Horses are herbivores and grazing animals with a digestive tract suited to eat forages eg fibre, the horses feed proceeds from the stomach through the small intestine, where starch, protein, sugar, vitamins, minerals and fat are digested and absorbed into the blood stream, then remaining nutrients/fibre continue through the large intestine- hindgut.

Fibre known as Cellulose is the outer cell wall covering and binding material that keeps the plant cells intact. Cellulose are broken down in the stomach / small intestine where feed components eg energy, protein, vitamins and minerals are made available.

Cellulose / fibre IS the most important part of a horses diet.

The problem with a fibre source is that natural grazing from grasses is made hard by weather patterns across our country side not enabling enough grass to be grown, therefore we rely on hay or chaff, but there is an inconsistency in some of these products because the areas they come from may not contain all necessary soil nutrients and differ in plant species.

Cutting hay at inappropriate times causes a deficit in nutrient value, digestibility and moisture which in turn can effect your horses maintenance and or performance.

Hay cut at the leafy green stage before it goes to stem or seed is highly digestable and retains nutrients.

Prime Equus fibre products are harvested at the leafy green stage to ensure high digestability and nutrient levels.

Prime Equus use only export quality hay, Lucerne hay, high quality steamed whole oats, Equus mineral salts (mineral tissue salts plus added herbs and vitamins) which are natural, chemical and gmo free and the organic Equus Soy Oil which is cool pressed with no use of chemical extraction.