The alfalfa hay we use here is all the horses need. Our working horses get grain and the brood mares get grain during the last part of their pregnancy. Well, by grain I mean Equine Senior or Strategy or Mare and Foal - whichever is applicable.
I've always thought if I used hay, I would feed Strategy, it's a good feed. But then, I'm rather prejudiced to Purina feeds:) I've been told that even if you see whole grains in horse poop, they have still absorbed all the nutrition out of it, but I still don't like seeing it.
Becky
Oh, and I guess I've lived around here too long:) The mindset here is alfalfa is to rich for horses.
Becky