Pasture has the potential to provide
1. The horses nutrition
2. A Safe exercise area
Potentials rarely achieved, often neglected

All information given here is believed to be correct but the author cannot be responsible for any consequences of it's use.

Pasture Management
for
Horses

by Denis Lindsell

Grasses


Grass Ident Key

Perennial Ryegrass

Italian Ryegrass

Cocksfoot

Timothy

Smooth Stalked Meadowgrass

Rough Stalked Meadowgrass

Annual Meadowgrass

Creeping Red Fescue

Chewings Fescue

Sheeps Fescue

Crested Dogstail

Yorkshire Fog

Sweet Vernal Grass
 
 

Sheeps Fescue Festuca ovina

Very hardy.
Drought resistant.
Withstands heavy grazing
Nutritious
Low yield

Uses for Sheeps Fescue

May be of use in horse paddocks in adverse conditions.

Physical Characteristics of Sheeps Fescue

No auricles
No rhizomes
Leaf blade rolled and bristle like.
Leaf blades blunt
Inflorescence - panicle