RC: Re: carbs and heart rate

[Dbeverly4@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/14/00 10:17:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
Trailrite@aol.com writes:

<<  Lets 
 just say by the 5th day it could be possible that the horses consume about 
10 
 -12lbs of grain in a day.   Since we don't feed a lot of grain on a day to 
 day feeding program, I think that is a large amount.  Do you?  What do you 
 do?  How much grain.   >>

Are you kidding?  My horses would either tie up or keel over on 10-12 pounds 
of grain a day.  Anybody out there who is just starting an endurance horse 
... Please don't do this!!!  My horses don't get ANY grain at all.  They are 
on a feed called Raemakers (pellets) and all the forage hay they want.  Be 
very careful with grain.  Not a necessity for endurance horses at all.  
(whew, I'm glad Tom is on vacation in Dubai -- or wherever -- otherwise this 
could get nasty, eh?)

Sylvia (don't flame me this is just my opinion and I HATE to watch a horse 
colic or tie up)