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RE: [RC] Electrolytes / Heidi, where are you? - Christina SchiroHeidi, I live in in the Pensacola/Milton area, and there aren't too many people in this area interesting in ER. I am brand new to this sport. Just curious as to where in the panhandle you are? Christina -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Born Country Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 8:47 AM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Electrolytes You're right, Heidi...I didn't give a lot of background information. My husband and I both have Arabs and ride in the sweltering southeast. Hot and humid in a summer that extends from about late April til early November. We live in the Florida panhandle. Our horses are used to overnight trail rides / camp outs when there is just us or whether we're among a bunch of strange horses. They eat and drink well in camp and along the trail. They never miss an opportunity to grab a snack while we're tooling along and usually drink from any lake or stream we stumble on. We've never elyted our horses, but when we decided to start endurance riding, we began reading up on conditioning. Over and over, we would see comments about elyting horses. Being conscientious horse owners, we started wondering if we were somehow missing an important part of our horses' needs. We ride about 3 to 4 times a week, walking, trotting, sometimes cantering, usually for about 3 to 4 hours. This includes grazing in an especially yummy patch of grass or clover and drinking or playing-in-the-water breaks. Our horses have never acted stressed and have always eagerly looked for their dinner in the evening. After reading your response, I'm wondering if we even need to elyte them! Thanks for giving me some food for thought! Esther ===== P.S. imandi.com is now paying people up to $25,000 to refer friends and family. To find out more, go to http://www.imandi.com/go/run.dll?Rewards&ref=ekelley. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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