Posted: 1st March 2017 | Back to news feed
IT is well documented that some dressage horses spend up to 23 hours a day in their stable!
Dressage is a highly skilled form of riding and as a discipline is one of those sports where a spectacular routine from horse and rider is required
Keeping the dressage horse fit and healthy is key and some riders and horse owners would ask whether dressage riders turn their horses out to graze often enough, with many concerned about their horses sustaining injury especially during wet, muddy conditions.
Without doubt more riders now understand that horses need some time out in the fields, but during wetter weather some horses will spend many hours stabled.
The question is how do riders and owners supply continuous forage, which horses need without gaining weight, eating it all in one go and keeping them occupied… Trickle Net has the answer.
Trickle Net has been specially designed with small 25mm holes, which slows down the rate horses and ponies eat their forage.
This prevents them from being able to take large mouthfuls of hay, encouraging slower feeding patterns and also prevents the horse from becoming bored whilst spending long periods of time stabled.
Made from 4mm rot proof braided polythene which makes the net extremely strong and robust, prolongs the life of the net.
Riders are able fill the Trickle Net with up to 8.5kgs of dry hay and it allows them to be able to monitor their horse intake in a controlled way.
Trickle Net - £32.99.
For further information please visit: www.tricklenet.co.uk
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