Young Horses

What energy does your young horse need?

To make an estimation of the weight of your horse at any stage of its development this graph can be very helpful. The weight of the youngster at a certain age is displayed in function of its full grown weight.

Grown 3m 6m 9m 12m 15m 18m 21m 24m 27m 30m 33m 36m

100 10 30 47 67 75 82 86 89 92 94 96 97

200 20 60 94 134 150 164 171 178 183 188 191 194

300 30 90 141 201 225 246 257 267 275 282 287 291

400 40 120 188 268 300 328 342 356 366 376 382 388

500 50 150 235 335 375 410 428 445 458 470 478 485

600 60 180 282 402 450 492 513 534 549 564 573 582

700 70 210 329 469 525 574 599 623 641 658 669 679

800 80 240 376 539 600 656 684 712 732 752 764 776

Table: needs in VEP and VE with young horses, per day. 
In this graph you can read what needs a young horse has in terms of energy, digestible proteins, at a certain age and in function of the full grown weight.

3months 6months 12months 24months 36months

Weight VEP VRE VEP VRE VEP VRE VEP VRE VEP VRE

200 1650 275 1950 235 2100 195 2200 170 2250 170

400 300 525 3450 435 3700 350 3750 295 3850 285

600 4250 770 4850 625 5100 495 5100 405 5200 390

800 5450 1010 6150 810 6450 635 6400 510 6500 485

What young horses need as corner stones of a healthy growth are mainly proteins of good quality. These proteins provide essential amino acids. Some of those amino acids, the horse can produce on its own, but not the essential amino acids. These need to be ingested via the feed. We can find them in certain resources such as soy, milk powder, flax seed, …Of course these are the building blocks upon which Lannoo Breeding Junior are constructed. On top of that, this concentrate contains all the essential minerals and vitamins a growing horse so badly needs. Good feed is one thing, but in order to make a beautiful foal grow into a healthy horse, youngsters need space and movement. It’s crucial for them to be outside and moving for as much time as possible