The truth of the matter is her "OLD" horses really would be better with your mixed hay than any high protein hay like alfalfa. Then give them plenty of it so their digestive tract will work better.
I sold a lot of "cheap" hay to people after I showed them how their horses where healthier eating 1/2 a bale per day of grass hay over 1/4 a bale per bay of high quality hay like alfalfa.
Most pleasure horse people have very little scientific knowledge of what their horses actually need. They listen to some person, usually a woman, that is running some stable or horse training stable. That person too many times knows NOTHING factual about taking care of a horse.
I have met more pleasure horse people in the last few years as the grand daughters are into horse now. It is funny when many of those people come out and see what the horses here eat. Usually mixed grass hay that is cured well and baled dry but with no more than 15% alfalfa in it. Then some sweet feed that we make right here on the farm. Just some dry corn, oats or spelts, mineral mix for horses, and some molasses to bind it all together. Cost less than $250 per ton.
Many of these people are paying $500-600 per ton for sweet feed and $10 per bale alfalfa. Then big vet bills because their horse is sick.
The real shame is that the more wealthy the owners are the less good information they get or believe. There are too many in the pleasure horse business that kind of pray on these people and sell them things at greatly inflated prices just to take their money.
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