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Not to mention that the hay WE give them in captivity has been commercially 
grown, using often the same fields year after year with either chemical 
fertilizer or no fertilizer, and in some cases gravity flow irrigation which 
virtually strips the land of essential minerals like SELENIUM.

IMO, unless you are drawing blood on your horses and adjusting their intake 
accordingly, which I know a very prominent endurance rider and international 
"coach" who does, you do your horse well to feed a maintenance dose of a 
good supplement. It is of course, everyone's choice as to what to feed their 
endurance horses, but when I see a horse tie up, get thumps, get ulcers, 
etc..I can't for a minute suspect the feeding or management program.

JMO, but well researched and tried and true nonetheless~!


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> From: "geckogal85@xxxxxxxxx" <geckogal85@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC]   Feed question
> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 13:30:21 -0700 (PDT)
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> In the wild horses find what they need. In captivity they eat what we give 
> them. They have no choice but to eat what we give. And usually it is not 
> nutritionally complete. Like in Utah and Nevada. The hay has key nutrition 
> that it is missing. Simple as that. I am not going to post any more on this 
> subject. obviously you are stuck in your ways.So there is no point to 
> continue in this discussion if it will not evolve.
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> Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:       What do horses 
> eat when there are no people in their  lives?  What have horses eaten for 
> eons?  Grass...or dried grass, same  as hay.  Please explain why grass or 
> hay is not a balanced diet in a  horse's life.
>     ----- Original Message -----
>    From:    geckogal85@xxxxxxxxx
>    To: Barbara McCrary ; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>    Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 12:44    PM
>    Subject: Re: [RC] Feed question
>
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> My analogy was the reference to "only eating" one thing.    Meaning: You 
> cannot have a balanced diet by only eating meat. Nor can a horse    have a 
> balanced diet by "only eating" hay.
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> Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>    wrote:             The 
> difference between horses and humans is horses      are herbivores only and 
> humans are omnivores.  Horses don't eat      meat.  Humans will eat almost 
> anything and can digest it.  Pigs      and bears come to mind as 
> omnivores...they'll eat either meat or plant      food.  I can't accept 
> your analogy.
>
>      Barbara
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> Geckogal85
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