Equine Nutrition Services
Consultations, ration balancing, diet evaluations and custom feeding plans to keep your horse healthy and performing.
Ration Balancing & Diet Evaluations
Thorough diet evaluations identify gaps or excesses in your current feeding routine to support better digestion, energy levels and overall vitality. This process helps improve equine performance nutrition by aligning diet plans with your horse’s age, workload, and health status.
Custom Equine Feeding Programs
Every horse is unique. Custom feeding programs are designed around your horse’s specific needs, goals, and lifestyle. Whether managing weight, learning how to feed for a medical condition, improving coat quality or enhancing stamina, personalized plans promote long-term health and can result in cost savings by minimizing feed waste and unnecessary supplements.
Forage Sampling
Forage is the largest part of your horse’s diet and hay that is sampled by a National Forage Testing Association certified professional and analyzed by Equi-Analytical for accuracy is the foundation for diet can trust. The results give you clear, reliable insight to build a balanced equine diet and can help prevent costly health issues before they start.
Ongoing Equine Nutrition Support
Nutritional support doesn’t stop once the plan is created—Marquise Equine Nutrition is here to guide you every step of the way. From progress check-ins to timely adjustments, your success plan is continually refined to support lasting health and performance.
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30 Day Balance Service provides:
Initial 1 hour Intake call to discuss goals, management limitations and feeding preferences
Complimentary handheld scale and tape measure
Body Condition Scoring
Weight Estimation
Review of environmental and management factors
Personalized report including Intake Assessment, Feeding Plan, Educational Materials
Success check-ins
$225 per horse
Discounts offered for multiple horses at the same location
Program continuation available for $75 per month
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90 Day Balance Service is ideal for horses needing aditional time to achieve results or may require rebalancing of the feed plan.
This plan provides:
Initial 1 hour Intake to discuss goals, limitations, and feed preferences
Complimentary handheld scale and tape measure
Body condition scoring
Weight estimation
Review of environmental and management factors
Personalized report including Intake Assessment, Feeding Plan, Educational tools
Rebalancing of the feed plan as needed
Success check-ins to ensure you and your horse experience lasting success and satisfaction.
$375 per horse
Discounts offered for multiple horses at the same location
Program continuation available for $75 per month
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Forage is the largest portion of your horse’s dietary intake and knowing its nutrition analysis is a great way to build the foundation of a great feed plan.
Forage Sampling includes:
Sampling according to National Forage Testing Association guidelines
Timely mailing of sample
Cost of analysis by Equi-Analytical
Report of results and recommendations
Starting at $100
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Marquise Equine Nutrition is dedicated to more than creating personalized diets for your horse. Providing you the knowledge to make educated decisions about your horse’s nutrition is just another way we can be successful together.
Educational classes based on current scientific literature and the National Research Council can be taught anywhere and are designed to be interactive and engaging for groups of five or more
Do you have a topic not listed below that you and your friends want to know more about? Contact me and we will look at options to create a class just for you!
Equine Gut Health
Understanding a Forage Analysis
Form, Function & Forage
Senior Horse Health
The Scoop on Supplements
Understanding Bags & Tags
Please contact to discuss your event and pricing information.
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This is a one-day class covering the fundamental principles of equine nutrition. Most importantly, it is independent and unbiased and the only class of its kind.
Class topics include:
What a horse has evolved to eat
Basics of the gastrointestinal tract
Classes of nutrients
Types of forages and feedstuffs
Reading feed labels, calculating rations, feeding for life stages
Special considerations – and more.
Activities include:
Calculating weight
Body condition scoring
Feed comparisons
The class includes a full-color 80+ page reference manual and a Certificate of Completion.
$199 per person
Common Equine Nutrition Problems Solved with Marquise Equine Nutrition
Weight loss
Poor topline development
Feeding plan confusion
Digestive health concerns
Metabolic, muscle myopathy or health diagnosis
Performance nutrition support
Hoof or coat lacking strength or quality
Unbalanced diets
Overuse of supplements
Frequently Asked Questions
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Even if your horse is a proper weight, it may still be lacking amino acids, vitamins, or minerals. Signs of imbalance can include poor topline, low or excessively high energy, poor coat or hoof quality, health concerns and performance issues. A professional diet analysis helps identify deficiencies and excesses that may be affecting your horse’s health and performance.
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An equine nutrition review with Marquise Equine Nutrition begins with a conversation that identifies your goals for your horse’s health as well as your management strategies. From there you will complete and Intake Form that provides details of your horse’s current feeding plan, forage access, workload, condition, lifestage and living environment. Using this information you will receive a custom feeding plan created using science-based recommendations specifically designed for your horse.
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Having a balanced feeding plan created with your horse’s needs in mind, can improve condition, performance, digestive health, and long-term wellness while reducing unnecessary supplements and feeding guesswork. Working with a professional provides clear guidance rather than generic recommendations.
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Forage makes up the majority of a horse’s diet and forage testing is one of the most valuable tools in building an accurate feeding plan. However, in many cases such as having low supply or variable suppliers having this done can be challenging. In the case that an analysis isn’t possible, estimates can be used from reputable forage libraries.
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Marquise Equine Nutrition is great at busting supplements and pointing out money wasters, but in some cases science-backed supplements can support diets that are already based on quality forage, adequate calories and supply proper nutrition.
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Many horses will show improvements in digestion, energy levels and overall comfort within a few weeks, but complex cases may take longer. That’s why 30 and 90 Day Plans are available to make sure the plan is trending toward success and all of your questions are answered.
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Feeding a horse based on its specific lifestage, workload, body weight, geographic region, living environment, taste preferences, and the all important owner limitations take more than AI or a social media chat. It takes digging into the details, talking through the questions, and concierge-level support that you get from Marquise Equine Nutrition.
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