When a horse "quits"

["John & Sue Greenall" <greenall@vermontel.net>]

This season I have seen quite a few horses "quit" on the trail.  
Nothing seemed to be wrong, they just stopped racing.  To my 
knowledge, all of them eventually finished (some had 2 miles to go, 
some had 25 miles to go) and none were treated.  All were 
experienced trail horses, some were top contenders and the ones I 
saw were running up front until "it" happened.   Any comments 
from the nutrition gurus out there?  Any one else experience or see 
similar cases?  
John and Sue Greenall
mailto:greenall@vermontel.net
http://www.vermontel.com/~greenall


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