Morning Coffee?

Most of you probably know the feeling if you don't get your coffee in the morning the rest of your day is more or less destroyed.

A thought occurred to me, wondering if our horses have it likewise. Not exactly right with coffee, but concerning their morning hay?
I have noticed that if Victor and Giga are not allowed to go out in the morning and get their hay, they both show a tendency to be easily annoyed or mad.

I know horses are very habit bound. So when you switch a daily routine, you will most often get a negative outcome. Some horses are certainly more sensitive than others. Horses that don't have a very regular routine is probably not nearly as affected as mine are for example. They are used to every morning at 9:00 to come out. And if I only come a rare morning then their routine is kind of ruined and they both get confused and annoyed.


I've been experimented a little. No hay = very low performance through the entire riding session, it actually feels like I've ruined their day completely. So I tried another method, I let them come out, but I only give them 10-15 minutes eating time. Although they only get between 10-15 minutes eating time, it still changes their behavior completely. I can easily go get them from the field, the horses are much more relaxed and happy. Additionally, I have not noticed problems during training. So I have come to the conclusion that my horses just need their hay in the morning  like the majority of the population must have their coffee in the morning.