What causes gastric ulcers in horses?
What are the different types of gastric ulcers in horses and how do we treat them?
Should horses constantly be eating?
Horses evolved on grassy, treeless plains. They are nomadic trickle feeders that would spend and average of 12.5 hours a day wandering and grazing upon forage
Vegan Horse Feeds
Did you know Simple System's entire range of feeds are all registered with The Vegan Society?
Why are Ulcers a common problem in horses?
Ulcers in horses can be triggered, or exacerbated by, stress, travelling, long periods without food, insufficient forage, cereals and straw, for instance.
Winter Feeding Tips
Our Director of Nutrition, Jane van Lennep BSc., MSc., BHSI (SM Cert)., NPSD., shares advice on how to feed your horse this winter.
Managing the Cold Weather
Don't get caught out by this spell of cold and wet weather! When the temperature drops horses need more calories to keep warm and when it is wet as well, even more so. Add in a brisk wind and needs really go up.
Podgy ponies and low calorie nutrition
What a year for grass! Normally in August everything is looking a bit parched and the horses are starting to lose some of their springtime podge, but not this year. Instead of increasing the feed, a lot of our equine friends still need to have a l
Lucerne, a Prince Among Horse Feeds!
There has been a lot of chat about lucerne/alfalfa lately and it seems many people have been confused by conflicting reports and various dire warnings! As it is potentially such a useful for feed for so many horses, I hope the following will
Our Best Hay Replacers for Horses
With both grass and hay in short supply in some areas, a lot of horse owners are looking for a suitable forage to replace hay & keep the horses ticking over. Here are our best hay replacers for horses.
Saving money on bedding
We all used to use straw for bedding. It was cheap, locally available, rots to make good compost and looks bright and comfortable. But we all became very concerned about issues of allergies and wind problems and have deserted straw in favour of wo
Need help choosing the right feed?
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