Re: RideCamp: Feeding while travelling

["Liz Carpenter" <cvsec@south-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk>]

Barbara,

> Would like to hear from more folks about this challenge.  How long at a
> time without a "break" -- and how long is the break?  Do you take the horse
> off during a trip?

We stop every couple of hours or so (depending) 
to offer beet pulp/water mixture. The horses 
travel with ad lib haylage (semi-wilted grass - 
higher moisture content than grass hay) in 
haynets in front of them in the trailer. We don't 
tend to let them out as we usually have to stop 
at service areas on the motorway where a loose 
horse would last about 2 seconds before being 
flattened by the traffic! Have trailered upto 8 
hours this way without a problem. For an 8 hour 
journey the horse would usually have a couple of 
nights in camp to get over it before the ride. If 
it is very hot, the beet/water mix might have 
some electrolyte (or electrolyte/probiotic mix) 
in it too. Usually it isn't so hot over here 
though and the horses that travel this far are 
seasoned travellers.

HTH?

Liz and Basil The Nag
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