Re: Unidentified subject!

[rides2far@juno.com (Angela C. McGhee)]

. What different type 
>things do you
> guys feed your horses at the vet checks
>
>I give my pony a water-electrolyte brew and a small amount of pelleted
>electrolytes.  This keeps his hydration and energy up to par and 
>restores him
>a bit.  I don't like to give concentrates or hay because a hot or 
>fatiqued
>horse will most certainly colic 

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN???????
Hay, Hay, Hay, Hay, if I could get my horse to eat it going down the
trail I would!  You withhold hay the morning of the ride?????  Do you
offer regular water with this electrolyte mixture??

I'm no great genius, but I feed at least 2 hrs before a 50, (regulated by
what time I have to get up to go to the bathroom..very scientific). I
keep hay in front of him every hour, night and day.  I don't give more
than 1/2 dose of electrolytes the night before (I know some do).  During
a 50 or 100,  I keep coastal bermuda and alfalfa in front of him, along
with bran mash with carrots and a sprinkling of sweetfeed in it.  He
usually goes for the alfalfa and bran early in the race, and switches to
coastal towards the end.  I give one 35mm cannister of electrolytes at
every vet check.  If he doesn't eat this, I will try to find some fresh
grass that he'll graze on...anything to keep that gut moving.

Angie and Kaboot (Hey, their slop looks even better...tug, tug, tug!


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