RC: Re: carbs and heart rate

[Laura Nielsen <lsn@bellsouth.net>]

Sylvia,

I believe the amount of grain fed, as most everything else, depends on the
individual horse. My big arab, 15.3, is eating 13 lbs of feed (7# Farr Legacy
and 5# Kwik--complete pelleted ration) per day (3 separate feedings). He is
currently gaining weight on this amount, but when cut back, he will probably eat
between 8-10 lbs feed per day.
He has access to pasture and/or hay 24/7; unfortunately he just seems to be a
"hard" keeper. Either that, or he has the metabolism of a hummingbird!!
I have yet to find a type of hay (other than alfalfa) that he will really chow
down; thence the larger portions of grain.

Laura,
N. Fla.

Dbeverly4@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/14/00 10:17:35 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> Trailrite@aol.com writes:
>
> <<  Lets
>  just say by the 5th day it could be possible that the horses consume about
> 10
>  -12lbs of grain in a day.   Since we don't feed a lot of grain on a day to
>  day feeding program, I think that is a large amount.  Do you?  What do you
>  do?  How much grain.   >>
>
> Are you kidding?  My horses would either tie up or keel over on 10-12 pounds
> of grain a day.  Anybody out there who is just starting an endurance horse
> ... Please don't do this!!!  My horses don't get ANY grain at all.  They are
> on a feed called Raemakers (pellets) and all the forage hay they want.  Be
> very careful with grain.  Not a necessity for endurance horses at all.
> (whew, I'm glad Tom is on vacation in Dubai -- or wherever -- otherwise this
> could get nasty, eh?)
>
> Sylvia (don't flame me this is just my opinion and I HATE to watch a horse
> colic or tie up)