Tribute Equine Nutrition Wholesome Blends Balancer Horse Feed, 50-lb bag

The feed came in excellent condition and fast. It looks good. Two horses ate it readily, the third is picky and took a day to warm up to it. You can see the vegetables in it. The peas are bright green. I make sure I weigh it out though since its a balancer. For anyone who buys it right now, Tribute messed up the label for feeding directions and stuck a sticker on the front of my bag with the correct feeding amounts. On there website they mentioned the feed bag label error. So just make sure your reading the right label as you don't feed a lot of this like you do some other feeds where you may feed several pounds a day, this is not one of those.

Phoenix was a big fan of this balancer! She ate it a lot more enthusiastically than her previous ration balancer and I think she appreciated the higher feeding rate, lol. I fed her about 2 lbs a day of this so while it had a slightly higher feeding rate than her previous balancer it was still a much lower feeding rate than regular grain would call for. This made it economical and a good choice for her health because she's a large pony and therefore an easy keeper. I liked the clean ingredients of this feed and that it included ingredients like peas, sweet potatoes, and sunflower seeds as a whole-food approach to nutrition. I definitely recommend giving this a try!

Horses took a while to eat it. They all look in good weight. I feel like it’s more sugar than it was marketed as I’m still in trail period for my gypsy Vanners. I’m on the fence.

I've struggled trying to find a ration balancer for my three very different horses. The Wholesome Blend RB is what I settled on. It satisfies the picky eater who won't touch anything with soy. This is soy free. Depending on the horse, they get 1-2 pounds per day as their diet is forage based. I divide feedings to 2x a day. Picky eater is maintaining his weight while in work, the overweight horse is slowly dropping weight and retired OTTB is maintaining weight even though he runs a little hot. The only thing extra they get is a tbs. salt, a balanced omega 3/6 oil and extra Vit E (for two neurological horses). These are my choice extras and have been doing so for years regardless of the feed and not necessarily required additives to this product. We've cut costs, time and confusion on who gets what. The nutritionist at Tribute is very helpful in answering all of my questions. I highly recommend!