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29/12/2025

For our last Monday in 2025 we reflect on the effort we put into the year and this is a good time to acknowledge and thank yourself for the hard work and dedication you have put into your life this past year.

Always remember:
➡ Your daily decisions and actions create the reality of your life.
➡ You are 100% responsible for your own success and happiness.

Wishing you a super week as we near the New Year.
Be safe and use this time to prepare for a fabulous year to come. As 2026 is going to be the year of the horse it can only be a great one! 🐴❤

25/12/2025

Wishing everyone a happy Christmas.
May the joy of this day be with you.
The joy of sharing, family and love be with you.
🎄🐴❤🎄🐴❤🎄🐴❤

22/12/2025

As we gallop towards Christmas a reminder to give every day your best.
Rise in the morning and give thanks for what you have in your life.
Be kind to every living being you meet and watch how the world opens up to mirror your kindness and love.
Cherish every good moment in your day.
Happy holidays for those on leave and gratitude and respect for those that are working long hours in retail and hospitality to allow us to keep shopping, to the vets and medical staff who keep working to keep us and our animals safe during this time.

18/12/2025

We at Epol Equine are proud to share the story of our greater team. The professionalizm and extent of what and why we do the daily basics brilliantly.
While equine is a small part of the greater business, we are strong because of the scientific approach and greater team that supports us daily.
Always striving to be better.

16/12/2025

Wishing all our viewers a fabulous little pre-Christmas day off to celebrate Reconciliation Day.
Hopefully you don't need to be at a mall doing last minute Christmas shopping. And if you are, hope you like crowds and the frenetic buzz that comes with last minute Christmas shopping.

This is a day for South Africa to embrace it's rainbow nation status of many different cultures and give thanks that we get to live together in this magnificent country.

15/12/2025

A grateful heart creates a positive mindset. A positive mindset helps us see and appreciate the good all around us.
May you find all the wonderful things in your life that you are grateful for and cherish them.

10/12/2025

How does one safely adjust your horse's diet during the holiday season when you might be going away and riding less?
Number one rule is that your horse still requires the same quantity of dry matter in kilograms daily to sustain them and maintain their current body condition.
But what you feed them will be very different.
We are all aware that roughage is the main source of food for our horses and concentrates supplement their daily intake to provide energy and nutrients to assist in maintaining energy and body condition while we work them for the sport we compete in.
The last thing we want is to go on holiday and either come back to a very fresh horse that could hurt itself or you OR a horse that has dropped dramatically in body condition because we cut the feed too much.
A horse requires 3% of its body mass daily in dry matter to maintain. Of which at least 1.5% of this should be roughage.
Because roughage is often very difficult to weigh and track we start with the concentrate portion which we can measure and often leave the balance to an estimate by over supplying hay and grazing to ensure they get their roughage intake.
For example:
A 450kg horse needs 13.5kg a day in dry matter.
In medium to moderate work it will need an estimated 4kg of concentrate and the balance of 9.5kg in roughage made up of hay, roughage cubes and grazing.

The same horse while you on holiday and the horse is also on holiday still needs 13.5kg but you would reduce the 4kg of roughage to maybe 2kg and then give 2kg roughage cubes with hay and grazing.

In this way the horse will maintain the condition you had it in while not becoming unmanageable by eating too much concentrates.

Another option is to take them off the 4kg current concentrate and change their diet to a maize free, lower energy concentrate that matches the energy requirement of the horse while resting.

So in conclusion do not think you can reduce total intake. Rather replace higher energy diets with lower, maize free options OR reduce current concentrate quantity and add a roughage cube so their total daily intake remains the same which enables them to maintain body condition.

09/12/2025

Meet the equine dream team in no particular order, other than maybe age.....😉

Debbie Dick - Equine National Sales manager & equine specialist - 076 755 5164.
In charge of yard visits KZN, EC, WC and exports.
Background in racing, polocrosse and performance horses.

Catherine van den Berg - Equine specialist advisor - 083 998 6824.
In charge of yard visits in and around Gauteng and Limpopo.
Background in show jumping, dressage and eventing.

Wilru de Vries - Equine specialist advisor - 072 854 8779.
In charge of yard visits in Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Free State
Background in western mounted games, polocrosse and breeding.

What a team we make!
Each with hands on feeding experience and ready to assist you with your questions and custom making feeding programmes that suite your budget and management styles.

Give us a call to find the right diet for you and your horse.

08/12/2025

Welcome to another week. ❤🐴
As we approach Christmas and into the 'silly' season remember to fill your cup with love, connection and meaning.
You are the captain of your own life.
Own it and make every day worthwhile.

01/12/2025

Because we care about our customers we are able to offer another price decrease across our equine rations.
Lower raw material prices have allowed us to pass the decrease to you our valuable clients.
Making sure our feed is affordable for everyone so that the horses can benefit from this scientific feed.
Contact your local stockist to find out more.

29/11/2025

Beyond proud of this young man 👏 When hard work and talent meet.Such a champion.🌟

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