Re: [RC] Biltmore /grass/Humidity/early season - Truman Prevatt
Where the basecamp is located is pasture for horses borded at the
Biltmore stable. They move them for the ride. So it's plain old pasture
grass - not anything fancy. There has been theories about the clover,
the grass, the early spring, etc. However, there have been years were
there were no virtually no treatments and there have been years where
tons of fluids were used.
For many of the horses in the SE - this is close to the end of the
winter season so it's not an early ride to them. For some of the horses
in the NE it might be an early ride. I suspect the early ride tie up
has as much to do with the ride starting off going up right out of the
basecamp and many horses not sufficiently warmed up. There has been
many studies done at the Biltmore - four I am aware of (counting this
year). If there were something obvious I would expect it to have been
detected by now.
It's a tough ride on a trail that is deceptively difficult. It's a
trail that if you make a mistake - like not warm up your horse - you
can run into problems.
Truman
Laurie Durgin wrote:
The grass thing.
The earliness of the season with the humidity and heat. I wonder if
someone could analayze those 3 with past records and 'test' the grass
there.
I remember the discussuion about the 'new lawn grasses' that have
been developed. How the sugar content is so much higher and not to use
them in your pasture. And think about the fertilizing schdule and
amount of herbicide they must use to make it look that great.
I know about the warnings on the garden/pasture stuff I have used
(rarely).
Maybe the horses are 'grazing on poision', and some have a
sensitivity to it? Or somehow it knocks their systems out of whack.
I ride power lines alot , and I have seen them spray them. (they
skip mine thankfully). It kills everything including 8 ft. pine trees
and the grass. WoW. Think posion grazing.
Maybe grazing should only be done ,if there are nice helathy weeds
there.
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