Red Mills Feed Room Classics: Expert Tips for Travelling Horses

In this Red Mills Feed Room Classic, Spike the Vet and Nia O'Malley from Connolly's Red Mills share essential advice on keeping your horse healthy and stress-free during travel. Whether it's a short trip to a local event or a long-haul flight to an international competition, we've got you covered! Episode Highlights: The importance of maintaining hydration and how to effectively use mashes. How to prepare your horse's diet before, during, and after travel. Tips for supporting gut health and managing stress on the road. The role of supplements like electrolytes, calming agents, and Vitamin C in travel situations. Guests: Nia O'Malley graduated from the University of Limerick in Equine Science, and since then, she has followed the path of equine nutrition and exercise physiology. Her interests include nutrition for the performance horse, the broodmare and growing youngstock, and digestive related issues. Nia is an essential member of the Connolly's Red Mills Technical Support Team, who's work involves visiting farms and training centres throughout Europe and the US, assessing horses, preparing diet plans, offering nutritional advice.  Sponsors: Trusted by top riders around the world, Connolly's Red Mills delivers nutrition for performance horses in over 80 countries — combining fresh ingredients, cutting-edge science, and 100+ years of experience to help every horse thrive. Check out their Nutritional Hub here. Don't forget — podcast listeners get 15% off Foran Equine products. Just use code EQUIRATINGSPODCAST15 at checkout. EquiRatings Eventing Podcast: Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook.