EquiKneads

21/03/2026

Just a little thank you kiss for his massage

Few appointment slots available for this week, PM me to book in

19/03/2026

🐣SPRING INCOMING🐣
with spring comes sunshine and cold nights and mornings.
And with that comes the worried and concern owners of laminitic, EMS, PPID or insulin dysregulated horses.
Most people think mid day is the worst time to turn out?! And that is correct in the summer time. BUT coming into spring our nights are still cold and sometimes frosty along with mornings.. this means that the fructose is infact higher in the mornings and mid morning in spring time.

If you are concerned about your horse with any of these above issues and scared of maybe history repeating itself. Here are a few things to note with these problematic horses.

🍬 TREATS 🍬
Remember to factor in treats have a carbohydrate/starch content as well as sugar content..

Such as apples, carrot polo mints..

While apples and carrots are healthy natural treats they are in fact high in sugar.

🍎All different types of apples have different sugar contents. Anywhere between 4-15g of sugar in a single apple. But that's not factoring in the carbohydrate contents which are anywhere between 16-28g!!
That combined is a recipe for disaster!

🥕 carrots also differ in sugar contents also. Can be anywhere between 3- 10g of sugar. Aswell as carbohydrate/starch contents. Which can be anywhere between 6-15g of starch. These being the better option of treat between the two, it is also worth keeping an eye on the amount of them your problematic horse consumes especially with laminitis.

⚪️Then we have the good old polo mint/mint.
Which while they are small in size their sugar and starch/carbohydrate contents is SKY HIGH!
One single mint is between 97% SUGAR alone. Made entirely of glucose and sugar. AVOID AT ALL COSTS if horses have laminitis, prone to tying up, EMS, PPID, Insulin issues, cushings or even weight issues

Below is a chart made to show the sugar & carbohydrate/starch levels combined which is NSC content. And alternative healthier treats for your horses.

19/03/2026

11/03/2026

🐴FUN FACT🐴

Horses travelling on a box or lorry is the equivalent of 20 minutes continuous exercise per hour of travel.
2 hour trip= 40 minutes continuous exercise.

12/02/2026

Brilliant new Equestrian page
Follow and join their page to find any equestrian needs, from tack, rugs, horse/donkeys for sale, advertising equine businesses, and much much more
You can find your nearest tack shops, feed suppliers, hay/haylage suppliers, farriers, equine vets, instructors, equestrian facilities, transporters, you name it you can find it right here!
Think yellow pages but Equine and much more modern 😉

🐎✨ Northern Ireland’s Premier Equestrian Marketplace is LIVE! ✨🐎

Horse Finder is here to bring the NI equestrian community together in one trusted, transparent place.

✅ Free horse sales listings
✅ Free business directory listings
✅ Everything horsey all in one place

We’re building something real, with real people, for the real equestrian community. And this is just the beginning…

📍 Full launch in May
🏆 Proud sponsors of the Northern Ireland Festival & Balmoral Show
🇬🇧 With plans to take Horse Finder to HOYS and across the UK

Join us and be part of the journey 💫

🌐 www.nihorsefinder.co.uk

11/02/2026

Two spots left for north down area,
This Friday 13th
12pm & 2pm
PM to book in

04/02/2026

Brilliant inhand & driving shows to attend!
And every single member and attendee is so kind an welcoming! Some great prizes to win and craic to be had

Just a quick wee reminder of some of our events for the upcoming year starting with A HIGH NOSH BUFFET on Friday 13th March being held in The Bannville House Hotel Banbridge 🏨 more details regarding this tremendous evening will follow shortly.