Feeding your Horse for Winter

The course

We all want to ensure our horse/s remain healthy. This course will explain to the novice or experienced owner, how to feed according to your horse’s specific requirements.

Areas of Study:

• Introduction to the course
• Theory – the digestive system, rules of feeding, types of feed, when to feed, how to feed, what to feed.
• Practical – on the yard, in the feed room, looking at horses and calculating feed rations.
• Theory – Feeding according to the work done – competition horses and special requirements, supplements and additives.
• Practical – on the yard, looking at horses and designing feed ration
• Discussion, Questions and Answers

Entry qualifications:

None.

Additional Information:

Students are required to bring warm, wet weather clothing, gloves, riding hat to the current BSI standards, Notepad and pen, short shoes or boots.

Dates available:

These courses may be charged lower fees due to co-funding from the Skills Funding Agency, ESF and other sources subject to an eligibility assessment. Please contact Hartpury Business on 01452 702154 to discuss whether you are eligible for lower prices.

For on site quotations and group bookings please contact Hartpury Business to discuss your specific requirements. Telephone (0)1452 702154 e-mail:hb@hartpury.ac.uk