Re: Carbs - only part of the picture

["Joe Long" <jlong@mti.net>]

On Tue, 23 Jun 1998 23:37:45 EDT, Tivers@aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 98-06-23 21:16:49 EDT, CMKSAGEHIL writes:

><< Sure points up the differences in feeding racehorses vs. endurance horses,
>and why we can't always extrapolate information from anaerobic athletes to use
>for aerobic athletes...

>I think, in general, endurance horses are smaller in stature that racehorses.
>Also, there are a lot of racehorses that are fed no more than Truman's horses.
>Cheap claimers, mainly. The first thing to go in a starving stable is the
>horse's nutrition.

Endurance horses aren't fed less grain than track thoroughbreds to
save money, they are fed less for better health and performance.

Kahlil never got more than four to five pounds of grain a day at any
time in his 17-year and 11,475 mile career (and often less).  Well, he
did once, when he'd lost a little weight "on the road" and I upped him
about 50% to try to put it back.  He tied up at his next vigorous
exercise (the first time he'd ever done so), and I never made that
mistake again.

That is not atypical.  Endurance horses are fed less concentrated feed
than horses in some other disciplines because that is what works for
endurance.

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