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RE: [RC] Witezarif - Ranelle RubinThe one thing to remember about alfalfa fields 30+ yrs ago is that they were not as depleted in selenium due to gravity flow irrigation and non-rotated crop situations as those of today. Growers in the "old days" knew the value of rotating crops on alternating years. I feed an alfalfa grass mixture from Nevada where it is more sprinkler watered than gravity flow watered. Also supplement with Dynamite to ensure selenium issue is handled. Ranelle -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mcgann, Barbara Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 12:01 PM To: Barbara McCrary; Ridecamp (E-mail) Subject: RE: [RC] Witezarif In the 70's, I rode a stallion, Cyam, who was of similar breeding; WitezII, Witraz and Wielki Szlem (sp?) were all in his lines. We rode him in our wilderness trail riding business, bred mares and endurance raced him all at the same time. It was incredible the amount of feed it took to keep him even "lean". We, too, living in Southern Utah, fed straight alfalfa hay - no one in S. Utah even knew what grass hay was. We always tried to get the dairy quality hay. Besides free-choice straight alfalfa, we fed this guy FOUR 3 pound cans of omelene a day, soaked in corn oil and then INCREASED that on ride day!! It always makes me laugh when I hear people proclaiming that the 6 ounces of grain they fed their horse caused them to tie-up. Ah, well, times change, customs change, only one thing remains the same - our gallant horses keep going down the trail and doing the best they can, no matter what we do to them. Barb McGann -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Barbara McCrary Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 8:51 AM To: heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Marinera@xxxxxxx Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] Witezarif And Julie Suhr has told me a number of times that Donna fed Witezarif on alfalfa hay all the time. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <Marinera@xxxxxxx> Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 8:22 PM Subject: Re: [RC] Witezarif Back then, we didn't have the scoring system that we do now, that factored in recoveries, CRIs, etc. I suspect he would have won a lot more BCs with the current judging system. Back then, it was all just the vet's impression of how "up" the horse was when he moved out, and not much more--so horses like Witezarif indeed didn't have much chance.His joy was in movement, pure unbridled joy at going down a trail. He never saw the importance of wasting much energy being animated for the vets. If I were to pick one horse that defined our sport at the highest level it would be Witezarif. He outshone anything else our sport has seen so far. I have only seen one other horse in my lifetime I thought moved as freely as Witezarif.And he did it all on plain hay, a little grain, and no electrolytes... Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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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