About equine nutrition

Feeding your horse the correct diet is perhaps the single most important aspect of your horse's management program. Most would agree it is also the most confusing!

If you get horse's diet wrong it will almost certainly have some form of negative affect. Nutritional problems can include:

  • hoof problems
  • dull coats
  • poor reproductive or athletic performance
  • muscle wastage
  • weight loss
  • leg and bone deformities
  • lameness

and diseases like:

  • laminitis
  • developmental orthopaedic diseases
  • cushing's disease
  • colic
  • tying up
  • hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis and
  • insulin resistance

These can all be caused by or are worsened by poor feeding practices.

The problem for us as horse owners is that with the hundreds of feeds and supplements available and the number of different opinions on how to feed, equine nutrition is confusing!

We are all trying to do the right thing by our horses, and think we know what we are doing, but most of us aren't getting it right. The smallest imbalances can cause huge problems.

To make things worse, not all feeds and supplements that are available live up to the claims made by the manufacturers, being misleading and confusing. Some 'complete' and 'balanced' feeds are far from being complete and balanced, while others like some of the electrolyte supplements just don't contain the concentrations of minerals needed to do the job they are designed and sold to do ... meaning if you use them, you are probably wasting your money and not getting the desired results.

The solution?

In the past we haven't had an easy way to accurately balance our horse's diets with good quality products. Now the FeedXL nutrition software has been developed to give you as owners, breeders and trainers a simple, quick and accurate way to assess and balance your horse's diets. For as little as $15 you can see if what you are feeding is meeting your horse's needs (and if you are wasting money on poor quality feeds and supplements).

By using FeedXL you will:

  1. Prevent or resolve nutrition related disorders
  2. Improve your horses reproductive or atheltic performance by removing nutritional limitations
  3. Stop feeding unesscessary or poor quality feeds and supplements and save money on your feed bill
  4. Be confident that what you are feeding is meeting your horses needs

The results people have seen in their horses after balancing their diets using the nutrition software have been nothing short of incredible.

Read testimonials

As FeedXL progresses you will have the opportunity to learn more about the science and art of feeding horses. A nutrition blog as well as articles will be provided to the members of FeedXL.com.

FeedXL isn't quite ready but if you would like us to let you know when it is finished, use the button below and we will send you an email.


We know you will find the FeedXL software an invaluable tool when it comes to feeding your horse and we look forward to providing you with this world class horse management tool.

We will be in touch soon!

Dr Nerida Richards
and the team at FeedXL