UK Horse Racing Tips

Keeping a horse is a labour of love that takes more work than any pet you’ve had before. They will need a designated home and dedicated care every day. But it can be well worth the work. Owning a horse will give you the fitness and companionship of a pet, dialled up to eleven, as well as teach responsibility and promote a good work ethic. Horse-owners are social people so you might even make some friends as well as a loyal companion for life.

Take a look at our guide to see what goes into owning a horse.

Nutrition

Being herbivores, horses have a unique digestive tract different from ours and will therefore have specific dietary needs. Ultimately, they will need a high-fibre diet that is consumed in small amounts over time. There are no feasts for horses, but many appetisers over the day. But because they have nothing telling them to stop, you will have to ration their food.

When your horse isn’t grazing on the field grass, feed them hay and grains in the morning and evening. You can supplement this with concentrate mixes made up of grains, flaxseed and beet pulp for energy and flavour, but keep them away from brans like wheat and rice bran, since they can potentially cause mineral imbalances. Also, don’t attempt to use up your lawn clippings by letting your horse eat them, because they will contain plants that are toxic to horses.

The occasional treat is a nice moment for you and your horse. These can be apples, carrots, handfuls of grain, sugar cubes or candies.

Exercise

As you can imagine, horses need a lot of exercise. More than the walk around the block your beagle needs. Beagles aren’t trained to race, perform, or cover obstacle courses. Well, they can be, but not to the same extent. You can check odds for horse racing (and dog shows) and other betting opportunities online, like Netbet blackjack for example on your phone while exercising your animal.

At minimum, your horse needs to exercise several times a week. You can ride them around the ring, on a trail or by lunging your horse on a long rein. Lunging is a surprisingly useful exercise for both horse and handler as it will allow the horse to burn off some extra energy and it will help you teach your horse obedience as well as allow you to observe your horse’s gaits and make sure it’s not lame.

Environment

A horse’s stable needs ongoing maintenance every day, with the basics being to muck out the stalls morning and night, replace your horse’s bedding, and remove any blankets in the morning and replace them in the evening during winter.

There is also the care of your lack, which includes the saddle, bridle, halter, lead rope and blankets.

Other things that will need done every day for ongoing maintenance are to check and pick out your horses hooves, empty and replace water buckets, spray your horse with fly spray in the morning during hot weather, and other ongoing grooming like brushing.

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