How much does an adult horse eat in a day?

Answer 1

The amount of food a horse eats will vary from horse to horse. A horse should be fed roughly 1.5% to 3% of their own bodyweight in food daily. As an example a 1000 pound horse will need to eat 15 to 30 pounds of food a day, this adds up to 5,475 to 10,950 pounds of food a year.

Answer 2

The amount of food a horse eats in a day varies between 1.5 to 3.5% of it's bodyweight. As an example a 1,000 pound horse would eat 15 to 35 pounds of feed per day with no less than 50% of that ration being roughage in the form of grass, hay, or haylage.