Much like humans, horses need a proper diet and adequate exercise to maintain a healthy body weight.

Do you have a full-figured mare that practically plumps up just by looking at green pasture? Have you owned a beer-belly gelding that would rather snack and watch the equine version of Sunday football than get out for a bracing walk? You're not alone.

Although the

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