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Post by judyh on Oct 3, 2012 16:44:41 GMT
Oats!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2012 17:27:17 GMT
Soya Oil
Red Cell or propell plus
electrolytes after work
Competition Mix
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Post by jacksprat on Oct 3, 2012 17:42:31 GMT
baileys endurance mix,also had good results with haygates challenger mix,both give umph to our lazy fell
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Post by gillwales on Oct 3, 2012 18:05:51 GMT
peas and beans!
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Post by gtr121 on Oct 3, 2012 21:06:53 GMT
More work to gain more fitness?
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Post by FF on Oct 3, 2012 21:14:42 GMT
Barley rings,red cell. I have the opposite problem. Mine is banned from all mixes and sugars. lol
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Post by GinaGeo on Oct 3, 2012 21:16:45 GMT
More work to gain more fitness? This; along with lots of transitions to sharpen him up. |
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Post by rhosyn on Oct 4, 2012 10:12:06 GMT
How much S&C are you feeding, lalalaa? He should have plenty of energy from that. How fit is he?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2012 10:30:43 GMT
More work to gain more fitness? Yes forgot that bit  |
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Post by whp94 on Oct 4, 2012 17:28:19 GMT
top spec performance cubes
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Post by mollymalone on Oct 4, 2012 19:55:07 GMT
Agree that more work should make the pony fitter but you also have to feed according to the work being done, so that should go hand in hand.
I have a lazy pony, but he is only lazy when he finds work hard - ie schooling. I hack him a lot, and school him on hacks. He has got stronger in his frame, and now things he would have felt lazy doing, he manages easily. I feed him Baileys Endurance Mix as its slow release energy and gives him the power to work for a sustained period.
I investigated a number of different feeds, and this one seemed to fit the bill, and he is nearing the end of the first bag, and I am very pleased with the results.
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Post by sometime on Oct 4, 2012 22:00:21 GMT
Feeding him anything will probably only make him fatter and slower you need a high fibre low sugar diet and lots of work and maybe a low calorie balancer to make sure he has all the vitamins and minerals he needs.
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Post by Milliesmum on Oct 4, 2012 22:40:55 GMT
Has he ever been hunting?
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Post by nici on Oct 5, 2012 6:12:51 GMT
If he goes well at home but not at shows, perhaps he just doesn't like shows?
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Post by desktop on Oct 5, 2012 7:37:48 GMT
If he goes well at home but not at shows, perhaps he just doesn't like shows? Totally agree with this, is he ring sick  my mare got very like this last year, she would be full of the joys at spring at home but would shut off as soon as we got in the ring, I have only done 4 shows this year and she has been so much better |
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Post by Kaseyleigh on Oct 5, 2012 14:59:51 GMT
Instant response is brilliant.
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Post by angelena on Oct 6, 2012 16:38:44 GMT
That's exactly what I was thinking. Lol. |
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Post by TheBooMan on Oct 9, 2012 20:10:32 GMT
My friend had the same problem, i recommended putting him on 'Power and Performance' gives him just the right about of umph she needs!  |
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Post by workingcob on Oct 10, 2012 13:23:30 GMT
trying 'high power mix' will see if that has any effect, i think alot of it is naughtyness but we will see , thankyou for all your advice I sympathise with your problem, my friend has a cob who often gets a very good pull (at the highest level) but drops after the ride as he lacks oomph. It is very frustrating. But you know it don't think it is "naughtyness" in his case or your pony's - no matter what we might think, horses really don't lie in their stable at night and think "I'm going to be a b*gger at the show tomorrow because I know it will annoy my owner when I've been going so well at home"! As horses can't talk, they use behaviour to communicate and it may be your horse is saying he doesn't like shows - maybe he finds them boring, maybe he doesn't enjoy travelling to them, maybe he senses some anxiety on your part and this is how he deals with it etc. obviously I don't know you or your horse, so those are guesses/suggestions. Do you use different tack at a show (for example, it his show saddle hurts he might be trying to tell you that) You've said yourself that hunting might help - it often does for horses that have fallen out of love with showing because frankly its way more exciting than plodding round a ring. Feeds can help and oats are usually a good starting point for whizz factor, but if he's got pep at home, then there's another reason he's being dopey at shows. |
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Post by rhosyn on Oct 10, 2012 13:37:06 GMT
I'll agree with Working Cob - a lot of top names are on Show and Condition so I'm sure it can't be down to the feed.
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Post by flo1 on Oct 11, 2012 12:45:07 GMT
It could be that he just has a laid back attitude, not much you can do about that |
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Post by LJM on Oct 12, 2012 18:30:25 GMT
I've got a 6year old thoroughbred who iv hunted, jumped shown and has stud mix and about three different conditioning mixes in her feed, unfortunately she just has a laid back attitude and nothing ever fizzes her :/ xx
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my mare got very like this last year, she would be full of the joys at spring at home but would shut off as soon as we got in the ring, I have only done 4 shows this year and she has been so much better 
