Feeding youngstock – everything you need to know Advice – Feeding youngstock in the first year New-born horses are beautiful, if somewhat gangly, creatures – but they’re also a bit of a nightmare when it comes to figuring out how to properly feed them in that first year! What you want to aim for when feeding a foal or growing horse is a steady increase in height and weight. At birth, a typical thoroughbred foal will weigh approximately 10% of their adult weight, which is approximately between 450/500 kilograms, and…
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Suzanne Ashton, Founder of Everything Horse (Est, 2012), has a BA Hons in Marketing Management and a Diploma in Equine Science. Suzanne has ridden and owned horses all her life and has twelve years of experience in marketing, writing, design, SEO, and website creation.
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