Ridecamp: Fw: [RC] carbohydrate fuel

I wonder if a horse can get dependent on carb loading and need it to
metabolize properly during a ride?  Just curious. What made me think of this
is that many riders don't elyte every single day but only at rides because
elyting works better that way.

The times I've carb loaded Blue at rides he was pretty pumped up from the
stuff.  Can't you get the same results with small grain rations all day
long?

Cheryl




----- Original Message -----
From: "Alison Farrin" <alison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rides 2 Far" <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>; <roger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 12:48 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] carbohydrate fuel


I don't think you can give too much in the way of loader. (This does not
count being totally stupid and feeding pounds of the stuff.) The point of
continuous loading is to keep the blood sugar level up and stable. A grain
meal eaten at the vet check is going to give you a sharper spike somewhere
along the way.  But, if you are keeping your glucose in the 105 - 110 range
with the loader and you grain spikes you to 120 for awhile, no biggie.  What
you don't want to have happen is glucose at 105, spike to 120, then drop to
70 (or lower) because you did not give another dose of loader at the
appropriate time. That said, different horses react differently and it takes
some experimentation to find what works best for your horse.  I have been
experimenting with loading 2 horses for about 2 years.  One of them HAS to
have at least 2 oz every hour and fifteen minutes.  Longer than that and his
blood sugar drops FAST.  The other motors happily along with 1.5 oz doses up
to 2 hours apart.  His curve comes down fairly slowly, even if you stop
loading him.

I have also picked up a tired horse that did not want to eat with an 8 oz
dose of loader.  Inside of 20 minutes, he was chowing down everything in
sight. (This horse was having an electrolyte imbalance problem and did NOT
go on - but I still wanted him eating.)

Alison A. Farrin
Innovative Pension
Innovative Retirement Services
858-748-6500 x 107
alison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rides 2 Far
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 3:23 AM
To: roger@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] carbohydrate fuel


I have found that giving the 1 to 2 oz carbs at  a VC  when the
> loops arewithin the hour to 1-1/2 max long-  that is 10 to 15 miles, I
have  don OK.

But what if your horse chowed down on beet pulp and grain the entire vet
check?  I'm just curious.  If it improves his appetite...then do you let
him eat more too? At what point is too much too much?

Angie

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