Re: RC: glycogen and tying up

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/16/99 9:14:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
Misxfire@aol.com writes:

<<       I am really interested in the carb supplement discussion.  Do any of 
 you have any new ideas about the role of glycogen metabolism in tie-ups?  I 
 have a tie-up gelding who does fine with regular exercise but have always 
 been interested to know why some horses have this problem and others on 
 irregular exercise programs don't.
 
 Thanks for your time.
 
 Judy Etheridge >>


This will enrage the academics, but it's true: if you feed a dose of 
CarboCharge or any other glycogen loader at night, the next day the horse in 
the tying-up syndrome will not tie up. Then, get some miles into the horse on 
a daily basis and soon (within a few days) you can get off the evening dose 
entirely. 

Now, before the "experts" jump in, I will propose a bet. Anyone who screams 
and hollers about this concept as outrageous, be ready to put up $100 to back 
your assertion and we'll find a tying up horse within the group and run the 
test. If the horse stops tying up with the simple protocol outlined above, I 
win. If it doesn't, or explodes, implodes, catches fire or jumps over the 
moon, I lose and a check will be in the mail next day. 

Ok, let's hear it from the conventional wisdom side of the forest. This 
should be interesting. Heidi is already throwing up and Sue is ripping pages 
from the latest Valberg study and stuffing them in the scanner. Have your 
$100 ready, ladies. 

ti


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