RE: Re: mare won't take care of herself

["Kathy Mayeda" <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>]

Kriss, so fess up - what do you do for the wannabe race horse!  The guy is
Russian/Crabbet/Polish been he's never been raced so does those genetics
kick in?

Someone I know (who actually has done only one 50 in his life) said he
"opened her up" the first half and "beat her with a stick" all the way home
for a racy mare.

On the last vet check, I told the vet that I fought my horse to slow him
down the first half of the race, because he wasn't eating, wasn't drinking -
just wanted to beat all 30 horse in front of him.  The vet told me that
sometimes fighting them takes more out of them than just letting him go.

All my cautious riding buddies said that I should take it easy (as if I
could).

He wasn't tying up, but his hydration and gut motility was suffering and I
didn't feel like testing the limit and getting a dead horse.

So how do you make the horse eat and drink!

I just hope this gets better with experience - both for him and for me.

Kathy Mayeda

-----Original Message-----
From:	kristine hammond [mailto:tinka@reno.quik.com]
Sent:	Tuesday, June 06, 2000 8:00 AM
To:	DESERTRYDR1@aol.com
Cc:	ridecamp
Subject:	RC:  Re: mare won't take care of herself

Jeri,
I have found myself with the same problem as you on a number of occassions.
Is your mare off the Arabian race track?  The reason I ask is I have taken 4
abandoned arabs off the race track and turned them into endurance horses,
and had to deal with the same problem. My most favorite mare used to sniff
the tracks in front of us and run like ........until she could not smell
anybody in front of her.  Of course she ignored eating and drinking along
the way.  I have a new gelding who came off the race track last season I am
still working on.  Did one 50 on him last year and he did not eat or drink
anything before, during or after the race.  (also tried to buck me off the
first 15 miles)  I might be able to tell you what I do to get my horses to
eat and drink, but I have no experience with tying up.  Too bad about Fog's
stifle injury.
Kriss

----- Original Message -----
From: <DESERTRYDR1@aol.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 10:04 PM
Subject: RC: mare won't take care of herself


> I don't know what to do.  My 6 yr old (Fog) has a stifle injury (i've
written
> about this) and never even got to her first ride.  I swore I would never
> again compete on my older mare (Misty Moon).  Our last ride she peed brown
> after coming in 9th.  She had high muscle enzymes the year before that, as
I
> got her over conditioned.  I did LD for three seasons, and top10ed four
> times.  Sure wish I had Ridecamp from the start, I've learned so much.
The
> problem is I really want to do rides, even LD, even slow, even just to
> complete.  Every ride that goes by I think I should just take Misty Moon.
> She looks pretty good this year, I've been riding her 8-10 miles a couple
> times a week, plus a little arena work.  Lots of people have written about
> bringing horses back after tying up etc.  Big problem is that she thinks
its
> a race.  If there is a horse ahead of her that she can see or even smell,
she
> won't slow down.  She doesn't eat or drink much from the time she gets in
the
> trailer.  She does eat and drink a little at vet checks, but wastes so
much
> energy that she could easily do 50's if she would just focus.  Has anyone
> every turned a wannabe race horse into an endurance horse?  I'm thinking
she
> just doesn't have the mind for it, but I can't sell her and buy another
> horse.  any suggestions?
>
> jeri (I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to go!)
> misty moon (I just want to go REAL FAST)
>
>
>
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