Prince Muhammad Ali Tawfiq, in his book “A Message in the Service of Horses,” talks about the basics of nutrition, saying: Slow work aids digestion, clears the intestine, and strengthens the appetite. Walking slowly is not intended to cause rapid breathing or profuse perspiration. And the moderate stress that I am talking about is without prejudice to the digestive process as some think and after the completion of the fast work it must be missed a moment before the stomach becomes able to digest food and it is rare for the horse to have less appetite even if his thirst quenches and dorms his body, if it is cut off for a long time from Eating or carrying on with a substance that he is fond of, it is easy to tempt him to eat, but it is not right to let him eat, because a little food harms him just as much harms him.
The upset of the stomach makes it impossible to eat food, so it results from that fermentation and the horse’s life is at risk, or the food remains in the stomach without digestion, and this causes lameness. Ready to eat his food.
