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Feeding the competition horse interview with British Equestrian

Feeding the Competition or Performance Horse - Recording of a live Q&A Session

Topics covered include: -

Staying competition safe and legal - Respiratory Health - Keeping Horses Hydrated - Managing Dietary Changes - Reducing the Risks of Colic

Super Fibres in Horse Feed - What are they and why should we feed them

Plants use the energy of the sun to convert carbon dioxide and water to simple sugars. These sugars are then the building blocks for the plant to make whatever it needs. By combining many sugar units, they can make fibre...

Managing Director of Simple System, Oli Harris, is set to run the London Marathon

Simple System’s Managing Director, Oli Harris, is swapping his steel toe caps for trainers this April, as he runs the TCS London Marathon in aid of Retina UK - the only UK charity dedicated solely to working with inherited sight loss.

MetaSlim FAQs

MetaSlim - is Simple System's carefully formulated pelleted balancer for those prone to metabolic issues and laminitis.

Here are our most frequently asked questions about MetaSlim for horses:

Headshaking in Horses

Headshaking in horses is a distressing condition, which is typified by a sudden head movement in a vertical plane rather than what we would normally consider a shake of the head, is due to pain in the trigeminal nerve of the face. For some unknown reason, this nerve fires off at certain triggers, causing sudden pain to the horse.

When will the spring grass start coming through?

When will the spring grass start coming through? Now we are past the spring solstice, days are longer than nights, it feels as if spring is here, but nothing seems to be growing much! Horses out in fields will nip off the new growth of grass as soon as it appears, so just looking at the pasture does not always tell the whole story.

Forage first at the National Equine Forum

This week, Simple System's Nutrition Manager, Ellen Lincoln BSc (Hons)., MSc., attended the National Equine Forum - an event that brings together professionals from across the entire breadth of the equine industry to discuss topical affairs and concerns; what has gone well in the last 12 months, and what we need to do better in the future.