Ridecamp: [RC] Wine Country Ulcers

FROM   Roger Rittenhouse     roger@xxxxxxxxxxx

I sent this a few days ago - but sent the WHOLE digest  rather then a
cut paste  --

so here it is again.


Well, I sure was a bit set back by this one. NEVER expected this.
HOWEVER, there has to be a reason, AND a method to control without the
use of this type of drug.
I really cannot see how an endurance horse that is kept out and not
over worked can come up with ulcers at the percentage found here.
Has to be how they are kept - stalled or feed .. or some other crap
that is messing with the digestion process.

I have not read all the posts yet. Will be interesting to hear from
all.

BUT  there is still no way I would compete a horse with ulcers. (IF I
knew he had them)  That was why I had mine scoped.
There has to be a way to manage this problem.

      Roger R

RD> This is going to rock the "no drug" AERC rules a bit: way over half the h=
RD> orses scoped at the ride had ulcers...... This is the first time they eve=
RD> r scoped endurance horses and they were still scoping at the time of the =
RD> awards so I'm not going to quote the percentages that were announced at t=
RD> he meeting. The bad news for me and Beau continued. I had him scoped beca=
RD> use I suspected that he may have ulcers by some of the symptoms I noticed=
RD>  from him at rides. He had a ulcer on the gland - 4 on a scale of 6.
RD> 
RD> -----
RD> OMG!  Man, I did not want to hear that one.  Over half?  Well, gee, I gue=
RD> ss I know what the topic of Ridecamp is going to be this week.  Hey, Roge=
RD> r, what do you say?  Weren't you expecting less than 5%, at best?
RD> I would like to know more; like how many horses participated in the test,=
RD>  what the testing involved,  and all that.  I didn't think too many rider=
RD> s would participate in the study since you were supposed not to feed them=
RD>  for 12 hours, which sounds like a crazy thing to do, if you ask me, at a=
RD> n endurance ride.
RD> More figures, Kathy, please.  I believe I'm not alone when I ask for more=
RD>  details here.  Damn interesting study.  What sport is safe for a horse? =
RD>  Is anything?


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Roger Rittenhouse



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