How to feed horse to get right temperament?

[Pieta]

Hi! Can somebody tell me how to feed horse from newborn to keep calm or get even-tempered temperament if the horse is born calm. I now that sugar rise temperament and that fibers make them more calm, but my problem is that all my horses turn bombproof

I would be also very happy if somebody tells me conformation of that colt?

Thank you!

[Soaring Hooves]

yeah I suck at temps but...
Speed 17
Strength 23
Stamina 49
Intelligence Conformation does not affect Intelligence
Balance 38
Movement 57
Agility 30
Tempo 38

Hi! Can somebody tell me how to feed horse from newborn to keep calm or get even-tempered temperament if the horse is born calm. I now that sugar rise temperament and that fibers make them more calm, but my problem is that all my horses turn bombproof

I would be also very happy if somebody tells me conformation of that colt?

Thank you!

[BlackOak2]

Hi! Can somebody tell me how to feed horse from newborn to keep calm or get even-tempered temperament if the horse is born calm. I now that sugar rise temperament and that fibers make them more calm, but my problem is that all my horses turn bombproof

I would be also very happy if somebody tells me conformation of that colt?

Thank you!

You will need a barn.
Keep them on pasture until 6 months (especially if they're in training). Then move them to a barn and feed them 100 weight gain. Weight gain will raise temp, but slowly. At 2 years, you can change their feeding again (they'll be able to eat more). Then again... I think at 4 years, they'll suddenly achieve their adult intake... but I haven't watched when the final changeover comes.
Depending on the horse and the innate changeability of your individual horse, you may need to alter his or her feed with each turn. If you can breed into your herd a slower changing base temperament, then it will be easier to maintain.

To give you an idea, I've had some horses on the same feed, change upward or downward through a temperament with a single turn. I've also owned horses on the same feed that have taken years to change through a temperament. It seems that the basic average is between 2 turns and 5 turns across HWO... unless you get the dreaded stuck bombproof.
Right now, my Lp Tb's are running at about a 6 to 8 month temp modification, which is nice, it means that when they're born calm or even, by the time they're done training (at about 2 years 6 months) they're sitting on spirited. This includes the drop to bombproof in their first 6 months of pasture life, then move to a barn and on weight gain until 1 year, and a feed change of 40 corn 60 weight gain until 2 years. If they're already spirited at that point, I leave it, if they're still at calm, I'll bump them to straight corn.

As a final note... I did once own a horse that was born... calm... maybe even. I don't recall. I put it to pasture and when I pulled it back out, it was bombproof. That isn't surprising. It took me 5 years to pull him out of that temperament on yellow corn. Thereafter, it took me two years for each temperament change. He... she?... it's been awhile now... is the slowest changing horse I've ever owned. I haven't encountered another horse like that one. And the only reason I kept going and didn't give up is because I KNEW for a fact that my horse was not born bombproof and thus couldn't be stuck in that temperament.

So, a barn and yellow corn and it might take quite awhile.

[Pieta]

yeah I suck at temps but...
Speed 17
Strength 23
Stamina 49
Intelligence Conformation does not affect Intelligence
Balance 38
Movement 57
Agility 30
Tempo 38

Hi! Can somebody tell me how to feed horse from newborn to keep calm or get even-tempered temperament if the horse is born calm. I now that sugar rise temperament and that fibers make them more calm, but my problem is that all my horses turn bombproof

I would be also very happy if somebody tells me conformation of that colt?

Thank you!

Thank you

[Pieta]

Hi! Can somebody tell me how to feed horse from newborn to keep calm or get even-tempered temperament if the horse is born calm. I now that sugar rise temperament and that fibers make them more calm, but my problem is that all my horses turn bombproof

I would be also very happy if somebody tells me conformation of that colt?

Thank you!

You will need a barn.
Keep them on pasture until 6 months (especially if they're in training). Then move them to a barn and feed them 100 weight gain. Weight gain will raise temp, but slowly. At 2 years, you can change their feeding again (they'll be able to eat more). Then again... I think at 4 years, they'll suddenly achieve their adult intake... but I haven't watched when the final changeover comes.
Depending on the horse and the innate changeability of your individual horse, you may need to alter his or her feed with each turn. If you can breed into your herd a slower changing base temperament, then it will be easier to maintain.

To give you an idea, I've had some horses on the same feed, change upward or downward through a temperament with a single turn. I've also owned horses on the same feed that have taken years to change through a temperament. It seems that the basic average is between 2 turns and 5 turns across HWO... unless you get the dreaded stuck bombproof.
Right now, my Lp Tb's are running at about a 6 to 8 month temp modification, which is nice, it means that when they're born calm or even, by the time they're done training (at about 2 years 6 months) they're sitting on spirited. This includes the drop to bombproof in their first 6 months of pasture life, then move to a barn and on weight gain until 1 year, and a feed change of 40 corn 60 weight gain until 2 years. If they're already spirited at that point, I leave it, if they're still at calm, I'll bump them to straight corn.

As a final note... I did once own a horse that was born... calm... maybe even. I don't recall. I put it to pasture and when I pulled it back out, it was bombproof. That isn't surprising. It took me 5 years to pull him out of that temperament on yellow corn. Thereafter, it took me two years for each temperament change. He... she?... it's been awhile now... is the slowest changing horse I've ever owned. I haven't encountered another horse like that one. And the only reason I kept going and didn't give up is because I KNEW for a fact that my horse was not born bombproof and thus couldn't be stuck in that temperament.

So, a barn and yellow corn and it might take quite awhile.

Thank you

[Xzeina]

You will need a barn.
Keep them on pasture until 6 months (especially if they're in training). Then move them to a barn and feed them 100 weight gain. Weight gain will raise temp, but slowly. At 2 years, you can change their feeding again (they'll be able to eat more). Then again... I think at 4 years, they'll suddenly achieve their adult intake... but I haven't watched when the final changeover comes.
Depending on the horse and the innate changeability of your individual horse, you may need to alter his or her feed with each turn. If you can breed into your herd a slower changing base temperament, then it will be easier to maintain.

To give you an idea, I've had some horses on the same feed, change upward or downward through a temperament with a single turn. I've also owned horses on the same feed that have taken years to change through a temperament. It seems that the basic average is between 2 turns and 5 turns across HWO... unless you get the dreaded stuck bombproof.
Right now, my Lp Tb's are running at about a 6 to 8 month temp modification, which is nice, it means that when they're born calm or even, by the time they're done training (at about 2 years 6 months) they're sitting on spirited. This includes the drop to bombproof in their first 6 months of pasture life, then move to a barn and on weight gain until 1 year, and a feed change of 40 corn 60 weight gain until 2 years. If they're already spirited at that point, I leave it, if they're still at calm, I'll bump them to straight corn.

As a final note... I did once own a horse that was born... calm... maybe even. I don't recall. I put it to pasture and when I pulled it back out, it was bombproof. That isn't surprising. It took me 5 years to pull him out of that temperament on yellow corn. Thereafter, it took me two years for each temperament change. He... she?... it's been awhile now... is the slowest changing horse I've ever owned. I haven't encountered another horse like that one. And the only reason I kept going and didn't give up is because I KNEW for a fact that my horse was not born bombproof and thus couldn't be stuck in that temperament.

So, a barn and yellow corn and it might take quite awhile.

Why is Bombproof bad? I thought it meant that they didn't spook.

[Naytrix2]

Why is Bombproof bad? I thought it meant that they didn't spook.

A lot of disciplines require different temperaments to have a higher chance of winning. For example, racehorses are ideally high strung, show jumpers are even tempered, and dressage horses are calm. Having a horse locked at bombproof drastically reduces the amount of competitions your horse qualifies for.