How much grain to feed a horse per day

Q. I’m considering moving my horse to a barn where he will get some turnout. I have found several possibilities, and some have more amenities than others.

I’m noticing a difference between barns in number of meals per day and time between feedings. At our current barn he gets fed forage twice a day, but I’m wondering what the ideal length of time between forage meals is when a horse isn’t continuously grazing?

A.

Horses in their natural setting spend most of their time eating.

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As a result, they secrete stomach acid constantly, which is buffered by the saliva released while they chew their food. Conversely, many horses today are kept in stables for at least some or all of the day and are fed discrete meals.

Most commonly, horses receive two meals a day, although some barns with the ability to do so will feed three or more times a day.

Obviously, the more frequently a horse receives forage, the more similar his environment becomes to the way horses evolved.

The risk for conditions such as gastric ulcers and colic lowers, as do stereotypic behaviors

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