Re: RC: Electrolytes, stress

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/7/00 12:26:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
rides2far@juno.com writes:

<< Is it possible that it had nothing to do with the race? I had a friend
 who had two horses experience kidney failure, with mouth ulcers, and
 burned looking skin. They were not endurance horses. It was apparently a
 plant they ate. >>

This is a good point, Angie.  Sometimes there ARE other things going on that 
we completely overlook because the ride is the "obvious" stressor.  And the 
ride may be the straw on the camel--but the proverbial camel may have been 
already loaded!

Heidi