Care & Health for Horses, Equine Medicine

Beyond the Hay Days: Refreshingly Simple Horse Nutrition

Name: Beyond the Hay Days: Refreshingly Simple Horse Nutrition
Author: Rex A. Ewing
ISBN: 9780965809825

by Rex A. Ewing, Cherry Hill

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Overview

Overview

An easy-to-read, common sense handbook for all horse owners, from greenhorns to old hands. BEYOND THE HAY DAYS covers everything from simple hay-and-grain basics, to vitamins, minerals and supplements, including the latest word on glucosamine, Omega fatty acids, bromelain and more. Learn how to meet the nutritional demands of horses at various ages and levels of activity, from pleasure horses to mares, foals and yearlings, to stallions and performance horses. Handy charts and tables put the information at your fingertips, and helpful formulas for calculating feed rations make this the one book on equine nutrition you'll read and refer to again and again.

Reviews of the 1st Edition

"If you'd like to get a handle on equine nutrition, but the subject tends to make your eyes glaze over, add BEYOND THE HAY DAYS to your horse library...Ewing will answer most, if not all of your questions." - HORSE & RIDER magazine

"This fascinating and folksy book takes a very dry subject and makes it interesting. For those of us not seeking a doctorate in equine nutrition, this book pretty well covers what we need to know." - THE QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL

"....this pleasant little primer contains an impressive amount of science and a healthy dose of common sense from a man who's been raising and feeding horses successfully for years." - EQUUS

"This thin, easy-to-read book uses common sense as its guiding force and knits in those complicated equations so the readers learns - and enjoys while doing so. It's lively, full of fun and gets the information to the reader in a hurry....I highly recommend this book as an inexpensive, reliable and easy-to-swallow guide for experienced and green horsemen. For those of us who hate science and complicated dissertations, this is the book of choice." - NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY

About the Author
Rex A. Ewing spent several years as CEO of the John Ewing Company, a well-respected equine nutrition firm for over 50 years. He has been published by several equine publications, and has formulated and marketing numerous nutrition products for horses worldwide.

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Reviews of the 1st Edition

"....this pleasant little primer contains an impressive amount of science and a healthy dose of common sense from a man who's been raising and feeding horses successfully for years." - EQUUS

About the Author, Rex A. Ewing

Rex A. Ewing grew up in northeastern Colorado’s Platte valley, where he spent most of his time looking after the family’s herds of Charolais cattle and Thoroughbred horses. He learned early about the importance of proper feeding since, in addition to the purebred stock, the Ewing Ranch operated an experimental feedlot for horses, cattle and sheep, where his father, John, tested the efficacy of different feeds and additives.

Following college, Rex returned to life on the ranch, managing the horse operation and assisting his father in the family’s horse nutrition business. When John Ewing died in 1990, Rex became president and CEO of the John Ewing Company, a world-renowned producer of horse nutrition products. Combining his years of common-sense experience with the scientific particulars of horse nutrition, he formulated a number successful products, wrote regularly for horse publications, and talked to thousands of horse owners about their nutrition related problems.

After leaving the family business in 1997, Rex wrote the first edition of Beyond the Hay Days. Since then, he has maintained his contacts and followed the industry closely. The updated and expanded 2nd edition was released in 2003.

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Editorials

This gem of a paperback is a treasure trove of facts about what every horse-keeper needs to know about feeding horses. Years as CEO of an equine feed company gave him the fodder to write this handy little reference book, suitable for greenhorns and weathered trail hands alike - healthy doses of common sense interspersed with science make it very palatable and easy to digest.

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From start to finish, this book is one of the most accessible tomes I have ever read on the topic of equine nutrition, vitamins and minerals. Whether you have a broodmare, weanling, active sporthorse or a geriatric equine, this book will be an invaluable aid in keeping your horse healthy and happy. Every stable should have a copy in the feed room.

Karen Hayes

Ewing doesn’t strike me as a man who’s in love with calculators and analytical chemistry. He’s a horse lover. He speaks our language and he’s a practical man. On matters of equine nutrition, he cuts to the chase....Ewing hands it to you on a silver platter and makes it downright palatable. Buy this book, and read it.

Pat Ingram

If your feed room looks like a health food store, this book might help you make better use of some of that inventory. The new edition lives up to my opinion of the original version: ‘This fascinating and folksy book takes a very dry subject and makes it interesting. For those not seeking a doctorate in equine nutrition, this book pretty well covers what we need to know.’ The book has a tremendous amount information to offer.