<< >Truman Prevatt wrote:
>> One comment I forgot to make was the following. All the equine sports
vets
>> I have talked with (Waldorn, Ridgeway, Fraizer, Jon Warren, Ann Stewart)
>> say the same thing. Food fed now takes 24 to 48 hours to get through the
>> digestive system and useful as food for the muscles. There is also about
>> 24 to 36 hours reserve of processed (ready to be used) food in the hine
gut
>> of the horse. The energy the horse gets during a ride comes from the
hine
>> gut and not what you feed. >>
Not so. Simple carbohydrates will hit the energy system within one hour and
blood glucose will peak within 2 hours of feeding. Grain feeding will produce
similar, but lower-peaked glucose curves. All these "experts" who are
agreeing have never bothered to test the theory, evidently. If you want to
test it, just go down to the drug store and get a simple glucometer. In five
hours you can get your horse's response to any kind of feed.
ti