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Kristi,

For an endurance ride, I use either Dynamite Miracle Clay or Ice Tight. If 
it is a long conditioning ride, I will use Sore No More. With the clay, I 
use paper bags that have been soaked in water under standing wraps, with the 
Sore No More, I just put the wraps on right on top.

Hope this helps.



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> From: Kristi Schaaf <iluvdez@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC]   Dealing with fill
> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 06:38:10 -0700 (PDT)
>
> My first distance horse never got any fill in his legs
> after a ride, so I didn't pay much attention to all
> those wrapped legs that I saw at AERC rides, and I
> never had to worry about losing points in NATRC for
> it. I'm a bit concerned because my
> learning-to-be-a-distance horse gets pretty
> significant fill. At age 9, with several years of LSD,
> he did his first rides recently - an NATRC ride a few
> weeks ago and a very slow LD this weekend, and at both
> rides he had significant fill within a few hours of
> finishing. It's all four legs (though the hinds are
> worse) and it is at its worst within a few hours,
> stays about the same overnight (I hand graze him in
> the evening so he gets to move some, but I don't walk
> him a lot), and the stocking up goes away with
> movement the next day. I don't feel any heat and he
> doesn't move the least bit stiff after standing on a
> Hi-tie all night, but I really don't like the look of
> the fill. So, some questions for those of you in the
> know about it: is it a sign of too much stress, or are
> some horses just prone to get it even when they're
> conditioned enough for what's asked of them? Are all
> those AERC riders wrapping legs out of habit or can I
> assume that all the horses I see wrapped have issues
> with fill (or are they wrapped more to support the
> tendons rather than to discourage stocking up?) My
> horse is barefoot and I ride in boots, so I wonder if
> the boots (extra weight/breakover change) are causing
> stress. He's never been shod and I haven't ridden him
> long distances totally barefoot so I don't know if
> he'd still get fill without the boots. I always
> condition in them, and haven't noticed fill afterward,
> but he doesn't have to stand around on a Hi-tie after
> those rides. Also, any suggestions on what to use for
> the wrap is appreciated. In the past, I've wrapped
> with poultice/wet brown paper/cotton/vet wrap for
> injuries; can I use that same system for fill, or is
> it overkill and do I want to use something that dries
> out sooner? It seems most horses that I saw at the
> ride this weekend were wrapped with 'fuzzy' track
> bandages but I don't know what was underneath.
>
> Kristi
>
> Life's a journey, so enjoy the ride (and try not to fall off)
>
>
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