THE HI FORM BLOG
Honest writing about equine nutrition — the education, not the sales pitch.
Everything we know about feeding horses, written the way we'd say it at the yard.
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I am from the North, so I guess that it is intrinsic in my bones to be forthright, upfront and say it how I see it. Not comfortable for many people, I have been known to cause upset by being honest...
Crude Protein, Fibre and Oil: Reading the Rest of Your Feed Label
In the first part of this series we took on crude ash — the line that turns out to be nothing more frightening than the mineral content of a feed. This time we’re working through the rest of the pa...
Crude Ash: The Most Misunderstood Line on Your Horse’s Feed Label
You’ve turned the tub around, run your eye down the analytical constituents, and there it is, sitting just under crude protein and crude fibre: crude ash. It’s a phrase that stops a lot of horse ow...
Transparency Matters – Since 1990
Elevating Equine Nutrition: Why Hi Form Stands Apart – by Antoinette foster In recent weeks, I’ve come across alarming revelations about companies failing to provide adequate information on the...
Spring Grass Is Coming: Managing Diet for Horses Prone to Laminitis
Every year as the days get longer and the grass starts to grow, horse owners begin to worry about laminitis. Spring grass can contain high levels of sugars, particularly on bright, frosty mornings,...
Why Your Horse Should Be on ProflamAid Plus
Horses are athletes, whether they are performing at high levels or simply carrying out every day ridden work. We ask them to perform repetitive movements, bear weight, and engage in activities that...
Why Oxydane is the Best Daily Nutritional Support for Your Horse
If you’re looking for a daily supplement that truly supports your horse’s health, performance, and overall well-being, Oxydane is the perfect choice. Whether your horse is a competition athlete, a ...
Talking Ulcers Head On & the All Important Gut Microbiome
We now avoid all Facebook pages to do with Ulcers as we cannot stand to see the horrific advice that is handed out. We have decided to write this blog for those of you who will take 5 minutes to re...
Buddy's Triumph: Overcoming Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Angela Medland, is Buddy’s Mum, best friend, carer and protector. She runs a yard in Dorset and has great knowledge of all things equestrian. Buddy started to develop some worrying traits, he beca...
Lifting the Lid - the truth behind the hype
In my opinion equestrians are being led down the garden path, I felt it time to put my fingers to the keyboard once again. Speaking to prospective customers, I feel their pain. I was there once upo...
DO UNKNOWN INGREDIENTS + MARKETING MAGIC = UNICORN’S FREE OF ULCERS?
We have been closely following the unfolding and frankly riveting story of Ponease, the so-called magical elixir for ulcers. It’s truly frightening to see how people have been influenced by Faceboo...
It is interesting when you speak about taking your horse’s back to a clean way of eating how annoyed and upset much of the equine world becomes! We have seen our expert nutritionists be called Pseu...
WINTER, DUST, HAY, BREATHING……………..
Here at Hi Form our total concern is for the health and wellbeing of all equines. Here we look at how we can assist our equines when stabled or during winter months when the grass is no longer grow...
Why human grade ingredients in our supplements?
The answer is quite easy. We believe that if it’s not acceptable for us to consume it is not acceptable for our horses. There are some studies that have been undertaken in the equine industry, ...
THE QUESTION OF SALT IS OFTEN RAISED AND TENDS TO BE AN ENDLESS TOPIC OF DISCUSSION Salt is used for both electrolytes and a crucial mineral in the equine diet. Sodium chloride content of salt ...
PREPARING FOR WINTER - TARGETTING OVERALL HEALTH AND WEIGHT GAIN
PREPARING FOR WINTERTARGETTING OVERALL HEALTH AND WEIGHT GAIN As the nights draw in and the weather changes, it is even more imperative to keep our horse’s health foremost in our minds. Provi...
WAS IT WHAT WAS IN MY FEEDBAGS?
THE BACK STORY I fell in love. It was that simple, the day that I met my 18.2 Dutch warmblood 6 year old. Those eyes, that scar below his left eye, just him really and I knew I had to res...
GET FAMILIAR WITH YOUR HORSE’S DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SO YOU CAN MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES FOR YOUR BEST FRIEND Horses are strict herbivores, grazing on good quality pasture or being supplied good quality h...
Horses with EMS, Laminitis Cushings and other metabolic conditions.
Written by Equine Nutritional Therapist and Medical Herbalist Antoinette Foster. © 2019 A Foster Hi Form Australia The common consensus when managing a horse with equine metabolic syndrome is to s...
FEEDING OUR HORSES UNDER COST AND INFLATION PRESSURES
With the economic situation and rising inflation, many of us find ourselves looking at every penny that we spend and trying to find economies where we can. Listening to our customers we know that ...
Getting Behind the Horse Feed Marketing Machine
THE FACTS: Horse’s predate man as an inhabitant of earth by about 50 million years The horse evolved to eat grass and herbage containing siliceous fibres – the teeth changed. They developed effic...
Will Rawlin Joins The Hi Form Stable
News Release February 2022 Will Rawlin Joins The Hi Form Stable. Hi Form, experts in equestrian nutrition, are delighted to announce their support of Will Rawlin with their supplements. Wil...
Why Oxydane? All of us have one thing in common, the health and wellbeing of our horses. If you are on our page, we know you care about horse’s health and some of you may be customers already using...
Magnesium, Calcium & Phosporous
Magnesium, Calcium & Phosporus for horses - In the minefield out there, one of our customers sent us a copy of an email they had received from a supplement company. The content of which she was...
Not only is Hollaback Girl a karaoke smash hit, but Gwen's message is also surprisingly insightful when it comes to horse nutrition. A few times we’ve been around that track and seen human health c...