Re: RC: horse eating mud/dirt

[RDCARRIE@aol.com]

I'm glad to hear that my horse isn't the only nutcase out there.  On a ride 
this past May, in East Texas, the trail crossed several really nice clear 
streams (a rarity in this area!).  I thought, oh, good, my horse can have 
some nice clean water.  He wouldn't touch the stuff.  But when we got out on 
some open dirt roads, there were lots of puddles filled with water the color 
and consistancy of chocolate milkshakes, and probably 90 degrees from being 
in full sun.  He not only tried to drain nearly every one of them, but would 
skid and swerve to a halt from a trot to do so.  I figured we'd have to pump 
the mud out of his stomach at the end of the ride!  <G>

Dawn in Texas