Thin & Hard-Keeping Horses: Healthy Weight Gain

Is your horse too fat, too thin, or at an ideal weight? Dr. Christina Fritz explains why the eye, the scale, and the Body Condition Score can be misleading.

Assessing a horse’s body condition is important — an imbalance can seriously compromise its health.

How to help thin or old horses through the winter? There are countless tips, but what is useful to bring them into balance?

Supplementing the diet with sainfoin can offer significant support for heavy feeders, thanks to its protein profile and its ability to stabilize the intestines.

Many horses come out of the grazing season a little “chubby”. At first, this is a completely normal process: the horses gain weight over the summer and lose it again in the winter. It is therefore not of any drama if the horse is now carrying around...