Jess Spillers

13/02/2026

Fab competition running at Jack Frost Pet And Country Store! 💚

12/02/2026

06/02/2026

Are you looking for a low calorie, low sugar and starch mash for your horse? Our Speedy Mash Fibre is the answer!

04/02/2026

03/02/2026

03/02/2026

30/01/2026

Brilliant advice regarding vitamin E and fantastic to see our SPILLERS Supple and Senior Balancer in the spotlight! 🧡

Friday focus…ensuring your horse has enough vitamin E in their diet!

This is particularly the case if your horse has no or very little turnout as hay and haylage are low in vitamin E, so the shortfall that would usually be made up from eating grass, will be missing.

Whether you feed a vitamin and mineral supplement, a feed balancer or a balanced compound feed (a balanced mix or cube), not all are equal!!

NRC guidelines recommend that a 500kg horse at maintenance needs a minimum of 500IU of vitamin E per day, but 1000IU is recommended.. There is vitamin E in fresh grass, a tiny amount in hay and haylage, so if your horse or pony is on a hay/haylage only diet, is on soaked hay and restricted short grass, their daily vitamin E requirement will not be met and it needs to be provided in the feed.

I have used this example previously, so I will again today for ease. If I take 3 mainstream makes of low calorie / lite balancers (I prefer to call them balancers that balance a calorie restricted diet as this is what they should do!), the vitamin E levels in them all vary and this is what a 500kg horse will receive;

• Balancer 1 provides 800IU/kg - the horse receives 400IU
• Balancer 2 provides 1000IU/kg - the horse recieves 500IU
• Balancer 3 provides 2000IU/kg - the horse gets 1000IU

So all quite different which is why I usually recommend a specific balancer after assessment of a horse and his or her management etc, so I know that that each horse receives what they need to according to their individual requirements and environments.

So if someone says to you “ I would use this one as it is cheaper, easier to get, on offer, balancer 1 is the same as balancer 3 ” or whatever reason they give, I would definitely not recommend taking their advice! They are not all the same! All nutrients are important, not just vitamin E, but during the winter months when many do not have access to grass, it is worth checking that your chosen feed provides enough and that it balances a hay / haylage only diet.

26/01/2026

IT'S HERE 🎉 the Scarterfields Loyalty Scheme!

Sign up in store and start collecting points from the 2nd February!

Well done to Sue Chatfield who was the first to guess it correctly! We will be adding 1000 Loyalty points to your loyalty account, once you sign up 🤩

22/01/2026

Super excited to be sponsoring Speedgate Equestrian’s new championship series! Watch this space! 🐴💚

12/01/2026

05/01/2026

Kick start 2026 by booking a yard visit in with Spillers 🐴

2026 is the year of the horse, how better to start it than to invite Jess to weigh and make a bespoke feeding plan for your horses 🐴

A free service provided together with Brambledown

📍 Brambledown Farm Shop, Isle Of Sheppey, Kent ME12 3SU
☎️ 01795 877977

04/01/2026

Entries for The Dressage Masters are officially open!

Secure your spot now via My Riding Life – it’s strictly first come, first served.

Hook‑up and stabling are available, including single‑night hook‑ups.
We’ve also reserved 15 stables per class, so if you qualify for the final, you’ll have guaranteed overnight stabling.

Any Questions? Email info@asterevents.co.uk

Enter here: https://www.asterevents.co.uk/competitors
Event details: https://www.asterevents.co.uk/dressage-masters