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Premium forage alternative to lucerne and grass, rich in natural
minerals and trace elements.
- Very palatable
Suitable For
- Pregnant mares
- Foals and youngstock
- Competition horses
- Older horses
- Lucerne allergies
p
11-16
f
20-30
s
<8
t
<6
m
Sainfoin is a premium forage alternative to lucerne and grass. Known as 'healthy hay', Sainfoin has long been recognised for its many benefits.
Our Sainfoin is rich in natural minerals and trace elements. They are a good source of condensed tannins, which aid digestion of protein. Sainfoin is suitable for all horses, and can be very beneficial when fed with hay and grass as a nutritious alternative and to add a variety of flavour.
Feeding Instructions
As with any new feed, introduce gradually over a week.
Sainfoin Pellets are ideally fed soaked. Alternatively, mix with soaked PuraBeet or a Simple System chop and dampen well. For foals, greedy, elderly or dentally challenged horses, Sainfoin Pellets should be soaked. Use 2-2.5 times their volume of water.
Start with 100g per 100kg of bodyweight per day, increase as required up to a maximum of 5kg per day. For example, for a 500kg horse start with 500g per day (dry weight, before soaking) and increase as required.
Feed according to requirement & condition.
A level Stubbs bowl scoop = 1.5kg (dry weight) approximately
Composition
100% pure Sainfoin
Nutrients
All products are natural and seasonal variations can occur, the packaging of each product will detail the typical analysis which is relevant to the batch/cut within the bag. Below are this product's specification ranges to give an indication of the seasonal variations that can occur for this product.
Specification Ranges
| Crude Fat (Oil) % | 2-4 | % | |
| Crude Ash % | 6-9 | % | |
| Crude Protein % | 11-16 | % | |
| Crude Fibre % | 20-30 | % | |
| Sugar % | <8 | % | |
| Starch % | <6 | % | |
| Digestible Energy | Medium | 9 - 10 | MJ/kg |
Vitamins & Minerals
We do not add vitamins as the forages themselves have them naturally occurring, often in their precursor form. We have averaged the analysis of different batches for this product to provide the following vitamin & mineral figures.
Major Minerals
| Calcium % | 1.11 |
| Phosphorus % | 0.22 |
| Sodium % | 0.06 |
| Potassium % | 1.97 |
| Magnesium % | 0.16 |
| Chloride % | 0.9 |
| Sulphur % | 0.2 |
Minor Minerals
| Copper mg/kg | 6 |
| Manganese mg/kg | 34 |
| Zinc mg/kg | 25 |
| Iron mg/kg | 514 |
| Selenium mg/kg | 0.29 |
We are very keen to promote natural feeding of our native Highlands as they are not built to cope with rich higher sugar diets that you see in many other feeds. We also needed a straightforward and economical diet that could be used for our mares, stallions, foals and youngstock that would promote muscle development and bone growth without adding excess fat or fizz. With Simple System we have found exactly that.
Carolyn Ashcroft, Cheshire
I’m proud to say that Simple System have been part of our team for over 20 years, in our quest to provide our horses with the most natural life we can.
Jasper and Sweep were no doubt, the beginning of our natural journey, bare foot, no rugs, bitless, freedom of movement and making our own hay. Over the years Simple System has always been there when we needed feeding advice for individual horses and also helping us to manage our land with Natural Grazing Mix and Equine Calcified Plus (now Natural Paddock Recovery).
Mrs Lindsey Bootes
''Simple System are the only horse feed company who gave me full confidence in their products, and what they contain.''
Hayley Jubb, Simple System Customer
Miss Hayley Jubb
''Having owned Oakey for 11 years feeding has always been difficult. Whether that was because he wouldn’t eat what he had been given, or he just wouldn’t hold weight, or I was having to feed him buckets and buckets!''
Danielle Noble, Simple System Customer
Miss Danielle Noble
''Whenever people tell me they are unsure about what to feed I always recommend they contact Simple System. Natural, great quality feed. We've even switched our cob over too!''
Kelly Black, Simple System Customer
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