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Sister.

https://idolhorse.com/horse-racing-news/world/written-in-ink-and-instinct-the-joe-pride-method/

Freefall wrote: One question GAJ. Why, in 40*C heat do foals prefer lying in the sun rather than finding some shade?

Sister Dot wrote: If that was right FF which I highly doubt, his horses would be stricken with severe ulcers. They are the curse of any stabled horse even when it gets two or three feeds a day. Plus any horse really that doesn’t have food in its stomach for periods of time. They need long fibre to protect their stomach lining fron constant acid production.

FWIW, most racing stables I know give hay ad lib and don’t call it a ‘feed’ so JP is probably the same. (Or he’s a bit odd.)

Yes I have read that and will

Quote from - Racing NSW Minimum Standards and Guidelines of Equine Welfare
Page 5 of 19
S 2.3 Where water is supplied in buckets, the supply must be inspected at least every 12
hours.
Guidelines
G 2.1 Water volume requirements of horses vary widely, depending on age, bodyweight, air
temperature and humidity, workload, health and the diet of the horse. A thoroughbred may
require more than 60 litres per day when in work and more if pregnant, lactating or suffering from
illness.
G 2.2 Dams should have safe access for horses and be of a suitable quality for drinking.
3. Food
Minimum Standards
S 3.1 Horses must be provided with a diet of sufficient quantity and quality to maintain
good health, growth, body condition and meet their physiological requirements.
S 3.2 Horses must not be deprived of access to food for more than 12 hours.
Guidelines
G3.1 All endeavours should be made to maintain a horse’s body score at a suitable level (see
Appendix A), and veterinary advice sought if attempts to maintain condition fail.
G 3.2 Appropriate feed troughs for horses should be utilised and well spaced to minimise bullying
and allow subordinate animals access to feed. Horses that are in lighter condition should be
segregated from the main group for feeding if necessary.
G 3.3 If a horse fails to thrive, the quantity, quality and availability of feed and the health of the
horse (including the state of its teeth, the extent of parasitism and the horse's age) should be
evaluated.
G 3.4 Roughage (fibrous feed such as pasture, hay and chaff) should form a significant part of a
horse's diet, to provide enough bulk and fibre to enable the digestive system to function properly.
Horses need at least 1% of their body weight in roughage daily. If fed processed feed or grains,
these should be offered in addition to the appropriate amount of roughage.
G 3.5 The diet of young, growing horses and lactating mares should be designed with special
consideration for their additional needs.
G 3.6 Horses should be protected from access to food harmful to health, such as mouldy hay,

Sister agree, they generally only remove the roughage pre-race. The newby ones from spelling would be the ones pigging it down, so they probably get cool feed.

I just read that Idol Horse article with Joe Pride. Really enjoyed it, he’s certainly a different sort of character, his own man so to speak. Thanks FF for putting it up 

All our feeds are served dampened FF, hydration is a great thing especially with horses fed hay and hard feed. We’ve never had a horse colic here at home.