carbo loading

[owens <owensall@sierranet.net>]

Dear Tom Ivers;
I don't understand why the big fuss about your "carbo-loading" theory. 
My horse goes into a ride with plenty of fat on him, eats and drinks
well before, during, and after a ride, and suffers no apparent energy
loss during the ride.  
It could be dangerous to use any supplementation that may make a horse
feel better, and thus go faster, than he is ready to.  Again, this is
not a big danger in racehorses, it is in endurance athletes.  
To close, I am not disputing that carbo-loading is possibly good for
some horses, some of the time.  I am saying it is not necessarily the
next best thing to sliced bread for all the horses all the time.
Katee
-- 
Lead, follow, or get the *#^@ out of the way!


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