There is no such thing as feeding too much hay in the late fall! Lately i have had a few comments about how obease my horses are, but judging by how fit and strong they are going to come out in the spring, i would say they're perfect! Lenanna weighs about 1,070 lbs right now which if she were in mid-summer i would say she was huge, but intead she comes out at about 960-985lbs and the last 2-3 ribs can barely be felt. Many horse owners try to keep a horse that weighs 1000 lbs in mid summer at 1000 lbs throughout the year, but they have to pump so much food into that animal, and they still come out skinnier.
Letting a horse beef up before winter really helps with their system as well. That what they do in the wild and i think that it would be wrong to mess up the natural way completely.
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