FEEDING: Jo Palmer says…
Sweat it out
Q I’m confused! Does my horse need an electrolyte supplement over summer when he’s competing most weekends and getting sweaty, or is a salt lick in the field all he needs?
Becky Islip, Bedfordshire
Jo says: As your horse is working hard and sweating routinely, adding an electrolyte supplement to his diet would be beneficial. Electrolytes are the minerals sodium, chloride, calcium, potassium and magnesium, which are lost in a horse’s faeces,
