Smart Carb Feed for Performance Horses

January 17, 2024

Are you looking for a high-quality performance horse feed option that is low in sugar and starch? Look no further than Standlee’s Smart Carb™ Performance pellets. This specially formulated feed blend is designed to provide your horses with a nutritious and balanced diet, without the excess sugars and starches found in other feeds. Smart Carb Performance pellets are also enriched with probiotics to optimize microbiome function for improved digestion.

Benefits of Smart Carb Performance Pellets

This grain-free, highly palatable blended horse feed pellet has added probiotics to positively enrich the microbiome function specifically tailored for performance horses requiring a low sugar and low starch feed supplement solution.

Highly Palatable: Contains Teff Grass, Beet Pulp, and Alfalfa

One of the key benefits of our Smart Carb Performance forage blend is its high palatability. It contains a carefully selected combination of premium teff grass, beet pulp, and alfalfa, which not only provides essential nutrients but also makes it highly appetizing for horses. This means that even picky eaters are more likely to enjoy this forage, ensuring they receive the necessary nutrition without sacrificing taste.

Promotes Efficient Digestion: Added Probiotic

Promoting efficient digestion is another advantage of our Smart Carb Performance forage blend. We have added probiotics to enhance the digestive process and positively influence the horse's microbiome. This helps maintain a healthy gut flora, aids in nutrient absorption, and supports overall digestive health. By incorporating our forage blend into your horse's diet, you can be confident in providing them with a solution that optimizes digestion and nutrient utilization.

Grain Free – No Molasses Added

Furthermore, our Smart Carb Performance forage blend is grain-free and contains no added molasses. This makes it an ideal feed choice for horses with specific dietary requirements or sensitivities. By eliminating grains and molasses, Smart Carb Performance offers a low sugar and low starch solution, ensuring that horses with insulin resistance, metabolic disorders, or those needing a controlled carbohydrate intake can still enjoy a nutritious and balanced diet.

Smart Carb Performance Pellet Ingredients

In addition to our premium teff grass and alfalfa forage we incorporated beet pulp, flaxseed, canola oil, and stabilized rice bran for added calories, without added sugars and starches. Smart Carb Performance also contains yeast culture, a probiotic that enriches the microbiome and aids in digestion.

Smart Carb Performance pellets stand out as a uniquely crafted, intentionally softer, smaller pellet option in equine nutrition, ensuring a consistent nutrient-dense mix. Upon opening the bags, you may notice a loose substance at the bottom, highlighting their deliberate softness. Due to the nutrient-rich ingredients, do not discard these ground pellets. We recommend these pellets be soaked to a soup-like consistency to maintain a nutrient-dense blend when mixed with other pellets for your horses.

Feeding Guidelines for Smart Carb Performance Pellets

Forage is the most important component of a horse’s diet and should be fed at a rate of 1.5-2.5% of a horse’s body weight. Introduce Standlee Smart Carb Performance forage gradually into your horse’s diet over seven to fourteen (7-14) days to replace up to 50% of forage in your horse's diet.

For example, a horse that is eating 20lbs of forage per day can be fed up to 10lbs of Smart Carb forage per day and 10lbs of another forage source.

While the recommendation is to soak Smart Carb Performance pellets, horses accustomed to pellets may find the naturally soft texture palatable without requiring extra preparation, allowing for a convenient and enjoyable feeding experience.

Interested in working Smart Carb Performance into your horse’s dietary regimen but not sure how to start? Reach out to us for guidance and personalized recommendations. Our team of experts is here to help you make the best feeding decisions for your horse's specific needs.