Apple Cider Vinegar | The Traditional Feed-Room Staple
The oldest habit in the yard.
Long before supplements came in tubs with feeding charts, there was a bottle of apple cider vinegar on the feed-room shelf. Generations of owners have added a splash to feed or water: horses relish the sharp-sweet tang, fussy drinkers often find an away-trough more familiar for it, and it remains one of the simplest, most affordable habits in horse-keeping.
✓ The traditional feed-room staple, trusted for generations
✓ A splash in feed or water — that's the whole routine
✓ Horses relish the taste — a classic trick for tempting fussy eaters and drinkers
✓ Travels well: a splash makes strange water taste like home
Five litres for £14.95 — the cheapest seat in the feed room, and proudly so.
100% Apple Cider Vinegar
The traditional feed-room staple — a taste horses relish, made properly.
- The traditionalist's daily splash
- Fussy drinkers away from home — bring the taste of home water with you
- Because your grandmother's yard did, and she was right
300kg – 45ml
500kg – 75ml
600+kg – 90ml
Apple cider vinegar should be diluted in water to dampen down mixed feeds.
Orders are picked and sent quickly - order before 1pm (Monday to Friday) and it will ship the same day via next day delivery (Monday - Saturday). With free UK shipping over £100.
Orders placed after 1pm on Friday will be shipped the following Monday.
UK delivery is £3.50, and free on orders over £100
What is Apple Cider Vinegar?
Tradition, because it earned its shelf
Apple cider vinegar has been part of horse-keeping for about as long as there have been apples and horses. The routine could not be simpler: a small splash over the feed, or into the water bucket. Ask ten experienced horse owners why they swear by it and you may get ten different answers — the ones we will happily put in print are that horses genuinely like the taste, that it makes water taste reassuringly consistent when you are away from home, and that at this price it is the easiest habit in the yard to keep.
Quality, because vinegar isn't all the same
'Apple cider vinegar' should mean exactly that — vinegar fermented from apples, not spirit vinegar with flavouring, and not a diluted 'vinegar drink'. Ours is the real article, in a five-litre bottle sized for a yard rather than a kitchen, at a price that respects what it is: a staple, not a miracle. That's the whole pitch — a good version of an old habit.
What it does
Tap any benefit for the detail.
Plenty of horses relish the tang of apple cider vinegar. A splash over the feed can make the sensible bucket rather more interesting — a long-standing favourite for tempting fussy eaters.
Horses can be sniffy about unfamiliar water at shows and new yards. The old answer: a splash in the home bucket for a few days before you leave, then the same splash in the away bucket — so the water tastes like the water they know.
A daily splash as part of a balanced diet and a good routine — one of those small, steady habits generations of owners have kept for horses in normal health. Nothing dramatic, which is rather the point.
No blends, no mystery, no feeding-chart homework — a straightforward staple at a straightforward price, in a bottle that lives happily on the shelf.
Buying apple cider vinegar? Four things to check on any label
Whichever bottle ends up in your feed room — ours included — read it like this:
1. Made from apples, start to finish.
Some cheap 'apple cider vinegar' is spirit vinegar with flavouring or colouring. The words to find: fermented from apples.
2. Acidity declared.
Vinegar strength is measured in % acidity — a label that states it is a label you can compare with confidence.
3. Nothing else in the bottle.
No colourings, no sweeteners, no 'vinegar drink' dilution.
4. Price per litre, not per bottle.
Kitchen-sized bottles look cheap until you divide.
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Always on the shelf
A five-litre bottle arriving on a regular schedule, so the oldest habit in the yard keeps itself. Swap, pause or cancel whenever you like.
FAQs
We are always available to chat through your queries and questions. Just drop us a message or give us a call!
We keep our claims where the rules and the evidence are both comfortable: horses like the taste, it's a handy trick for fussy eaters and travelling drinkers, and it has been part of everyday horse-keeping for generations. Anything grander, you should hear from your vet — not from our label.
Either. A splash over the feed, or a splash in the water — with a plain bucket offered alongside so the choice stays the horse's. Travelling? Start adding it at home a few days before you go.
The same idea, in a yard-sized bottle at a feed-room price. Whichever you buy, read the label the same way — fermented from apples, acidity declared, nothing else added.
A small daily splash is the tradition — follow the suggested amount on the label, and build up gradually. If in doubt, ask our free nutrition advice team; it's what they're for.
It's a single traditional ingredient with nothing added. See our Clean Sport page for how we approach competition feeding across the range.
QUALITY YOU CAN TRUST.
