<< I thought about it afterwards and wondered if MORE exercise during the
"loading" period would have helped...chances are I would have been better
off
not 'loading" to begin with...I started 4 days before event and the horse
had
only light exercise (what I normally did before a 100).
Teddy >> >>
On this specific point, tapering is tricky, especially with a very fit horse
and a carbo-loading program. You can get them jumping out of their skins very
easily. It's a matter of dialing in the appropriate doses of exercise and
muscle fuel--for the individual horse. And, with reduced exercise and a full
carbohydrate diet, you DO risk tying up, at least in a racehorse 9the tying
up problem seems to originate in fast twitch muscle cells).
ti