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Yes. Unless your horse has some sort of metabolic issue, you can't really feed a horse too much coastal hay or grass. It is actually good for horses to have a constant supply of coastal hay and/or grass. An excess of grass can become an issue if your horse is an "easy keeper" and gets fat easily, as it will cause some weight gain in some horses, and in horses with metabolic issues (like insulin resistance) it can cause issues such as lameness, laminitis, or even founder. However, typically speaking, most horses don't have any issues with a constant supply of grass. Just keep an eye on how your horse behaves. Don't overfeed alfalfa because it will definitely make for a fat horse, and it also can cause the horse to be extra energetic and feisty. It's actually much better for a horse to have constant, or near constant, access to coastal hay and/or grass than it is for them to be fed once or twice a day with nothing in between. Horses' stomachs are built to digest and metabolize a diet of near constant grazing, and they produce stomach acid that can cause ulcers when they sit for too long without food in their stomachs.