06/08/2026
When you sow “grass seed,” you’re choosing far more than grass.
Do you know exactly what you’re planting beneath your horse’s feet?
Most of us recognise perennial ryegrass, but it isn’t simply one type of grass.
There are numerous cultivars, each bred with different characteristics that influence when it grows, how densely it covers the ground and how well it withstands challenging conditions.
This grass earns its place in the paddock when winter growth is hardest to find.
RGT Moxie is a high-yielding diploid perennial ryegrass bred to produce strongly across New Zealand’s key growing seasons—with particularly impressive winter and early-spring growth.
But what makes it different from an ordinary perennial ryegrass?
High tiller density 🌱
Each plant produces numerous shoots, known as tillers. Together, they create a dense, resilient sward with strong ground coverage and fewer open spaces for weeds to establish.
Resilience through winter 🥶
Its dense growth gives it good resilience under cool-season grazing and helps the pasture recover after wet conditions and winter pressure.
Room for greater pasture diversity 🌿
RGT Moxie has a semi-upright growth habit. It provides good ground coverage without completely closing the pasture canopy, allowing companion legumes and herbs to grow alongside it.
A +0-day heading date 📅
Heading dates are measured against the long-established Nui ryegrass benchmark. Moxie’s +0 heading date supports strong early-season production, providing valuable growth as paddocks move out of winter and into spring.
Interesting Fact…
Each individual ryegrass tiller generally maintains only three live leaves at once.
As its fourth leaf begins emerging, the oldest leaf dies off. If horses repeatedly graze the plant before it has regrown approximately two leaves, it has less opportunity to restore its energy—eventually killing the plant and thinning the pasture.
That’s why a grass can be genetically tough, productive and winter-resilient, but recovery time is whats most important.
🐴 When choosing pasture grass, what matters most on your property: winter growth, ground coverage, recovery or pasture diversity?
