The Well Fed Horse

25/09/2025

Feeling lost when it comes to feeding your horse? 🐴🌱

👉🏼 You’re not alone.

Many horse owners want to do their best by their horse - but navigating feed choices, supplements, pasture variations, and conflicting advice can leave you second-guessing everything.

It can feel like a puzzle you’re trying to solve alone:
❓ What feed is right for my horse?
❓ Are they getting too much of one thing, not enough of another?
❓ Is this really supporting them or making things worse?

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

✨ Imagine having clarity and confidence in your horse’s diet - knowing it is designed specifically for their unique needs.

✨ Imagine seeing positive changes in their health, performance and wellbeing.

✨ Imagine having someone in your corner to take the guesswork out of it for you.

That’s exactly what my services are designed to do: -

✅ Remote Nutritional Analysis - an in depth review of your horse’s current diet and a clear report identifying nutritional gaps, and where adjustments are needed.

✅ Premium Nutrition Consultation - A fully designed diet and feeding plan tailored to your horse’s unique needs, taking the guesswork out and giving you total confidence moving forward.

I work with horse owners across Australia. You don’t need to leave the paddock!

No brand bias. No generic advice. Just balanced, clean, species-appropriate nutrition designed to support your horse - and your peace of mind.

📩 If you’re ready to stop guessing and start feeding with clarity and confidence, send me a DM or an email. I’m happy to help.

Your horse deserves to be well fed - and you deserve to feel supported.

05/09/2025

TEST BEFORE YOU WORM YOUR HORSE THIS SPRING 🪱🐴

Spring has sprung and are you thinking about worming your horse this weekend?? STOP, put the wormer down and read on ....
Did you know that not all horses need to be wormed in Spring but every horse should have a FEC test??
Only those horses that return an FEC of 200 EPG (Eggs Per Gram). How do you know if you horse is shedding over 200 EPG? A FEC test will help to determine which shedding category your horse falls in and if it needs to be wormed. Horses that fall below 200 EPG do not need to be wormed, unless they are below the age of 5 or under veterinary advice.
If you just worm without testing because you always do in spring, then you are contributing to the wormer drug resistance problem by over worming and worming horses that don't need to be done. Drop off locations for testing by FECC is available Horseland Canberra , EQ Saddlery - Canberra and by appointment in Belconnen or Tuggeranong town centers.
Our take home message is TEST BEFORE YOU WORM YOUR HORSE THIS SPRING.

22/08/2025

15/08/2025

Are you making one of these feeding mistakes?

Many feeding mistakes start with good intentions.
But good intentions aren’t always good nutrition.

Here are 3 habits I see often — small, well-meaning choices that don’t align with how horses are designed to function.

Because feeding horses isn’t about guesswork, habit, or convenience — It’s about biology.
And when we feed with that in mind, everything shifts.

📥 Save this post now, rethink your feed choices — it matters more to your horse than you might realise.

Want help building a species-appropriate diet? I’d love to help.

18/07/2025

🏇 Feeding for Recovery: Muscle Glycogen in Performance Horses
 
Like all mammals, horses store energy in several forms — including glycogen in the liver and muscles, and fat (triglycerides) in both body fat and muscle tissue. These energy reserves fuel ATP production, powering muscle contraction during exercise.
 
Of these, muscle glycogen is the primary and fastest burning fuel during high-intensity exercise — which makes replenishing it a priority post-performance.
 
🔄 Why Glycogen Replenishment Matters:
After high-intensity work, muscle glycogen stores are reduced or depleted. Low glycogen levels can lead to:
 
·      Reduce performance
·      Increased fatigue
·      Delayed recovery
 
But here’s the catch:
🕒 Horses replenish glycogen much more slowly than other species. Full recovery can take up to 48–72 hours, not immediately post-exercise.
 
⚠️Horses also have lower insulin sensitivity, which means high-starch or sugar-based “recovery feeds” won’t accelerate muscle glycogen restoration. In fact, they have the potential to disrupt gut health and increase the risk of issues like EGUS, colic, laminitis, or hindgut acidosis.
 
👉 In this carousel, I break down what muscle glycogen is, why it matters, and how to feed for recovery in a way that supports your horse’s biology — not the latest fad.

🔹 Want to fine-tune your horse’s diet? 
📩 Send me an email or pop into my DMs —
 

07/07/2025

Did you know your horse takes one breath for every stride at the canter and gallop?

It’s not just a beautiful rhythm — it’s a brilliant piece of biology.

This natural sync between breath and movement is called respiratory-locomotor coupling. It helps horses move efficiently, stay balanced, and breathe more easily under pressure.

But when nutrition falls short — whether it’s inflammation, poor feed quality, or not enough fuel for the workload — this elegant system can falter.

✨ Healthy breathing starts in the feed bucket.

If you’re wondering whether your horse’s diet is supporting optimal performance and recovery, I’d love to help.

📩 Book a Remote Nutritional Analysis today.

25/06/2025

We stable them.
Rug them.
Ride them.
Supplement them.
 
But the modern-day horse still has the same digestive system as their wild ancestors.
 
🟤 Still designed to graze up to 16+ hours a day.
🟤 Still reliant on slow, continuous, high-fibre digestion.
🟤 Still vulnerable to modern feeding mistakes.
 
👉 When we feed horses based on convenience — not biology — we create imbalance.
 
📌 Feed the horse in front of you — but never forget the horse within.

💚 Good nutrition starts with understanding the horse as nature designed it.

19/06/2025

🎉 Congratulations Ava Dirou & Ballymount Lord Rubin! 🐎🏆

It was such a pleasure to present the winner’s award for the EVA65cm Senior class at the 2024 Interschools Horse Extravaganza (ISHE), held at AELEC, Tamworth.

A huge congratulations to Ava Dirou and her beautiful horse Ballymount Lord Rubin on their well-deserved win! 💫

I'm proud to have sponsored this event as part of my commitment to supporting young riders and promoting clean, balanced, species-appropriate nutrition for equine athletes of all levels.

🌱 The Well Fed Horse is here to help horses feel and perform their best — from paddock to podium.

19/06/2025

Fibre - A foundational nutrient and one of the basic requirements of all horses. 🌾

Fibre isn’t just part of the diet - it is the diet. It underpins every aspect of your horse’s digestive function, wellbeing, and nutritional balance. 🌀

Horses are hindgut fermenters, and without enough fibre, health and performance can unravel quickly. 🐴

12/06/2025

Feeling lost when it comes to feeding your horse? 🐴🌱

👉🏼 You're not alone.

Many horse owners want to do their best by their horse - but navigating feed choices, supplements, pasture variations, and conflicting advice can leave you second-guessing everything.

It can feel like a puzzle you're trying to solve alone:
❓ What feed is right for my horse?
❓ Are they getting too much of one thing, not enough of another?
❓ Is this really supporting them or making things worse?

But it doesn't have to be that way.

✨ Imagine having clarity and confidence in your horse's diet - knowing it is designed specifically for their unique needs.

✨ Imagine seeing positive changes in their health, performance and wellbeing.

✨ Imagine having someone in your corner to take the guesswork out of it for you.

That's exactly what my services are designed to do: -

✅ Remote Nutritional Analysis - an in depth review of your horse's current diet and a clear report identifying nutritional gaps, and where adjustments are needed.

✅ Premium Nutrition Consultation - A fully designed diet and feeding plan tailored to your horse's unique needs, taking the guesswork out and giving you total confidence moving forward.

I work with horse owners across Australia. You don't need to leave the paddock!

No brand bias. No generic advice. Just balanced, clean, species-appropriate nutrition designed to support your horse - and your peace of mind.

📩 If you're ready to stop guessing and start feeding with clarity and confidence, send me a DM or an email. I'm happy to help.

Your horse deserves to be well fed - and you deserve to feel supported.

09/06/2025

Healthy adult horses can be FEC-ed twice a year and dewormed just once or twice a year depending on FEC results. Every horse has an individual relationship with their worm burden and so for an accurate idea of egg shedding/worm burdens every horse should be checked. Token samples from groups of hors...

30/05/2025

💩Talk Poo To Me.
Stallions don’t just drop and go - they back it up like they own the place. (It’s not just sass … it’s science).
Meanwhile, mares and geldings are a little less dramatic about it.
But beyond behaviour, poo is also a window into your horses digestive health and nutrition.
Strange poo? Too loose? Too dry? Too smelly? It might be your horse’s diet doing the talking. Let’s review what your horse is eating - DM to book your Remote Nutritional Analysis 📊🐴