Equestrian Articles

As winter approaches, it's crucial to ensure your stable provides a warm, safe, and comfortable environment for your horses. Discover essential tips for assessing your stable, optimizing bedding and insulation, controlling temperature and ventilation, and ensuring proper hydration and nutrition. Learn how to stock up on essentials and safeguard your stable against winter's challenges with practical advice and reliable products from Chestnut Mill.

Although we cannot affect a horse’s inborn temperament, by thinking about the way the horse’s digestive system evolved, and feeding in sympathy with it, we can help him feel much more relaxed and focused. So how do we feed in...

If you have a horse with a nervous nature, you may want to start thinking about how you can manage their stress levels. Stress and digestion are symbiotic; stress can cause digestive issues, and digestive issues can cause stress.  Eliminating digestive discomfort needs...

Feed 1/2 a scoop of chaff before exercise which helps prevent stomach acid from splashing onto the upper(squamous) section of the stomach where ulcers can then form. Some horses prefer to stay in, some prefer to be out. Find a...

Check that your horse has plenty of clean, fresh water at all times, whether stabled or turned out. Provide ad-lib forage and small feeds to support both digestive and mental health. This approach provides both a fibre based, trickle fed diet...