Description
TopSpec Performance Lite Feed Balancer is designed for good-doers in hard work that need their weight controlled, perhaps because of good grazing/forage quality. It is very important that this group of horses and ponies receive their full requirements of vitamins and minerals to support hard work. This balancer allows performance horses and ponies to receive these micronutrients in a small amount of very low-calorie feed.
Designed For:
- Good-doers in hard work
Features:
- Very palatable 'Non-Heating'
- Maintain healthy enzyme function
- Supports bone strength
- Greatly improve hoof quality
- Produce a supple skin with an exceptionally shiny coat]
- Can lead to relaxed behaviour in certain horses and ponies
- Maintains a healthy immune system
How much to feed?
Quantities to be fed
Most TopSpec Feed Balancers should be fed at a rate of 100g balancer/100kg bodyweight daily. The following table will help you to decide how much to feed to your horses or ponies. (As a guide a half-pint mug holds approximately 200g of any TopSpec Feed Balancer). Please refer to the sack or to TopSpec’s Multiple Award Winning Helpline for feeding rates of TopSpec Stud Feed Balancer and TopSpec Racing Feed Balancer as they are fed at higher rates.
Horse/Pony Weight (kgs) |
Typical Height |
Type |
Recommended Daily Rate |
250 |
10-12hh Small pony |
Shetland, Dartmoor, Welsh Sec A |
250g |
375 |
12.2-14.2hh Pony |
Connemara, New Forest, Fell, Welsh Sec B & C, Show Hunter Pony |
375g |
500 |
15-16hh Horse |
Thoroughbred, Thoroughbred X, Arab, Arab X, Welsh Cob, Connemare X, Eventer |
500g |
625 |
16.2-17.2hh Large horse |
Thoroughbred X, Warmblood, Sportshorse |
625g |
Important points
- As with all new feeds TopSpec products should always be introduced gradually over a period of four days, starting with approximately one quarter of the amount you intend to feed by day four. TopSpec feed balancers can be fed with forage alone or with your choice of straights/blends and/or compound feeds
- The diet of sweating horses must be supplemented with additional salt, especially if feed intake is low. All horses should have access to a salt-lick 24/7 but common table salt should be added to the feed of sweating horses daily
- Keep an eye on the horse’s condition as feeding TopSpec Feed Balancers with other hard feeds means over a period of 4-6 weeks you may need to reduce the other hard feed
- In most cases do not add feed supplements within TopSpec Feed Balancers. Additives e.g. TopSpec Calmer, TopSpec 10:10 Joint Support, TopSpec Electrolytes can be added if required
- We are frequently asked if garlic can be fed with TopSpec, the answer is yes, for any herb
Analytical Constituents
Typical Nutritional analysis (%) ‘as fed’
Digestible Energy | 9.5MJ/kg |
Protein | 15.0 |
Oil | 5.0 |
Fibre | 17.0 |
Starch | 7.0 |
Calcium | 2.0 |
Magnesium | 0.6 |
Vitamin E (iu/kg) | 2,500 |
Biotin mg/kg | 30.0 |
Composition
The typical ingredients in TopSpec Performance Lite Feed Balancer are High-Fibre Oat By-Product; Linseed Expeller; Grass, dried; Dried Beet Pulp; Vitamin and Mineral Premix; Molasses; Lysine; MOS; Methionine; Yeast.
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Product Features
- Feed Type: Balancer, Laminitus & Good Doer, Performance & Competition
- Feed Weight: 15kg
- Weight: 15000g
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