Feeding the Beast

Feeding horses is an art.

Oh, the nutritionists will tell you it’s science, give you formulas and analyses and ratios and recommendations. And they’ll be right.

But not entirely.

“Every horse is an individual,” the trainers make a point of saying, and so do the people in charge of keeping those horses fed. It’s not just a matter of size, weight and work level. There are so many other factors involved that by the time the barn manager is done, keeping each horse properly fed and nourished owes as...