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Actually Mike, plain old Morton's Lite Salt would be fine to give daily 
a few days prior to the ride. A mixture of about 4 parts Lite Salt and 
Dolomite would work fine at the ride - Lite Salt available at your 
grocery store and Dolomite at your local health food store.

I rode for years - finishing 6 of 7 100's - with nothing more fancy than 
this.

Truman


Mike Lewis wrote:
> I still have some of the "pink stuff from some place like Jeffers" and was
> wondering is it really not advised to use the stuff for endurance?
>
> You get what you pay for, yes, but is it indeed true that a dose of this
> powdered type of electrolyte is not sufficient for a horse being ridden
> moderately for a LD ride?  Can it be given as a daily regimen a few days
> before a race, saving the more expensive "good stuff" for race day?
>
>
> Mike
>
>
> --- rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>   
> > , I gave him a dose of (highly recommended) electrolytes after 
> >     
> > > he > finally did drink some.  The horse promptly started thumping,
> > >       
> > then
> >
> >     
> > > graduated > to a full colic.  
> > >       
> > Just curious, did you use any of the modern brand named *endurance*
> > electrolytes, or was this back in the day when we used to order the pink
> > stuff from some place like Jeffers?
> >
> > Angie
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