<< AND, if you add carbs (presumably with grain) too soon (i.e. before good
recovery achieved) on a TIRED horse (as I have done), you can cause
complicatiions. Another horse of mine did the first day of a 2-day 80,
worked hard and felt strong..gave him grain in about 45 minutes and he got
colic...guts not mobile enough..too much grain too soon and they did not
move
through the gut..just stayed in stomach causing gas pain I assume. A good
stomach pumping and a night's rest and he was okay (I did NOT go out to
finish the 2-day 80).
Teddy >>
You need a more concentrated form of carbohydrates--a starch powder, easily
digested.
ti