If you’re going to do something really strenuous, it should be closer to three hours. Ideally, you should wait an hour or so after your horse has finished a meal before riding them. Don't feed immediately before or after exercise If you don’t know how much the bales of hay you are feeding weigh, you can use a bathroom scale to check, then feed that portion of a bale that your horse needs. Most hay is dispensed in flakes however, the amount of hay in a flake can vary greatly, depending on the size of the flake and the kind of hay. The average thousand-pound horse who relies on hay for all their forage typically eats fifteen to twenty pounds of hay per day. Once you figure out how much your horse’s typical ration weighs, measure that portion at feeding time using a scoop, coffee can, or whatever suits your needs. Start off measuring your horse’s feed by weight using a kitchen or postal scale, or by using the scale at your local feed store. Measure feed accurately and feed consistently One method for changing the type of feed is to replace 25 percent of the current food with the new food every two days, so that in six days the horse is eating l00 percent of the new food. If you’re changing the amount of feed, increase or decrease each meal a little at a time, over several weeks if possible. Sudden differences in the amount or type of feed can lead to colic or founder. Whenever you make a change to your horse’s feed type or ration size, make the change incrementally.
When a horse is fed too much at once, the food isn't digested as effectively. Small, frequent meals not only are more natural for the horse, but they also allow the horse to better digest and use their food.
If for some reason you must give your horse a large quantity of grain, consider an additional lunchtime feeding. Most horses are given grain twice a day for the convenience of their human caretakers. If you feed your horse grain, give it in multiple smaller meals rather than one large one.
Horse feed on Feed grain in small amounts and often They can nibble at it for a while, take a break and snooze for a while, and then come back to it, keeping some roughage constantly moving through their systems. Horses who spend much of their time in stalls aren’t doing much grazing, but their natural feeding patterns can be replicated by keeping hay in front of them for most of the day. A horse should eat one to two percent of their body weight in roughage every day. Horses are meant to eat roughage, and their digestive system is designed to use the nutrition in grassy stalks. If hay isn’t enough, grain can be added, but the bulk of a horse’s calories should always come from roughage. Many pleasure and trail horses don’t need grain: good-quality hay or pasture is sufficient. Remember them, and you’ll have a good foundation upon which to build your overall horse care. The very first time you went near a horse, you probably started hearing The Rules-don’t walk behind a horse, don’t run anywhere, always feed treats on your flat palm with fingers outstretched, and so on.
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