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I think there were some studies at the ROC in the '90's that tied long 
trailer rides to treatments. If I am going to have to trailer over 8 
hours - I arrive on Thursday and give the horse Friday to rest from the 
trip and rehydrate.

Truman

Elizabeth Walker wrote:
> I agree.  I've always wondered whether time in the trailer had any 
> adverse affects on horses attending rides; i.e., more apt to require 
> treatment than horses who had short trailer rides.  I think this would 
> be hard to collect data on, but it would be interesting.
>
>
> On Nov 4, 2008, at 8:07 AM, Ann Blankenship wrote:
>
> > <snip>  It seems to me that you can be the sort of person who reads 
> > Jim Bryant's piece about rehydration after travel, note that he 
> > mentions fluid depletion after 10 hours in a trailer and think 
> > hmmm... next time I truck my horse across the state I'll bear in mind 
> > that he might be more depleted than I thought, even though he's been 
> > drinking.
> >  
> > Somehow I missed this bit of information.  So, how do we rehydrate 
> > our horses after a long trailer ride, other than IV?  The obvious 
> > solution, I suppose, would be to arrive at our destination early 
> > enough to give them time to recover but how much earlier?  If you 
> > trailer 8 hours, do you get there a day early?  Two days?  Pretty 
> > difficult to do since people do have to work and many times the ride 
> > venue is not available.  Then we should take weather into 
> > consideration since those trailers get pretty hot in summer and I’m 
> > sure the horses lose more through sweat.  Hmmm, would a 6 hour 
> > trailer ride on a hot day cause dehydration?  I’m rambling but it is 
> > an interesting subject and applies to people other than endurance 
> > riders that may have a long trailer ride to horsecamp, etc.


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