22/10/2026
๐๐ฑ๐ท๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ'๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ... With 2026 producing the hottest summer on record, tucking horses into their stables and battling through rain and mud seemed a long way away but alas, just as happens every year, the temperatures have started to drop, the nights are drawing in and most of us are moving over to our winter routine.
For many horses this means more time spent stabled, reduced or altered turnout schedules and a change in workload, all factors which may require adjusted feeding.
Their energy or calorie needs can go in either direction and not always in the direction you might expect:
๐ดHorses who usually do well on good grass, feel the cold or work harder in winter during the โindoor seasonโ may need more food to maintain their weight and supply sufficient energy for their work.
๐ดHorses who have a reduced workload with the lack of daylight or spend most of their time stabled, not expending as much energy in the field, may need less food or risk them gaining weight or becoming too fresh.
With Simple System feeds, we can easily accommodate for this change in energy requirement with simple swaps up or down within the same forage type. This avoids a major dietary change, better supporting the hindgut microbes, but subtly adjusts energy intake to keep them looking and feeling their best.
Our unique and specific product specifications means we have high and low energy options amongst our popular lucerne and grass-based chops and pellets.
It is not always about just increasing or decreasing meal size but considering the overall nutritional value of the feeds being used and whether changing to something higher or lower in protein and calories may be a better solution than making feeds bigger or smaller.
Here are some examples...
๐ง๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป...
If Build & Shine is proving too nutritious in winter, swapping to Organic Lucie Stalks would mean the same or even greater volume could be fed - so that your horse can enjoy a generous and time-consuming meal - but with lower calorific value.
๐ง๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ...
If the volume of Blue Bag Grass Pellets needing to maintain weight is proving too great for your horse's appetite swapping some or all for Red Bag Grass Pellets supports an improvement in body condition whilst keeping feeding amounts the same, or even reduced.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป?
Sainfoin is a typically a highly nutritious forage type, better suited in general to those with higher energy demands however the nutritional value in the feed bowl can be reduced by bulking it out or, diluting it down with a lower nutrition chop or pellet as preferred.
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ...
Target feeding can be utilised for those needing minimal feeding to maintain their weight but lacking energy when they are ridden. The daily feed can be a low-calorie chop and balancer with a high nutrition pellet fed directly before work for an energising boost.
๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ...
Check in with us the Simple System Feed Line, who will be happy to adjust an existing feed plan or to devise a new one. The Feed Line can be reached by phone on 01728 604 008, or by email to [email protected].
