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    [RC] Won't eat hay at rides... - Ridecamp Guest


    Nina Vasiliev rides4fun@xxxxxxxxxxx
    
    
    Hello all,
    
    We've been doing LDs for a few years between injuries...(both his
    and mine...) and now we're both in one piece and going to do our 1st 50 this weekend.  
    
    My question is about management of his feed.
     
    He doesn't eat very much hay once we're at the ride site. I bring
     what he usually gets at the stable where he lives...Rye hay, and I keep grass or timothy in the trailer.  He has free access to both but doesn't eat much.  
    
    He will eat beet pulp.  At home he gets three scoops of beetpulp,
     (I'm guessing that each scoop is about 1- 1 1/2 lbs,) one lb of
     LMF Supersup G, half a cup oil, (mostly corn oil with some cold
     pressed olive oil, storing only a few days supply at the barn,)
      and when he needs it, a full dose of 'lytes.  
    
     He eats that up, YUM!
    
    So can I give him the above mix, (minus the oil) a few times the
     day before, and during race day since he won't eat much hay?  I
     think I remember that it's okay to feed more grain after a race
     since the horse is in Carbo deficit.  Did I remember that
     correctly?
    
    Any ideas?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Nina Vasiliev 
    
    
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