Is one hour necessary for just grass hay, before riding my horses?

Question

Is one hour necessary for just grass hay, before riding my horses?

Answer 1

you should never give a horse anything before you ride unless it is atleast half an hour before hand it is ok to feed 1 hand full of grass why you are saddling up my fiance just told me because she has done horse shows all her life

Answer 2

If you're only hacking out then No you won't need to wait an hour, this only applies after hard feed,  The 10 or 15 mins it takes you to tack up & prepare the horse should be enough & providing the horse is warmed up properly before any hard work you should be ok.