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Re: [RC] [RC] molasses content of feeds - Timothy WordenKaren, That's cool to hear about Don and Geo. A couple months ago we put our 4 horses on straight oats as their main feed....besides 24/7 pasture. I resisted for the longest time from switching off sweet feed to whole oats. One horse in particular, my Quarab Poco, kept blowing absesses and always acted crazy. Once we switched to oats and non-molasses beet pulp, his attitude took a 180. Not to mention our horses feet are the best they've ever been. We believe taking a majority of the sugar content from the molasses out of the diet made the difference. Along with the whole oats and non-molasses beet pulp, our two main competition horses also get about 1/2lb scoop of Empower a day. That Empower sure makes their coats shiny and their weight is holding great, if not gaining. Poco's weight held very well after a tough 50 at Leatherwood a few weeks ago. During the event he had the choice of soaked oats, soaked beet pulp, or hay....he mostly ate the plain ol' soaked oats. Tim I call that the Don Funk Method. I figure if Geronimo can make 10,000 miles eating hay and plain old oats, then it can't be too awful bad for my own horses. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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