Dodson & Horrell Elite Sport Muesli – 20kg

Dodson & Horrell Elite Sport Muesli – 20kg

Elite Sport Muesli is Dodson & Horrell’s answer to the familiar problem of a horse that needs competition-level fuel but cannot take the starch that usually comes with it. At 12% starch it is the lowest-starch muesli they make, it is free of oat grain, and the calories come instead from a 9% oil inclusion.

Digestive support is built in rather than bolted on: FOS and MOS prebiotics, ActiSaf live yeast and their Fibre Plus Complex all sit in the mix, aimed at the hindgut environment that suffers first when a horse is travelling, competing and standing in. Vitamin E is lifted to 700mg/kg for the same reason.

Performance & Benefits

• 12% starch, the lowest of the Dodson & Horrell muesli range, and free of oat grain.
• 9% oil, so the energy is largely slow-release rather than cereal starch.
• FOS and MOS prebiotics, ActiSaf live yeast and Fibre Plus Complex for the hindgut.
• Lysine at 6.3g/kg to support muscle development and repair.
• Vitamin E at 700mg/kg, with plant-sourced antioxidants alongside it.
• Chelated minerals, chosen for better absorption than inorganic forms.

Suitable For

• Performance horses in hard or competition work.
• Horses prone to gastric ulceration or a sensitive digestive system.
• Horses that cannot have oats or need starch kept down.
• Horses that need condition and fuel but lose the plot on a traditional mix.
• Not a feed for a good doer, a laminitic or a horse at rest — Dodson & Horrell High Fibre Nuts are the low-calorie option for those.

Feeding

• Feed 400g to 1kg per 100kg bodyweight per day — 2 to 5kg for a 500kg horse.
• Do not exceed 1kg per 100kg bodyweight per day in total.
• Divide into at least two to three meals a day.
• Keep forage intake at a minimum of 2kg per 100kg bodyweight per day.
• Fresh water must be available at all times.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: oatfeed, dried grass, wheatfeed, flaked barley, molasses, vegetable oil, dried beet pulp, sunflower meal, soya meal, flaked maize, with basil, mint, oregano, rosemary and pomegranate.
• Analytical constituents: crude protein 11.5%, crude oils and fats 9.0%, crude fibre 14.0%, starch 12.0%, sugar 7.0%.
• Lysine 6.3g/kg. Estimated digestible energy 11.5 MJ/kg. Added vitamin E 700mg/kg.
• Supplied in 20kg bags, the only size Dodson & Horrell list.
• Dodson & Horrell’s own copy describes the feed as 12.5% starch while their declared analysis gives 12.0%; the declared figure is used above. They publish no ash or methionine figure, so neither is stated.