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[RC] Toxic iron levels - rides2farMy new mare tied up last month. She is 5 1/2 and in arena training with light trail riding on the weekends. When she tied up she was being lunged to warm her up for her daily lesson. If I wanted a horse to tie-up I'd take it out of a stall and lunge it. What better way? No walking warm up. How many horses walk for 15 min. on a lunge line? I see people lunging a horse before and endurance rides occasionally and think, "What are they *thinking*?" I've heard a horse tying horribly after she'd been kept up for several days during snow, then turned out to have the obligatory running fit. I'm sure they gave her plenty of grain to "keep warm". I'm such a paranoid freak now that I've hand walked my horse for 15 min. before letting him have his running fit in such circumstances. Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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