05/11/2025
A big thank you to everyone who joined us at Ladyleys Riding Club for our "Forage Fundamentals” evening last week! 🌾
We had a brilliant turnout and lots of great discussion around some of the most common feeding myths, from whether horses should always have access to unlimited hay, tohow much soaking hay reduces sugars, and of course, the big question: is haylage too high in sugar?
Our Equine Specialist, Sarah Brands, led the session, explaining how to interpret forage analysis results and showing that haylage isn’t automatically high in sugar; in fact, our recent tests showed it can be similar or even lower in sugar to hay and a safe option for most horses.
We also looked at how much forage horses really need each day, how to manage grazing safely and when more detailed testing of preserved forages (like WSC or wet chemistry) is actually necessary.
It was great to see so many owners keen to feed based on facts rather than fear and to share ideas on how to keep horses healthy through good forage management.