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Happy Horse Nutrition, 78 episodes.

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78. Ciaron Maher Racing's historic Melbourne Cup trifecta and the nutrition fuelling the horses

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77. Horse Nutrition, Exercise & Performance: New Research from ICEEP 2026

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76. Horse Nutrition Q&A: Gut Health, Straw, Beet Pulp Colic & Ryegrass Mycotoxins

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75. Horse feed labels explained: do you really need to follow recommended feeding rates?

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74. Horse Nutrition, Old Habits & the Science of Change with Dr Katherine Goldberg - Part 2

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73. Horse Nutrition, Old Habits & the Science of Change with Dr Katherine Goldberg - Part 1

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72. When a Horse’s Gut Health Goes Wrong: Bentley’s Story

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71. Rethinking Performance Horse Nutrition: Forage, Grain and the Dual Fuel Tanks

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70. Is Perennial Ryegrass Changing Your Horse’s Behaviour?

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69. Horse Nutrition Q&A: Starch in Clover, Protein, Gut Health & Fibre Diversity

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68. Gut Health: How Your Horse’s Hindgut Microbes Affect Performance

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67. Laminitis & Spring Grass: How to Keep Your Horse Safe

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66. Horses, Laminitis & Hoof Health with Dr Luke Wells-Smith

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65. My Favourite 5 Weight Gain Ingredients for Horses

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64. Horse Nutrition Q&A: Insulin Sensitivity, Muscle Building and Misleading Feed Labels

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63. Preventing Gastric Ulcers in Horses: Nutrition Strategies Beyond Forage

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62. Preventing gastric ulcers: The top 3 things you must do for your horse

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61. Horse Nutrition Q&A: Gravel in the Gut, Lucerne Myths and Haynets

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60. Rebuilding a Horse’s Gut After Racing - Allay's Story

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59. Feeding Pregnant Mares & Why Balanced Nutrition Matters From Day One

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58. Feeding horses for Weight Loss and Why “Just Feed Less” is Not the Answer

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57. Feeding Horses for Weight Gain and Why “Just Feed More” Is Not the Answer

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56. Do Calming Supplements for Horses Actually Work?

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55. Horse Nutrition Q&A: Feeding horses with dental issues

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54. Rethinking Yearling Horse Sales Prep: Less Grain, Better Gut Health

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53. Feeding Horses in Winter

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52. Protein Is Not Just Protein: Protein Quality in Horse Nutrition Explained

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51. Equine Joint Health: What Works and What Doesn’t

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50. Feeding Weanlings: The Art and Science of Getting Growing Horse Nutrition Right

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49. Replay: Bone health and horses with Dr Brian Nielsen

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48. Is Canola Oil for Horses as Bad as People Think?

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47. Horse Nutrition Q&A: Hair Analysis vs Diet Analysis, Raw Grain Risks, Ulcers & Orphan Foals

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46. Horse Depression, Behaviour and Nutrition with Joanna Lepiarczyk

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45. Feeding Grain Safely to Horses: Cooked vs Uncooked and Why It Matters (a lot!) for Gut Health

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44. Species-Appropriate Horse Keeping & Why Track Systems Work

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43. Free Fecal Water in Horses: Causes, Diet Fixes and What to Try First

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42. Horse Nutrition Q&A: Straw, Diarrhoea, Feed Safety & Muscle Building

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41. OTT Horse Nutrition: The First 12 Months Off The Track

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40. What is NSC? And is it bad for my horse?

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39. Horse not eating? Learn the 4 most common causes of loss of appetite

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38. Danger in the Grass: High-Oxalate Pastures, Calcium Deficiency & Bighead Disease in Horses

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37. Natural Disaster Horse Nutrition: What to Feed When Everything Changes

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36. Horse Nutrition Q&A: Feeding Before Riding, Hydration Myths & Trail Snacks

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35. Understanding Hay & Pasture Analysis Results for Horses

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Replay: Feed your horse like a horse

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33. Replay: Your horse's hindgut microbes and their impact on... everything! | Best of 2025

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32. Five Ingredients I Love (and Five I Avoid!) in Horse Nutrition

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31. Is This Horse Fed Right? A Vet's Guide to the Rapid Assessment of Nutrition

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30. Horse Nutrition Q&A: How racehorses are thriving on more fibre, less grain

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29. Strip Grazing for Horses: How to reduce pasture intake safely and support weight control

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28. Feeding your horse for an amazing coat

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27. Horse Nutrition Q&A: Ryegrass Staggers, Mycotoxins, Grain Processing & Faecal pH

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26. Feeding ‘Marey Mares’: What to Feed and Avoid for Behaviourally Challenging Mares

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25. Breaking the Horse Nutrition Mold: How Ciaron Maher Racing are Challenging Status Quo in Australian Thoroughbred Racing

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24. Ingredient Variety and Why it Matters in Horse Nutrition

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23. The Guardian Mindset: How Horse Nutrition Impacts Welfare & Performance

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22. Horse Nutrition Q&A: Omega-3, PSSM, and Anhidrosis

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21. Does my horse need a supplement?

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20. Horse Nutrition Q&A: Free Faecal Water Syndrome, Fibre Diversity & Putting Weight on Thin Broodmares

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19. Does My Horse Need Grain?

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18. How Much Hay Does My Horse Need?

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17. Back Health: Keeping Your Horse Pain-Free with Dr. Nicolle Wiechula

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16. Horse Nutrition Q&A: Winter Feeding, Pastures Problems & Weight Management

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15. All about laminitis - keeping your horse safe

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14. Do Joint Supplements for Horses Even Work? Part 2

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13. Do Joint Supplements for Horses Even Work? Part 1

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12. Horse Nutrition Q&A: Ulcers, Soy, Nitrates & More with Nerida and Orla

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11. How to Measure Hindgut Health in Horses

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10. Four Rules for a Healthy Hindgut in Horses

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9. Your horse’s hindgut microbes and their impact on... everything!

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8. Horse nutrition Q&A - ulcers, anxiety and weight loss

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7. Drought Feeding for Horses - Part 2

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6. Drought Feeding for Horses - Part 1

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5. Feeding horses when you’re away from home

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4. Bone health and horses with Dr Brian Nielsen

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3. Feed lucerne (alfalfa) hay to your horse before you ride

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2. A journey down the gastrointestinal tract of the horse

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1. Feed your horse like a horse