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When winter rolls around, you do not need to increase any feed or grain intake, but you do need to make sure your horse has free-choice grass hay. Alfalfa is too rich. You want to give the horse free choice grass hay, preferably spread around the horses pasture so he moves around to eat. When a horse digests hay, a chemical reaction happens as the horse breaks down the fiber that produces internal heat to keep them warm.

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