure how much feed to give your horse.
****Also: visit Horse Treats to give your horse something extra yummy!
