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Hello Kim,
Thank you for your patience and I hope you have been able to come up with a feeding plan that works for all your horses. Let me know what you've come up with and I can give you my opinion.
Do you have access to Kent Feeds? They have their Dynasty brand that is low in sugar and starch. Triple Crown feeds also has a nice line of low sugar and starch feeds. Perhaps you can look into where the closest dealer might be by getting on their websites.
Keep me posted.
All the best,
Dr. Getty 
Author of Feed Your Horse Like A Horse
Where are you from? Bayfield, CO
Hello Kim,
Since you're able to obtain Strategy (a Purina product) perhaps you can get Purina's Wellsolve L/S instead. This is a low starch feed whereas Strategy is a sweet feed and has more sugar and starch than feeding plain oats!
Enrich 12 is a vitamin/mineral supplement that can be fed to fill in nutritional gaps when the recommended amount of a commercially fortified feed is not being fed. But, keep in mind, that it, too, is high in sugar and starch.
If you need a vitamin/mineral supplement, go with something like Glanzen Complete -- which is flaxseed meal based for omega 3 fatty acids. and does not have any oats, or sugar added.
All the best,
Dr. Getty
Author of Feed Your Horse Like A Horse
Where are you from? Bayfield, CO