Re: Re: Grass before a ride

["ruprecht" <ruprecht@tidepool.com>]

Ditto for us and we live in the WEST wettest, on the Pacific Ocean, our
specialty is cool and damp.  The pasture was for cattle, so has lots of
clover, not especially weedy I guess.  We do very little (perhaps no)
specialty feeding except a day or two before and at the endurance ride.  We
successfully do 1 to 5 day rides on pretty much pasture alone.  Our horses
start competition at 5 and continue to 25 plus.

What more can I say?

Joan with nearly 12,000 miles on my own butt, say nothing of 20 championship
Ride and Ties. (same horses!)





----- Original Message -----
From: <Farafix@aol.com>
To: <greymare@jps.net>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:46 AM
Subject: RC: Re: Grass before a ride


> Karen,
>
> My horses have competed for several years in 50 milers while "subsisting"
on
> solely pasture from April thru October.  They have no problem maintaining
> weight.  I had no idea there might be a problem with their pulse dropping
if
> on grass, and they have excellent recoveries, (usually down in 2-5 min)
and
> have several top 10's on OD, Cosequin, yadda, yadda, yadda.
> Maybe there's a difference between western pasture & eastern????  My
pasture
> is bluegrass & fescue, no clover or weeds (hubby is a bit of a fanatic ---
I
> suspect he thinks he's maintaining a golf course, not a pasture).  I've
> noticed the horses' firstchoice is the bluegrass --- they eat that down
first
> during the winter.
>
> Nancy & Tempo (who loooooves his grass, and looks it!!)
> Md
>
>
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