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[RC] Horses treated - KathyI'm wondering if there is any relation to the number of horses treated to the number of "easier" flatter rides? The horses I've been competing with, all half-arab,half-saddlebreds, are notorious for not drinking well in camp and get pretty carried away on a flat trail. I avoid flat rides with them if I can unless they are really fit. My horse seldom drinks on the first loop but after that he usually drinks well on trail. If he doesn't drink in camp after the first loop he is better off going out on trail where he will drink though than staying in camp where he won't. I've ridden numerous rides where there has only been one vet check at 25 or 35 miles and except for the one time it rained and took forever for us to get in to camp my horses have done ok on these rides. Think the whole thing is that you have to keep them eating something if the holds are so few and far apart. Now I carry grain and carrots to feed on trail but the ride where we took so long in the rain due to slick mud I only had soaked beet pulp and he just didn't get enough to eat. He only had a mild colic and didn't have to be treated at all. I always let him slow down though when he wants to and probably a lot of the times he is just waiting for the horse behind him to catch up. You would think I whould have Fox figured out by now though with 3000 miles and only 2 pulls. Luckily the young arabs coming up I ride drink well everywhere. Happy safe trails, Kathy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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