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29/12/2025

Laminitis..

⚠️Winter Laminitis Risk⚠️

There is nothing better than a bright and cold winters morning but be aware of the risk of laminitis during December and January.

🧊☀️Cold and sunny days lead to higher levels of sugars in grass. ☀️🧊

Ideal conditions for high non-structural carbohydrates concentrations are clear skies to maximise photosynthesis, and low night temperatures, below 5°C, which slows growth and minimise loss of carbohydrates.

❄️Frosty weather top tips: ❄️
✨Avoid grazing during bright, cold spells until overnight temps stay above 5°C returns
✨Provide plenty of alternative forage by feeding hay but consider soaking to reduce further sugars
✨Keep hydrated and ensure your horse is drinking
✨Reduce starch in the diet
✨Feed a balanced diet of essential vitamins and minerals

🔹Speedi-Beet mash, that once soaked is high in volume, fibre and chew time but low in starch and sugar🔹

Speedi-Beet can also be soaked with warm water to provide a tasty winter warming meal.

If you suspect your horse has laminitis, call your vet immediately for advice.
01765 680 300 | enquiries@britishhorsefeeds.com

29/12/2025

⭐💙Speedi-Beet, the original low calorie beet💙⭐
🔹Low Starch
🔹Low Sugar
🔹High Fibre

😍Great for those good doers. 😍

Soak to 1 part beet to 5 parts water for a high volume but minimal calorie serving.

💧Just 1 wet scoop can provide as little as 2.5 MJ of digestible energy.💧

We Pudo all over SA.
084584 1220

30/11/2025

✨Forage replacement ✨

Forage may be in short supply but there are plenty of alternative solutions!

Reasons to look for forage alternatives
🌱Lack of grazing
🌱Limited or poor hay and haylage
🌱Dentally challenged
🌱Calories, either increasing or decreasing depending on your horses requirements.

A lack of forage could result in
💙Weight loss
💙Digestive problems such as gastric ulcers and colic
💙Behavioural issues
💙Loose droppings

To maintain a healthy digestive system and weight, your horse should be consuming around 2% of their bodyweight in forage per day or if your horse is good doer this can be decreased to a minimum of 1.5%

Enhance and extend forage with:

💙Speedi-Beet 💙
For those good doers and those that need to control their calorie intake

💚Fibre-Beet 💚
For those that need additional calories and weight gain.

Feed 1kg of dry weight Speedi-Beet or Fibre-Beet to replace up to 1.5kg of hay.

Remember to always soak into a tasty mash and split across as many feeds as possible!

20/11/2025

Fibre-Beet fed initially to improve weight. Last two months been on Speedi-Beet to maintain.
He moved in April a stallion. Got gelded, new home, Cape Winter and he has come on in leaps and bounds.

19/11/2025

Time for a well-deserved SPECIAL to all our loyal customers!

Speedi-Beet @ R634.50 and Fibre-Beet @ R696.50.

We are open to the public weekdays 8am till 16:30. 11 Hoog Street, Malmesbury. Come pick up your beet product from as from 24 November till 5 December'25 at super low prices!!

OR we Pudo to you! Anywhere in South Africa. Quick and easy!
Only R150 postage per bag. Prices include vat.
Don't miss out!! These prices don't come around often.
084 584 1220
Helena@Speedi-Beetsa.co.za

29/10/2025

✨🕰️Clocks changing = routine change🕰️✨

🍂Its officially “cosy season” and your horse may be spending more time stabled with a different routine.
Changes in seasons, diet and routine can increase the risk of colic. 🍂

Tips to reduce the risk with a stabled horse.
🔹Feed plenty of fibre
🔹Encourage water consumption
🔹Make routine and diet changes gradually

Try adding a soaked mash such as Speedi- Beet to your horses feed to:-
1️⃣Increase fibre intake
2️⃣Prolong chew time
3️⃣Aid hydration

Keep your horse satiated and keeping the digestive system mobile and happy!

24/10/2025

💚Fibre-Beet, when, why & how! 💚

Our unsung hero, Fibre-Beet is sometimes found lurking in the shadows of our flagship product Speedi-Beet!
Did you know Fibre-Beet is the conditioning version of Speedi-Beet!
Expertly blended with Speedi-Beet, alfalfa, oat fibre, peppermint and added biotin it’s the perfect tasty conditioning fibre mash!

Fibre-Beet is
🟢Low starch
🟢Low sugar
🟢High Fibre
🟢Conditioning without the FIZZ

When to use it? NOW!
Are you struggling with....
🟢Bare paddocks that lack grass as we head into winter
🟢Poor forage or limited supply
🟢Elderly horses and ponies with poor teeth
🟢Poor fibre eaters
🟢Horses that have already started to drop weight as we head into winter.

For specific feed advice, contact our team for tailored diet plans.

14/10/2025

💙Seasonal Laminitis watch!💙
Laminitis, a condition in which blood circulation to and in the hoof decreases and the sensitive laminae of the feet become inflamed and swell causing painful increased pressure in the hoof.

Common Causes:
🔹Rich grass/ fructan overload
🔹Obesity
🔹High cereal intake
🔹Metabolic disorders such has EMS or Cushing’s
🔹Illnesses or infections

Laminitis can be very painful and can come on very suddenly.

Early Warning Signs:
🔹Shifting weight or reluctance to move
🔹Rocked-back stance
🔹Warm hooves or increased digital pulse
🔹Lameness

Prevention Tips:
🔹Monitor grass intake by either strip grazing, use of a grazing muzzle or reducing turnout at times of day when fructan levels are at their highest.
🔹Maintain a healthy weight
🔹Remove starch and sugars from the diet – avoid cereal based feeds
🔹Feed a balanced diet of essential vitamins and minerals
🔹Be cautious during seasonal changes!

Dietary changes and restrictions to grazing however should not compromise your horse and ponies fibre intake

Feeding a tasty Speedi-Beet mash, that is high in volume, fibre and chew time but keeping calories minimal is ideal for good doers and those prone to laminitis when fed as a balanced diet.

Speedi- Beet is also approved by the Laminitis trust

If you suspect your horse has laminitis, call you vet immediately for advice.

11/10/2025

💙Speedi-Beet = The Original and the Best💙

Nothing added, just sugar taken away!
✨Low Sugar
✨Low Starch
✨“Diluted” calories for the good doer
✨Ready in 10 ‘Speedi’ minutes

11/10/2025

💚🐴Pre-exercise meal of Fibre-Beet 🐴💚

A major contribution to gastric ulcers is exercising on an empty stomach. Movement can force stomach acid beyond the protective layer of the stomach, where it can burn the squamous region.

Feed Fibre-Beet prior to exercise to-
🟢Create a physical barrier or “raft” of fibre to help prevent acid splash
🟢Increase chew time and saliva production to help neutralise the stomach acid around the optimum of pH4
🟢Provide natural beet pectin’s, that can bind and extend the mucosal lining to protect the stomach from acid splash
🟢A natural prebiotic to support gut health when fed as part of a balanced diet

11/10/2025

💚✨Winter forage worries! ✨💚

🐴 Is your roughage supply limited?

🐴Fibre is one of the essential nutrients needed when it comes to the horse’s diet and roughage is the highest proportion.

🐴To maintain a healthy digestive system and weight, your horse should be consuming around 2% of their bodyweight in forage per day.

A lack of roughage could result in
💚Loss of weight
💚Digestive problems such as gastric ulcers and colic
💚Behavioural issues

Fibre-Beet, a super fibre conditioning mash with a carefully formulated combination Speedi-Beet, lucern and oat fibre is the ideal tasty forage replacement
💚Low starch
💚Low sugar
💚Increases chew time & fibre intake
💚Highly palatable tasty mash

🐴Fibre-Beet can be fed separate from hard fed as a “haynet in a bucket”. By offering more than one fibre source alongside hay this will encourage natural foraging and grazing behaviours.

✨For specific and bespoke advice call our friendly team today! ✨

04/10/2025

Much needed weight loss achieved with carefull feeding.