Podcasts
12 Jun 2010
Common Feeding Myths
"Remember what a horse has evolved to eat!" This is where we go wrong today according to feeding expert Robert Fowler. Instead, we superimpose our own dietary regime onto our horses, often with dire consequences. Fiona Price discusses the art of feeding with Robert and top eventer Alex Hua Tian (who was the first to ride for China in an Olympic Games). Sitting in Alex's impressive lorry 'Chinatown', thorny subjects such as high protein equals high energy, the perils of acid, ulcers, azoturia and supplementation are discussed. Fiona asks Alex how he will alter Magenta's diet in the run up to Badminton and we then see her in action at home.