We believe all senior horses and ponies deserve to be completely cared for which is why we are pleased to launch our flexible range of senior and senior friendly feeds; all of which have been independently approved by Nicola Jarvis, head vet at Redwings Horse Sanctuary. We have also introduced a new ‘Senior Friendly’ logo to help you identify the most suitable feed for your horse or pony.
Combining nutritional expertise & consumer insight
Almost twenty years of scientific research into senior horse nutrition has helped to develop our expertise in feeding horses and ponies as they age. However ageing is a very individual process and no-one knows your senior horse better than you do. For this reason, we combined our nutritional expertise with in depth consumer research to ensure we truly understand the challenges faced by senior horse owners. Over the course of 5 months we heard from over 1,300 horse owners through a series of surveys, face to face interviews and an interactive online community. This enabled to us to explore every aspect of ownership from the bond shared between senior horses and their owners through to current feed choices and feeding practices.
The new line up
After 12 months of research and product development we are now excited to introduce two new feeds to our core senior range:
SPILLERS Senior Complete Care Mix which provides complete nutritional care for senior horses including added joint, digestive and immune support. It’s also higher in fibre and lower in starch than traditional mixes, helping to support digestive health and reduce the risk of excitability. Finally, with a blend of real herbs, your horse is certain to find it pretty tasty too.
SPILLERS Senior Super Mash is a blend of highly digestible fibre and oil alongside pro and prebiotics making it the ultimate senior mash for condition and gut health. It’s suitable for feeding as a replacement for compound feed and as hay replacing making it ideal for horses and ponies with poor teeth. It’s also suitable for laminitics as it’s whole cereal and molasses free and low in sugar and starch. Finally, with an appetising apple aroma it smells and tastes good too (taste test based on lots of empty feed bowls during our palatability trials!)
Tried & tested
Our new product development journey ends with consumer testing so you can be re-assured that both SPILLERS Senior Complete Care Mix and SPILLERS Senior Super-Mash have been independently trialled by senior horses and ponies throughout the country. This is what one of our triallists had to say about SPILLERS Senior Super-Mash;
"Very impressed, my oldies love it. They have been fed all year round on your Speedy-Mash Fibre, but I had to reduce the quantity as they were looking too well on the new Senior Super-Mash. 'Rescue' pony has also gained weight more rapidly than on Speedy-Mash, seems much brighter in himself and although very food orientated he is less hungry and agitated at feeding time - I can see no reason why it would not work for him too, even though he is not a senior. They are all going to be very disappointed when I run out of trial product!" Julie Maude.

Julie's horse Toby at the end of the SPILLERS Senior Super-Mash trial.
The new ‘Senior Friendly’ logo
Whilst some senior horses may thrive on their normal feed, others may benefit from more specialist support whether that be a mash to replace compound feed or forage, additional calories and quality protein to maintain condition or increased immune support. The senior friendly logo identifies feeds which although may not be part of our core senior range, are suitable for meeting the individual requirements of senior horses and ponies.
For more advice on feeding your senior horse or pony contact the SPILLERS Care-Line
You can either use our stockist locator to find a stockist near you (https://www.spillers-feeds.com/storelocator), if they don't have it in stock they will be able to order it in for you. Alternatively, if you want to email us (https://www.spillers-feeds.com/contact) or send us a private message on Facebook with your postcode we can take a look on your behalf and get back to you with your closest account who stocks the product.
Many thanks, Team SPILLERS.
No problem. Please email us at teamspillers@effem.com to request your sample.
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Team SPILLERS
Regards Sarah
Unfortunately we don't do delivery centrally. You will need to go to your local stockists who will be able to give you a local price.
You can find your local stockist here: https://www.spillers-feeds.com/storelocator/
We would not recommend a mix to a horse with Cushings since the starch and sugar level is high. Instead we'd suggest Supple + Senior Balancer to provide all the vitamins and minerals she needs. It benefits from added joint support too.
If you need more calories we'd suggest feeding Senior Super-Mash!
For specific amounts please contact the Care-Line on 01908 226626
The exact diet would depend on a lot of factors.
For example, if he's a very good doer we'd suggest feeding a balancer to provide all the vitamins and minerals he needs without unwanted calories. They are incredibly low in sugar and starch and therefore do not create an excitable response. Supple + Senior would be ideal!
If your pony needs more calories than a balancer can offer then we'd suggest feeding a cube. The exact one would depend on calorie requirements and workload. For example, we'd start with High Fibre Cubes but if those weren't enough we'd suggest either Slow Release Energy Cubes or Digest + Conditioning Cubes. For all our cubes the feeding rate is between 600-800g per 100kg of bodyweight per day. For example, a 450kg pony 2.5k-3kg per day.
In addition we'd advise feeding a chaff to increase fibre intake and support gastric health. Alfalfa-Pro Fibre is a good choice for excitable horses as the starch level is very low.
For more tailored advice please contact the Care-Line on 01908 226626
Please visit our stockist locator here: https://www.spillers-feeds.com/storelocator/
Many thanks,
Team SPILLERS
Quite simply one has molasses for improved palatability and the other doesn't!
Please contact us with your adddress so that we can send you a sample.
Many thanks,
Bella
Certainly we can send you a sample.
Please contact us on 01908 226626, email teamspillers@effem.com or message us on our Facebook page with your address so we can send you one.
Yes it is low in sugar and starch so ideal for those prone to excitability or gastric ulcers.
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Team SPILLERS
Yes Senior Super-Mash would be ideal for his as it's very soft and palatable. I wouldn't suggest that you specifically need to add the Senior Conditioning Mix but if you wanted to then yes you could :)
Thanks,
Bella
Yes it will be suitable to feed as a standalone feed and an ideal carrier for supplements.
Though it does include a full range of added vitamins and minerals, it will only provide a balanced diet when fed at the full recommended ration. For some horses, this is too calorific and so you will need to top up with balancer. You could look at the Supple + Senior Balancer which also has added glucosamine, MSM and Omega 3.
Thanks,
Bella