Re: Beet pulp

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

Thanks for the info, JS.  I'm really sorry to hear of a horse dying in any
circumstance, even sadder to see a good horse go.  It would be a real shame
for people to believe stupid rumors blaming any one thing for the colic, and
I hate seeing the gossip mills get started by tiny minds to start up a scare
that "you shouldn't feed beet pulp because such-and-such ate it and died."
It doesn't help the horse that colicked, and only harms everyone else.

Congratulations on your top twenty, good for you.

Susan G

----- Original Message -----
From: <safford@cwnet.com>
To: Ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 10:45 PM
Subject: RC: Beet pulp


> The horse that died at VC did perish from some kind of colic. The rider
did feed
> the horse beet pulp and it was soaked completely. I also feed my horse
beet
> pulp all week long before the ride,( he obviously did not have any
problems
> and finished in the top twenty. This horse that died had probably done
1000
> endurance miles including some 100's as well and the rider has over 4000
miles.
> This horse has had some colic history and had some as recent as a month
before
> the ride. Without an autopsy we will never know for sure what exactly was
the
> cause.Also the horse and rider team were only about 35 miles into the ride
and
> this horse was always a top ten horse with an incredible liking for
running
> up hills.
>
> One strange thing is that this was the third horse to suddenly die in our
area
> of a one mile radius and a two week timespan, the others were an Appy and
a
> Bey Shah son.
>
> I was the person that hauled the horse to the vet clinic, anyway, just
thought
> you might want to know what happened. I think the horse was starting to
colic
> before the ride started.
>
> JS
>
>
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