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Dengie's award winning nutritionist team is celebrating the completion of another MSc with Claire Akers having successfully completed her studies. Claire's MSc takes the total in the team to 3 - making the Dengie team one of the best qualifed nutritionist teams in the UK horse industry! Read More
The chilly weather on Saturday 19th April did not deter riders from saddling up for the 9th Annual Dengie Ride, run in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Burnham on Crouch and Dengie Hundred. Read More
Progress has been made in the search of a cause of Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy (PSSM) or tying up to give it one of its layman terms. PSSM is currently estimated to affect more than one-third of draft horses and one-tenth of all Quarter Horses, although it has also been diagnosed in Thoroughbreds as well... Read More
The inaugural Dengie Pony Club Winter League Dressage Championships was held in conjunction with the 12th annual Dengie Pony Club Winter League Show-Jumping championships at Warwickshire College in Moreton Morrell over the weekend of 29th and 30th March. An initial entry of more than 4,000 Pony Club members competed in the preliminary rounds in the hopes of getting Read More
The five winners of the prize draw for Dengie Club members have been picked and will shortly be receiving their tickets to Badminton for cross country day! Congratulations go to.. Read More
Frederick and Rowena Cook own and run Equine Management Training. They have switched their horses to a Dengie fibre diet and are so impressed with the results they wrote to us to tell us. Here is their story. Read More
Spring still seems a long way off when the worst of the winter weather is being thrown at us! So to give all the Dengie Club members something to look forward to we are offering 5 pairs of tickets to Badminton Horse Trials... Read More
We are very pleased that research into the suitability of various types of forage for veteran horses with compromised dentition, funded by Dengie and undertaken by Writtle College student Tracey Mann, has been accepted... Read More
If there is one thing that owning horses teaches us it's that rarely is everything perfect! This is never more apparent than during the winter months when exercising our horses can be difficult and they spend long periods of time in the stable. Understanding how your horse was designed to eat can help you and him to get through the dark months with your sanity intact! Read More
Do you want to put condition on your horse but dread the fizz that cereal based conditioning feeds can then cause - especially when turnout is limited in winter? Dengie has the answer with Dengie Alfa-Beet... Read More
The festive season may well be behind us now but Dengie was still in the Christmas spirit when we made a donation to Essex based charity Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary... Read More
The last three months of pregnancy is when 60% of foetal development occurs, drastically increasing the mare's nutritional needs in order to be able to support this growth. However that doesn't mean you have to revert to cereal based feeds to give her the extra she needs. Horses evolved to eat fibre, so feeding a fibre based diet could not be more natural... Read More
For a limited time we are offering a 25% discount on Natural Vitality Senior Vits & Mins if you purchase it via our on-line shop... Read More
It is almost Christmas and The Dengie Club is getting into the festive spirit and giving all Dengie Club members the chance of winning one of 10 Thermatex rugs we have to give away! Read More
The winter months mean management changes for many horses and ponies and those in their "senior years" may sometimes need a little extra support to ensure they emerge from winter full of the joys of spring! Read More
Horse feeds today can be very complicated with lots of ingredients sourced from every part of the world, some of them from natural sources, some of them synthetic. Have you ever stopped to consider if your horse actually needs all these ingredients? Read More
Now that the weather is beginning to turn and the days are getting shorter it is a good time to re-asses you horse's diet and ensure that he or she is getting all the nutrients that they need.... Read More
Do you know how much forage your horse or pony eats each day? Do you know whether the forage you use is of good quality? If the answer to these questions is "no" then don't worry, just read on... Read More
Do you fancy winning tickets for the Saturday of Your Horse Live? We have 10 pairs of adult tickets to give away to members of the Dengie Club - so join today to be in with a chance of winning! Read More
With the exceptionally wet and unpredictable weather the UK has seen over the last three months there is growing concern in some areas regarding the availability of forage and its quality. If you are in an area where it is already difficult to get forage, or the quality is very poor, don't panic Read More
If your horse or pony is prone to laminitis or needs to lose weight, one way of managing their diets is to make them wear a grazing muzzle. But how effective are these devices? Tracey Hammond, one of Dengie's nutritionists has studied this area and can report.... Read More
With the summer holidays nearly upon us many of you will be preparing your ponies for summer camp. Amongst all the other things you need to do it is important to consider if you need to make any changes to your pony's diet.... Read More
Recent research has indicated that the incidence of Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS) is higher among all horses than previously thought and attention has turned to feeding regimes as a means of preventing its on-set and mitigating or curing the condition... Read More
Dengie has the most feed products approved by the Laminitis Trust as being ideal for horses and ponies prone to laminitis - a total of 4 products. As part of our on-going committment to helping horse owners cope with this horrible condition, the Dengie sales team spent a day with The Laminits Clinic to find out about the latest research and techniques.... Read More
This summer with the help of Dengie Natural Vitality Supplements range we can help you to ensure that your horse will be literally "gleaming" as you step into the show ring.... Read More
Dengie has extended our support of The Pony Club to include sponsorship of the inaugural Pony Club Winter Dressage League Championships as well as continue to support The Pony Club Winter League and Open Show Jumping Championships - known affectionately as "The Dengie"... Read More
The DFS Derby has long been regarded as the supreme test of horse and rider in Show Jumping. We are offering the chance for 5 members of the Dengie Club to win a pair of tickets, with members enclosure for Sunday 1st July so that you and a friend can be there to see all the action... Read More
As market leader in fibre feed for horses and ponies, we are proud to produce four products that have been awarded the coveted Laminitis Trust's stamp of approval. Hi-Fi Lite, Alfa-A Lite, Alfa-Beet and new Healthy Hooves all have Laminitis Trust approval and are ideal feeds for horses and ponies prone to laminitis... Read More
Older horses with poor dentition could be missing out on vital fibre and nutrients according to a Dengie-funded study at Writtle College. The dissertation study, undertaken by Equine Science degree student, Tracey Mann, showed that short chop alfalfa and grasses are more suitable for the veteran equine than long chop hay.. Read More
Liz Taylor is 23 years old and based in Gloucestershire. She and her mare, Falaina Bint Chatanz posted the joint fastest speed over 160km in Britian in 2006 and where invited to race in Abu Dhabi in February of this year. Dengie sponsored Liz for the ride and here is her report on the visit... Read More
A very successful 11th Dengie Pony Club Winter League and Open Show Jumping Championships took place on Saturday (31st March) at Warwickshire College, Moreton Morrell with talented youngsters from all over the United Kingdom taking part. Read More
This month on the Dengie Club we are offering two Dengie Club members the chance to win a pair of tickets to Badminton Horse Trails with entry to the Portcullis Club on cross country day ! Read More
Dengie is the only large scale horse feed producer in the UK to grow, process, blend and market its own range of horse feed products. With the new harvest just about to commence, come behind the scenes at Dengie to discover how we manage the whole process from the Field to the Feed... Read More
Dengie sponsored dressage rider, Hannah Esberger-Shepherd and her husband Jamie are celebrating the birth of their daughter Molly who arrived on Thursday 1st March 2007 weighing in at a respectable 7lb 8oz. Read More
Fancy having the chance to meet Dengie sponsored rider, William Fox-Pitt?? Join the Dengie Club today to have the chance to enter a prize draw for 4 memberships... Read More
We are pleased to announce the launch of another first for Dengie - New Dengie Healthy Hooves, the only fibre feed on the market with sufficiently high levels of Biotin to have a proven efficacy for hoof health... Read More
Discover how Dengie's new Alfa-Beet can help your horse stay fit and healthy, whatever his age, breed, discipline or workload.... Read More
Alfalfa has the potential to counteract the negative effects of acidity in the gut that can lead to laminitis, according to the latest research conducted by Dr Jo-Anne Murray at the Edinburgh's Royal Dick Veterinary School... Read More
The dietary management of a horse or pony with Cushing's disease should be based on a low sugar and starch diet. Unfortunately one of the main problems associated with the Cushing's horse is that they tend to be more prone to laminitis... Read More
The new range of Dengie Natural Vitality supplements provide you with specific and complementary dietary care for your horse whilst maintaining complete feeding flexibility. Read More
A horse should ideally have at least 1.5% of its bodyweight as fibre per day to keep its digestive system healthy; for a 500kg horse this would equate to 7.5kg. Read More
This September the Dengie Sales and Marketing team travelled to Devon for a day’s insight into all things donkey at the Donkey Sanctuary. After the recent release of the ‘Dengie guide to Feeding Your Donkey’ the day at the sanctuary aimed to expand the general ‘donkey’ knowledge of the Sales and Marketing team, after all we rarely get to see so many donkeys all in one place! Read More
