Riding after feeding

[Tracey & Mark <mwdodger@mweb.co.za>]

Lif wrote:


>>Just remember that if you plan on riding endurance, you sure had better be
able to ride your horse right after it's been eating!  Otherwise you'll
never finish a ride on time!<<

This has been plaguing me for some time, because I was also told time and
time again to wait an hour after feeding before I rode.  Thinking about it,
though, it makes no sense.  The most my boys get in any one meal is 500
grams of concentrates (when they're in a lot of work) and surely that little
food isn't going to cause colic if I school them straight away.  Bear in
mind that schooling involves half an hour of flatwork in the ring, or a slow
outride for an hour.  If I were doing fast work like jumping or road work,
waiting would probably be good.


But I'm a lonely voice out here, and I haven't had the balls to put my
theory to the test yet, so I'd love to hear anyone else's thoughts on this.


Tracey

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