How Much Sugar Should You Feed Your Horse?

Name: Equine Affaire - How much sugar are you feeding your horse?
Uploaded: 2019-09-17T00:00-05:00
Description: At Equine Affaire Massachusetts 2018, Dr. Lydia Gray gave a presentation on the sugar content in various types of horse feeds. In this video, she has some audience members try to match up the feed to its corresponding amount of sugar in a daily serving, creates a human sugar/carbohydrate flow chart, answers audience questions, and more!

Updated December 30, 2025

At Equine Affaire Massachusetts 2018, Dr. Lydia Gray gave a presentation on the sugar content in various types of horse feeds. In this video, she has some audience members try to match up the feed to its corresponding amount of sugar in a daily serving, creates a human sugar/carbohydrate flow chart, answers audience questions, and more! She also gave a presentation on what to have in your equine first aid kit and what to leave out.

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