Re: RC: Re: RE: Trail Riding Safety

[Lucy C Trumbull <elsie@foothill.net>]

Oh, yes, along those lines - proper education about horse 
liquid/food intake is a good one.

Someone I was talking to yesterday was telling me that she
and her riding buddies used to allow their horses, at the
end of a ride, 8 gulps of water every fifteen minutes until
they didn't want any anymore. I suppose that's better than
nothing.

But for some reason, one of her riding buddies also decided 
to withhold water altogether (I wasn't clear why? - this was 
after riding at Point Reyes, which has vertical hills, right 
Karen?). Funnily enough, the horse colicked and they had to 
get the vet out.


Karen Sullivan wrote:
> 
> I totally second this.....another thing must be proper saddle fit, then, of
> course, horse conditioning....


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