Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Feeding comments From SG

Speaking of which...I DO hope whoever is responsible for presenters at
the convention this coming spring has Susan on the agenda...bunch of us
are gonna be MIGHTILY p***** off if she not!

Anybody want to confirm this?

Jim, Sun of Dimanche and Mahada Magic

Teri Hunter wrote:
> 
> No matter how many times I hear SG speak.  I still am amazed how easy it
> really is and that we try to make it hard than it actually is.  Thanks for
> posting this Roger.  Now I don't feel so bad that my horses are not on those
> supplement.  Pasture, coastal (we don't have a lot of pasture) a little
> grain and the almighty beet pulp.
> 
> Teri
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Roger Rittenhouse
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 3:09 PM
> To: ridecamp
> Subject: [RC] Feeding comments From SG
> 
> Susan G asked me to post this to RC -- see below
> 
> I have to read this  also - just scanned fast then post to RC
> rr-----------------
> 
> Roger, maybe you could CC a copy of this to RC.  I still
> can't post to RC from this barn computer and don't see
> spending time on the home computer anytime in the near
> future.
> 
> Just a very basic comment that even though I'm a die-
> hard nutritionist and love to get into the microdetails
> of nutrition---the bottom line of all these fancy-
> shmancy performance feeds these days is that humans are
> having to commercially produce feeds that are a
> replacement for good, green, diverse pasture---the
> closest thing to a perfect, "magical" diet there is for
> horses.  All those cutting edge antioxidants,
> bioflavenoids, anti-cancer, anti-aging nutrients---
> shoot, they're all already there in good pasture, and
> trying to replace it with bottles from GNC and buckets
> of this-n-that from wherever is just playing catch-up.
> 
> Just an example---I once was asked to come see a
> wonderful imported warmblood whose bloom and performance
> had deteriorated steadily since his arrival.  The owner
> literally had a tack room FULL of supplements trying to
> add back in whatever might be missing, but ignored the
> basic management of the horse living in a box stall 22
> hours a day, eating a very rich diet of
> basically "unnatural" foods and getting buried alive in
> the gee-whiz supplements.  When I asked why the horse
> wasn't turned out into the very excellent pasture
> available, it was because the barn management charged
> extra for it.  I finally was able to convince her that
> all those buckets in the tack room were just a very poor
> substitute for the 'pasture magic' and eventually the
> problems all got turned around---except that the poor
> owner then got consistently criticized by other owners
> because "all" she was providing her horse was pasture,
> grass hay with a smidgen of alfalfa, a bit of whole
> grains and plain, loose salt.  Horrors---a BASIC diet.
> 
> So I agree with you, Roger.  There are fun
> micromanagement things to play with and at least be
> aware of in performance horse nutrition, but none of
> those fancy things will work a damn if you don't have a
> good foundation of basic high-quality forage , a bit of
> grain if justified, a bit of salt the horse likes to eat
> and a whole bunch of clean water.  All the rest is just
> micromanagement and details.
> 
> Back out to the barn for the 1 a.m. treatments, at least
> it's a quiet night---except for the one gelding who
> keeps hurling his feed tub into the aisle just to hear
> the clatter.  An Arab---gee, what a surprise.
> 
> Susan G
> 
> > FROM   Roger Rittenhouse     roger@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > The below post by Cindi STOLE my thunder - now Susan will get in
> > before I do. hehehe   joke joking ...
> >
> > I have been fooling around - ACTUALLY I RODE for almost 2 HOURS ..
> >
> > My feed paper while a bit more drawn out with background will
> > demonstrate just what Cindi has figured out.
> > AND WHY I have gone back to basics.. with only slight adulterations.
> > I have been at this for almost 30 years - feeding performance horses,
> > and appear to have come full circle.
> >
> > Designer Feeds  WHY?  or
> > Bag of Hay Feed  or
> > Hi-Fat Lo Fat /Hi Pro Lo Pro / Hi Carbs Lo Carbs
> > and so on.
> >
> > Roger R
> >
> 
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Three Creeks Farm
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Blue Ridge, GA 30513
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The Fall Pig is September 21st, 2002


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