Re: RC: Article on "Feeding The Endurance Horse"

["Michelle Rowe" <michrowe@frontier.net>]

I was interested to see if Tom fed less forage, and if so, how he
compensates for the water deficit that should occur naturally.

m
(aka michelle rowe)
colorado
http://www.redwrench.com
----- Original Message -----
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To: <michrowe@frontier.net>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: RC: Article on "Feeding The Endurance Horse"


> In a message dated 12/20/99 10:11:15 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> michrowe@frontier.net writes:
>
> << I wonder how the water content in the horse's gut varies when Tom's and
> Heidi's ideal feeding strategies are compared.  Is there a difference in
what
> the horse is carrying in water weight? >>
>
> >From what I can gather, Tom has not entirely ruled out the concept that a
> certain amount of roughage must be fed to keep the gut functioning so that
> the horse does not die.  If that roughage is in the gut, the weight is
there
> and the water to keep it going consequently needs to be there.  If I have
> sorted through the hyperbole correctly, the argument is not over whether
or
> not it needs to be there, but over whether the horse gets any nutrition
from
> it.  Tom says no, the academes and the vets say yes.
>
> Heidi
>


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