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Hard Keeper - Horse Type
View a list of equine feeds and supplements targeted to hard keeper horses horses in Mad Barn’s equine feed database. Compare brands, ingredients and nutrition info to choose products that support weight gain and maintenance for your horse.
Feeds, Supplements & Products
AminoTrace+ Vitamin and Mineral Supplement (Mad Barn)
AminoTrace+ by Mad Barn is a complete, balanced equine mineral and vitamin supplement designed for horses with metabolic concerns. It is ideal for horses with IR, PPID, or high iron in the diet.
B-Vitamin Pak (Mad Barn)
B-Vitamin Pak is a comprehensive B-vitamin supplement in powder form. It provides a balanced profile of the B-Complex vitamins and may be beneficial for horses during times of heavy work, stress, or illness.
Omneity Premix – Vitamin & Mineral Supplement (Mad Barn)
Omneity Premix is a balanced mineral and vitamin supplement for horses providing 100% organic trace minerals, complete B-vitamin fortification, added Vitamin E, yeast, and digestive enzymes.
Optimum Digestive Health Pellets (Mad Barn)
Optimum Digestive Health from Mad Barn is a probiotic and prebiotic supplement designed to support hindgut health in the horse. It helps to maintain a stable microflora and promote immune health.
Optimum Probiotic (Mad Barn)
Mad Barn's Optimum Probiotic is a pure 5-strain probiotic supplement in a powdered format. It provides 20 billion CFU per serving of L. acidophilus, L. fermentum, L. casei, L. plantarum, and L. farciminis.
Three Amigos (Mad Barn)
Three Amigos is an equine essential amino acid supplement containing lysine, methionine, and threonine in a 5:3:2 ratio. These are the three most common limiting amino acids in the horse's diet.
Visceral+ (Mad Barn)
Visceral+ by Mad Barn is a pelleted supplement to be used for horses with gastric health concerns. It is designed to maintain stomach and hindgut health and to support the immune system.
w-3 Oil (Mad Barn)
w-3 Oil by Mad Barn is an essential fatty acid supplement fortified with the omega-3 DHA and natural Vitamin E. W-3 Oil helps to support joint health, coat quality, cardiovascular health and weight maintenance.
16% ProFat Horse Ration (Hoffman’s Horse Products)
Hoffman's 16% ProFat Horse Ration is a pelleted feed with 18% fat, 16% protein and 12% fibre. It is intended to support weight management in horses requiring improved body condition.
All-Natural Rice Bran Oil (McCauley’s Equine Formulas)
McCauley's All-Natural Rice Bran Oil is an essential fatty acid supplement used to support body condition and coat quality. It also provides antioxidants such as Vitamin E. This supplement is intended to be fed as a top dress or mixed into a feed.
Amplify High Fat Supplement (Purina Mills)
Amplify High Fat Supplement is an extruded fat supplement that includes rice bran, flax seed and vegetable oil. It provides added calories for horses that have higher energy needs.
Barley Rings (Dodson & Horrell)
Barley Rings is a feed additive meant to aid with underweight horses, conditioning, and topline development. This feed has a moderate level of protein and a high amount of fat.
Beet Molasses (MW Agri)
Beet Molasses from MW Agri is a highly digestible, high fibre, and high energy feed intended for all horses and ponies. This feed contains molasses which is intended to increase palatability.
Canola Oil
Canola Oil is a calorie-dense fat source that can be used to replace grain in the horse’s diet. It provides cool energy for performance horses and supports weight gain in hard keepers.
Coconut Oil (Equi-Force)
Coconut Oil by Equi-Force is a liquid supplement intended to help provide extra energy. Coconut Oil may also assist in weight gain in horses.
CocoSoya Granular (Uckele)
CocoSoya Granular by Uckele is a supplement for horses that contains 29% fat levels that combines flax seed and rice bran that intends to provide an energy source to build and maintain weight.
Complement Advantage (Excel Equine Feeds)
Complement Advantage by Excel Equine Feeds is a textured feed intended for hard keepers or horses in heavy training.
Complete (Triple Crown)
Triple Crown Complete is a high-fibre feed with beet pulp and added vitamins and minerals designed for performance horses. This feed provides 12% protein and 12% fat in a textured format.
Conditioning Mix (Red Mills)
Conditioning Mix from Red Mills is an oat-free feed intended for horses needing extra condition and topline. This feed is meant to support weight gain, coat condition, and bone integrity.
Cool 10 (Advantage Edge)
Cool 10 by Advantage Edge is a beet pulp-based, textured feed for hard keepers to help maintain or add weight and calm performance and pleasure horses. It does not contain soybean meal, corn, oats, barley, wheat, distillers or cereal grains.
Corn Oil
Corn oil is a plant-based oil derived from corn that is used to provide calories in the equine diet. It is fed to performance horses and hard-keepers to support weight gain.
Daily Start Probiotic (Doctor’s Choice Supplements)
Daily Start Probiotic by Doctor's Choice Supplements is a pre/probiotic supplement intended to support gut health. It is designed for broodmares and horses that have difficulty keeping weight.
EasiConditioner (Pryde’s EasiFeed)
EasiConditioner by Pryde's EasiFeed is an extruded feed intended to promote weight gain in senior horses, horses needing to gain weight or horses in recovery.
Elevate Body Builder (Pink Rose Organix)
Elevate Body Builder from Pink Rose Organix is an additive that is high in fat and is meant to provide cool energy with low sugars and starch. It is also intended for horses in heavy work or hard keepers.
Elite Equine Evolve (Elite Three)
Elite Equine Evolve is a hemp seed hull top-dressing that provides fat, protein, and fibre for the equine diet. Hemp is a source of omega 3, 6 and 9 fatty acids, with the majority being omega-6.
Elite Ration (Hoffman’s Horse Products)
Hoffman's Elite Horse Ration is a feed intended for horses in moderate to heavy work, or hard keepers. This feed contains flax, rice bran, and vegetable oils for energy, providing 15.5% NSC and 8% fat.
Empower Boost Horse Supplement (Nutrena)
Empower Boost is a supplement high in fat and calorie-dense intended for performance horses and hard keepers. It is ideal for gut health as prebiotics and probiotics have been added. This supplement can also be beneficial for horses prone to tying up.
EndurExtra (Kentucky Performance Products)
EndurExtra by Kentucky Performance Products is a powdered fat supplement intended to support weight gain in hard keepers, performance horses and seniors.
Energized Textured (Blue Bonnet Feeds)
Energized Textured from Bluebonnet Feeds is a sweet texturized feed intended for adult horses at maintenance. It provides 10% crude protein, 4% crude fat, and 12% crude fibre.
Eqceed Ultra Senior (Tucker Milling)
Eqceed Ultra Senior by Tucker Milling is a textured, high-fat, low-starch feed formulated specifically for senior horses. It includes shredded beet pulp and Lactobacillus, which supports gut health, and it can served as a complete replacement for hay or pasture.
Equi-BuildER (Blue Grass Animal Products)
Equi-BuildER by Blue Grass Animal Products is a liquid supplement that contains 90% fat levels supplied through rice bran oil and corn oil. Its intended use is for horses in competition, sale, and hard keepers.
Equi-Jewel (Bluegrass Horse Feed)
Equi-Jewel is a high-fat, energy-dense supplement. It is ideal for horses needing better condition, weight gain, and additional energy. This supplement supports weight gain, gut health, and bone density.
EQUI-PRO Premium Senior (Poulin Grain)
EQUI-PRO Premium Senior by Poulin Grain is a pelleted feed intended for senior horses with digestive issues. It provides 14% protein, 6% fat, and 18% fiber.
Equiedge (Excel Equine Feeds)
Equiedge by Excel Equine Feeds is a pelleted fat supplement containing rice bran and flax. It is intended to provide extra calories for hard keepers and support skin and coat quality in horses.
Equilibrium Trimax (Purina)
Purina Equilibrium Trimax is an energy-dense multi-particle feed intended for hard-keepers and performance horses. It provides 12% fat from vegetable oils and fermentable fibre from beet pulp to meet higher calorie requirements.
Equilibrium® XCEL HD (Purina Canada)
Equilibrium® XCEL HD is a high-fat feed from the Purina Platinum product line. This low glycemic feed contains higher fat and fibre content and is intended for equine athletes and hard keepers.
Equinepower Cool Energy (O&T Farms)
Equinepower Cool Energy by O&T Farms is a high fat (28.2%) weight gain supplement intended for all horse types.
EquinePOWER™ Horse Weight Gain Supplement
EquinePOWER™ is a weight gain supplement for horses containing canola, flaxseed, and alfalfa. It is designed to be fed as a top-dressing to horses requiring more calories in their diet.
Esteem Glo Stabilized Rice Bran (Bar Ale)
Esteem Glo Stabilized Rice Bran from Bar Ale is a pelleted feed intended for horses and ponies of all ages and work levels. It is a high-fat feed meant to provide additional energy and condition for hard keepers or horses in intense work.
Extruded Barley (Dunstan)
Extruded Barley by Dunstan is intended to be a highly palatable, highly digestible conditioning supplements. It is calories dense and has vegitable oils added to the formulation. It provides energy for both performance and conditioning.
EZ (Tribute)
Tribute Equine EZ Pellets is a 20% fibre, 8% fat feed intended for hard keepers and mature horses with higher energy requirements. It is formulated with reduced sugar and starch content and provides a maximum 13.5% NSC.
Fat Cat (Vapco)
FAT-CAT is an equine supplement designed to support weight gain, shiny coats and hoof health. It contains corn oil, flaxseed oil, protein sources, biotin and several fermentation products.
Flax Plus Balancer (Bluegrass Horse Feed)
Flax Plus Balancer is cereal and soya-free formula for horses and ponies needing better condition. Ideal for those in light to moderate work. It contains 19% protein, 8% fat, and 10.6% fibre.
Fortified Pelleted Rice Bran (Legends)
Legends Fortified Pelleted Rice Bran is an 18% fat supplement targeted to hard-keepers and performance horses. This extruded feed can help meet energy demands and maintain body condition.
Gain Weight (Cox Vet Lab)
Gain Weight is a supplement intended to add additional calories and fat to a horse's diet. It can be beneficial to improve condition.
Glo-N-Go (Formula 707)
Glo-N-Go by Formula 707 is fat supplement intended to help horses that have trouble maintaining a healthy weight.
Glyx Meadow Hay Cobs (St.Hippolyt)
Glyx Meadow Hay Cobs by St.Hippolyt is a pelleted grass and herb mixture intended for senior horses, horses with weight issues or dust allergies, and picky eaters.
Good n Sound (West Feeds, Inc)
Good n Sound is a pelleted equine feed that contains 14% protein and 7% fat. It is intended for senior horses, hard keepers, and horses with sensitive stomachs.
Hard Keeper (Vita Flex)
VitaFlex Hard Keeper Solution is an energy supplement intended for horses that require additional calories to support weight gain. Energy sources include corn distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS), soybean oil and ground flax.
Healthy Weight (Platinum Performance)
Platinum Healthy Weight is an equine fat supplement containing flaxseed oil and natural Vitamin E in the form of d-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate. This oil is intended to support coat, skin, gastric, and muscle health.
Hi-Grade Horse & Pony Cubes (Gain Equine Nutrition)
Hi-Grade Horse and Pony Cubes is a pelleted high-energy feed intended for hard-working performance horses. It is also formulated to support hard keepers.
High Fat Pellets (Ritchie Smith – Harmony)
High Fat Pellets from Ritchie Smith's Harmony is a complete feed that has a low NSC value and is ideal for hard keepers, performance horses, stallions, horses who need slow release energy or horses with metabolic issues. It can help with immunity, hooves and skin, and gut health.
High VAULTage (Equi-lete)
High VAULTage by Equi-lete is a vitamin and mineral supplement intended to support health, performance and recovery in performance horses and hard keepers.
Improver Conditioning Mix (Hilight)
Improver Conditioning Mix from Hilight is intended to provide horses with additional calories who may require additional body condition. This feed contains 5.5% fat and 13% crude protein.
Integrity Stabilized Rice Bran (Integrity Horse Feeds)
Integrity Stabilized Rice Bran is a high-fat (20.5%) concentrate feed available in a meal or nugget format. It is intended for horses with higher energy requirements or to support weight gain.
K Finish (Tribute)
Tribute K Finish is a 25% fat equine supplement formulated with a blend of soybean, rice bran, and flaxseed. It can be used as a top-dressing for weight gain or for horses that require additional calories.
Kalm N’ Fit (Tribute Equine)
Kalm 'N Fit® is a corn-free, high-fat, textured feed for exercising mature horses. It is formulated for horses consuming lower protein forages and contains steam-crimped grains to improve digestibility.
LinuStar (St.Hippolyt)
LinuStar by St.Hippolyt is a pelleted supplement intended to support a healthy coat and gut function in colicky horses, or horses with weight issues.



















