I recently tried out a bag of the new Spillers speedy mash fibre to try out on the 2 horses. They are already on fast fibre so with this being pretty much the same I thought I would give it a go to see how they got on. Even getting the bag I was a little sceptical as it gives out an apple aroma and taste for the horses, now this would be great for most horses but knowing Legacy is a little iffy with apples and apple tasting products I thought she'd be a good judge.
Some of the product features are:
- Fast soaking in 60 seconds.
- It's safe to give to laminitics and those prone.
- Cereal & Molasses free, high in fibre and low in starch and sugar making it great for good doers and those in light work.
- It contains prebiotic fos and probiotic live yeast to help support optimum digestive health.
- It supplies quality protein to help maintain topline and muscle tone.
- It includes vitamins and minerals including chelated zinc and copper to help maximise absorption.
- It's great for older horses with poor teeth and those who are struggling to chew long fibre.
What Legacy and Cloudy thought of the product:
To first try this product out on the horses I got a sample bag of it, which was then halved and put into their feed for that day along with their graze on grass and some fast fibre to build up their feed amount. Cloudy went over and ate his food like normal without a care in the world, apart from having his ears back at the birds that wait around to pick at his left overs. Legacy was a little more suspicious with hers and gave it a little smell but then started to eat it up as usual.
After them eating the food I had a bag to try out with the two of them. I gave them their usual feed the first day trying it out, swapping the usual fast fibre out for the speedy mash. Like previously Cloudy dove right in and ate the food, Legacy on the other had was a little different. To start with she started to eat the food as usual then ended up sifting through the mash looking for the mix and grass. In the end she ended up leaving her food and heading over to the haynets to eat. We tried her out on the speedy mash again the next day and she just left it again, resulting in Cloudy eating what she'd left over.
After trying this out I bought her a bag of fast fibre to put her back on while keeping Cloudy on the speedy mash.
Here I've done a comparison of both the fast fibre and speedy mash dry, these are both 1 stubbs scoop worth which is 1.5kg dry weight of fast fibre and 1.7kg dry weight of speedy mash.
And here is a comparison of the two feeds wet and 60 seconds.
Since finishing the bag with Cloudy Legacy has started to go over and start to steal his food when he still has some left over. This has left me thinking that she will eat the food but only in small amounts. With this food biggest competitor I would say is the fast fibre I feel the apple aroma and taste gives the speedy mash a good edge and opens up to some more customers who like the idea of the apple, it will also close out some customers who have fussy horses like Legacy.
Verdict from Legacy: Bit Iffy with it so I won't feed it to her.
Verdict from Cloudy: Will eat it.
If you're looking for a high fibre feed or a soakable feel to keep your horse fuller for longer I would definitely give this a go, as it's high in fibre and low in starch & sugar but if you're horse is already on fast fibre and doing great personally I wouldn't change over and I can't see it doing much different than fast fibre.
You can find out some more info and work out how much to feed on the Spillers website here, or you can try it out at a reduced introductory price of £7.99 (£9.49 RRP) here.
*I did receive a bag to try out for free through my work but have received nothing for this review and all opinions are my own (and my horses).
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