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5 Top Tips for Bringing Your Horse Back Into Work

The snow has passed, the ice has melted and the light is ever so slowly coming back to us. If, like me, you allowed your horse some time off during the winter months and are now considering bringing them back into work, here are some top tips to help keep you on track.1) Spring causes some uncharacteristic exuberance in all animals as the climate begins to change. Rapid growth of grass means high levels of sugar content can subsequently induce undesirable behaviour in horses. As soon as those new grass shoots start appearing you should be thinking about gradually altering your horse's diet. Good quality hay will be an alternative when you start to decrease the amount of high-energy feed, compensating for the high sugar level in the grass. It might be wise to add some calming supplements,...