Common beliefs about hay that quietly cost horses their health.
A lot of “common knowledge” about hay is simply wrong, and some of it puts horses at real risk. Here are the myths we hear most, and what the evidence actually says.
The thread running through all of them: you can't judge the things that matter most by look, smell or reputation. You have to measure them.
Believing them leads to over-feeding concentrates to make up for poor hay, feeding metabolic horses hay that isn't safe, and blaming the horse for problems that start in the forage. Replacing myth with measurement is the single biggest upgrade most horses' diets can get.
Test your hay. Prime Hay analyses every batch for sugar, protein and fibre, so “good hay” is a number you can trust, delivered and placed across Portugal and Spain.
Is green hay always the best hay?
No. Colour reflects curing and storage, not nutrition. A bright green bale can still be too high in sugar for a laminitic horse or too low in protein to hold condition. Only a lab analysis shows the nutritional quality.
Is all horse hay basically the same?
No. Between bales, protein can range from around 2% to over 12% and sugar from safe to dangerous for metabolic horses. That's why testing every batch matters, the differences you can't see are the ones that count.
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