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my horses get it from sandy, loose soil.  Our Idaho ride this year produced a horrible case of scratches that took 2 weeks to disappear.  Ash completed a 100 at Oregon 100 about 4 weeks ago and the moment he was finished with the ride (another sandy soil ride) I washed his fetlocks and applied A&D ointment.  Not a single flare up!  Maybe we've found a solution.  (And I've tried lots of different concoctions!)

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heidi larson

--- On Mon, 10/20/08, D'Arcy Demianoff-Thompson <cest.mon.virage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: D'Arcy Demianoff-Thompson <cest.mon.virage@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RC] competition scratches
To: "rides2far@xxxxxxxx" <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, October 20, 2008, 2:16 PM

I have a TB mare that does that the minute she is exposed to any kind of rice product.  Rice bran, rice hulls (for bedding) etc.  Maybe there is some kind of 'plant' type organism in the environment that flares up an allergy that will set in a chemical chain reaction within 12 hours of exposure.  Astra, my mare, will do that if she is in a HIGH stress environment but the symptoms recede quickly without the sores.

 

 

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:00 AM, rides2far@xxxxxxxx <rides2far@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hey guys,

I'm kind of fascinated by "Competiton Scratches". It appears some horses & riders deal with it at every ride and a horse can start a 100 with no sign of scratches and the next morning have an open oozing case. When I ask it appears some riders are used to dealing with it. I have never had a horse get anything like that and can't help but think it's some kind of fungus they have on their farm that flairs up in the environment of a ride.

Anybody got any input?

Angie

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