After weight, how hard your horse works decides how much it needs. Count the minutes in a normal training session and you'll have your answer in a few minutes.
Count the minutes in one training session and find your level: 0:40 is light, 1:15 is moderate, 2:30 is demanding.
The level determines the dose of vitamin and mineral supplement. From light to demanding, it increases by more than 60 %.
Normal assumes that your forage analysis shows copper 4‑5, zinc 20‑22, manganese 40‑50 and iron 100‑110 mg per kg dry matter. If you have no analysis, use Ekstra. All figures are on a dry matter basis.
Seniors from 15 years have their own chart
Grams per 100 kg per day, Every Day Happy and Peak Performance. Light work: Normal 54 · Ekstra 80 · Maximum 102. Moderate: 73 · 97 · 121. Hard: 91 · 127 · 145.
The chart applies from the age of 15. All figures are higher than for a younger horse in the same work.
Rider, tack and balance
The weight of the rider and tack affects the workload. The ideal ratio between rider with tack and the horse's normal bodyweight is 1:5. If you exceed 20% of the horse's weight, you need to compensate with a larger daily dose, because the workload is increased.
Your balance on the horse and the position of the tack also count. A rider or tack that sits crooked increases the strain and calls for a larger daily amount of vitamins, minerals and herbs. The best thing for the horse is that you both sit straight.
Physical and mental health both count
Physical health is defined by health, conformation, muscling and weight, conditions in the stable and paddock, the arena surface and the other surfaces you work on, such as woodland tracks, beach and water.
Mental health and stress levels are affected by health and injuries, social skills and relationships, and the physical surroundings.
Several of the points are often forgotten or overlooked, and in the long run that harms the horse. If you need an individual assessment, contact the nutrition consultant.
Stallions, boosters and demanding periods
Stallions always get 10% more than the chart says. We recommend feeding them at Ekstra.
Boosters: Ekstra dosage can be used for 8 to 16 weeks, Maximum for 4 to 12 weeks. During special periods such as moulting, competitions or stress, increase the dose by 50 to 60 % in total for anything from a few days to 4‑6 weeks.
Hard work also changes the choice of mash. Here, use +Energy Fiber Mash, 300 g per 100 kg per day, rather than +Fiber Mash.
In-foal mare, lactating mare, foal and youngstock
In-foal mare: months 1 to 8 are dosed according to the mare's workload. Months 9 to 11 are dosed as moderate work.
After foaling: 3 months as demanding work, then as moderate until weaning. If the mare is both pregnant and lactating, dose as demanding for the whole lactation period.
Foals 2 to 5 months: 1 g of Every Day Happy or Peak Performance per kg of foal per day. From 6 months and as a youngster: dose according to expected adult weight at light work.
