Inside Out Equine Health

Inside Out Equine Health Focusing on improving the health of your horse from the inside out. I offer nutritional advice, diet

Inside Out Equine Health is concerned with improving the health of your horse from the inside out. Inside Out focuses on correcting diet imbalances, ensuring your horse is getting the right amount of energy, protein, fats, minerals and vitamins. Inside Out also does faecal egg counting so you know whether you need to administer worming products (anthelmintics) to your horse.

28th FEBRUARYRandom people on the internet do not know what to feed your horse! Everyone has an opinion, but that doesn’...
28/02/2026

28th FEBRUARY

Random people on the internet do not know what to feed your horse! Everyone has an opinion, but that doesn’t mean they’re right.

Chopping and changing your horse’s diet based on what someone on Facebook says isn’t the answer. If you want your diet to be specifically tailored, or you have a problem that can’t be solved by the above, contact a qualified and independent nutritionist.

Getting a diet made up by a feed company for free is great, but do you think they are going to recommend products other than their own?

27th FEBRUARYDentists aren't farriers, bodyworkers aren't dentists and vets aren't nutritionists. Do you expect your GP ...
27/02/2026

27th FEBRUARY

Dentists aren't farriers, bodyworkers aren't dentists and vets aren't nutritionists.

Do you expect your GP to operate on you or manipulate your spine?

26th FEBRUARYMany horses can't gain weight if they're in pain, under a lot of stress or have issues with their teeth, fe...
26/02/2026

26th FEBRUARY

Many horses can't gain weight if they're in pain, under a lot of stress or have issues with their teeth, feet, saddle, stress.

Good horse health always requires a multi-pronged approach.

25th FEBRUARYIf your horse is prone to laminitis it more than likely has an endocrine issue (Cushing's or Equine Metabol...
25/02/2026

25th FEBRUARY

If your horse is prone to laminitis it more than likely has an endocrine issue (Cushing's or Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS)).

Cushing’s and EMS are on a spectrum. If you’re spending the money on pergolide/prascend spend the money on asking a qualified nutritionist for a diet that’s specifically tailored for your horse and its needs.

If your horse has an endocrine condition then diet MUST play a major part of the management strategy. An individual diet plan can be created for less than the price of a fancy saddle blanket.

If your horse has an endocrine issue then you must have a plan for spring/autumn grass and put it in place BEFOREHAND. It can reap a huge amount of damage in a very short space of time.

24/02/2026

🤖👹 EEEK SCARY!! 👹🤖

I'm jumping on this video bandwagon about seven thousand years late, but if rando idiots on the internet can make videos that people watch, so can I!

Let me know what you want to know!

24th FEBRUARYIf you’re going to lock a horse up, you MUST feed it hay (see 1st February). Slow Feeder nets are godsends ...
24/02/2026

24th FEBRUARY

If you’re going to lock a horse up, you MUST feed it hay (see 1st February).

Slow Feeder nets are godsends for fat, greedy, bored ponies, so is exercise.

Exercise will actually stimulate the insulin response AND cause weight loss.

Diet alone can't do this.

🥰 18 year old OTTB in full work 🥰I did a diet for Jo and her horse Indi within my first few months of qualifying to bec...
23/02/2026

🥰 18 year old OTTB in full work 🥰

I did a diet for Jo and her horse Indi within my first few months of qualifying to become an equine nutritionist.

When I first met Indi she was getting a range of bagged feeds in shiny bags and she was fed A LOT! Kilos and kilos of it and she looked, er, pretty average to say the least.

Over the last eleven years I've tweaked the diet several times to suit her as she has moved agistments, been in more/less work and so on.

She's been on a grain-free diet for the past eleven years and on Inside Out Equine Health's mineral pellets since their inception soon after that.

She's now 18, looking great, and STILL in full work! I'm absolutely not saying that this is all due to her diet, Jo has done a wonderful job in making sure all the other pieces of the equine health puzzle are as close to ideal as possible. Indi is looked after like the queen she is! Plus Jo is an excellent rider who has worked extremely hard to get Indi to work as well as she does.

However, if you asked me if I think that she would still be looking and going like she is at 18 if she was still on all that bagged, sugary, processed feed at the rate of kilos per day, I would say absolutely not.

I know that this post will prompt a lot of people to show pics of their healthy older TBs in work, and I encourage you to share, I truly love seeing all older horses doing well!

However I do think that a OTTB at 18, going well, in full work is the exception, not the rule. So well done to Jo and Indi and a good diet!

23rd FEBRUARYIf your pony/horse has laminitis, lock it up completely off grass and feed actual tested low sugar hay at 1...
23/02/2026

23rd FEBRUARY

If your pony/horse has laminitis, lock it up completely off grass and feed actual tested low sugar hay at 1.5%-2% of its body weight per day.

If you don’t have access to this hay, soak your hay for 30 minutes in warm or 60 minutes in cold water.

This will also leach minerals so make sure you’re feeding a good quality mineral mix and salt. If it’s laminitic and thin scroll back to February 16th (noting that each horse is different and some won’t tolerate some feeds).

22nd FEBRUARYIf your horse is overweight DO NOT rug in winter. This is your opportunity to reduce weight before spring c...
22/02/2026

22nd FEBRUARY

If your horse is overweight DO NOT rug in winter. This is your opportunity to reduce weight before spring comes and provides excessive sugary goodness to make your horse fat and footsore.

If you have a normal-keeper then you may need to provide extra hay to keep it warm in winter.

If you have a hard keeper you probably need a rug and more hay.

21st FEBRUARYIf you’re looking to reduce your feed bill (because horses = poverty) then think outside the box. Net your ...
21/02/2026

21st FEBRUARY

If you’re looking to reduce your feed bill (because horses = poverty) then think outside the box. Net your hay (it lasts a lot longer), buy rounds and pull it off and put in nets, buy as much hay as you can afford/store as soon as it's cut from the farmer and not as you need it from the store.

Consider if your horse really does need that super expensive gut supplement ongoing (maybe it does, but probably it doesn’t) and make sure your diet is balanced.

Most of the time getting a diet analysis will save you money, I rarely do a consult resulting in costing a client more money.

I usually tell you to stop most of the (often useless) supplements with fancy, shiny labels and all of the (mostly crappy) bagged feed with the swanky, colourful labels.

This may trigger a dopamine release in you, but does sweet FA for your horse's gut.

Just sayin'

20th FEBRUARY‘Complete feed’ in MANY instances just isn’t that good, claims of ‘low GI’, ‘cool/calm conditioning’ and ‘l...
20/02/2026

20th FEBRUARY

‘Complete feed’ in MANY instances just isn’t that good, claims of ‘low GI’, ‘cool/calm conditioning’ and ‘laminitis friendly’ is mostly just marketing.

Some of them are okay, some are little more than expensive chaff and some are downright scary.

Yes, some people get good results sometimes, but doing some research and doing it yourself in most instances will get you better results, will be more affordable and give you more control and balance over your horse’s intake.

19th FEBRUARYThere’s research to support that getting the omega 3:6 ratio in the diet right is important. This means it’...
19/02/2026

19th FEBRUARY

There’s research to support that getting the omega 3:6 ratio in the diet right is important. This means it’s very likely that feeding flaxseed oil is beneficial to your horse when there's limited green grass. You also get a free shiny coat for your efforts!

No other vegetarian oil besides flaxseed, chia seed or h**p oils (h**p is a little different, but still a great option) has the right ratio of omega 3 to 6 and may promote inflammatory conditions.

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