Tag: spring grass

Spring Grass: What It Can Do to Your Horse’s Health

24 August, 2026

Spring is a welcome change for both horses and their owners. The days become warmer, grass begins to grow rapidly and paddocks can suddenly look lush and green. But while spring grass may look like the perfect natural food for your horse, young, rapidly growing grass can contain high levels of readily available carbohydrates and may provide considerably less fibre than mature pasture or hay. For some horses, this sudden change in diet can have a significant impact on their health. The effects can range from changes in behaviour and digestion through to weight gain, insulin dysregulation and inflammation, in…

Pasture Management for Healthy Horses

9 July, 2021

There are two different approaches to the whole subject of pasture management depending on what sort of horses you own. If you just want the quiet ride at the weekend and safe ponies for your children then you will do things somewhat differently from someone who has performance and/or breeding horses. In either case: NEVER apply commercial fertilisers: No super, no potash, no NPK, no urea, they will all cause the grass to be even more unsuitable for your horses. Sufficient nitrogen for grass growth can come from occasionally (but not frequently!) harrowing manure. Originally, we thought it was just…