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[RC] Beet Pulp for Chico? - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Ray O'Donohue rno2m@xxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Field Trialer here.I'm sorry to ask folks to re-hash the subject,but briefly what the heck is it,how do you feed it,and might it be helpful for my 16 year old very high mileage (per year) horse? He is a Fox-Trotter/TWH cross,a hard keeper,and now at the end of the field trial year,he is thinner than I would like to see.Very fit looking,but his rib are showing a bit.All the basics covered including teeth,worming,etc.He gets 7 pounds of Triple Crown 10% sweet feed each day,in two feedings,plus all the hay he can eat,this current barn-load being 2nd cut Canadian timothy.He is doing about 40+ miles each weekend right now,and for the first time in nine years of riding him,I think he is sometimes fatigued.He has always had great endurance,and still does,but he is getting older. I rest him as much as possible during trials.He gets Lyte-Now when working,in moderate amounts,and (per my vet's instructions),2 grams of bute the day before,each day of and one day after a field trial.We canter a lot,depending on what is going on during a field trial day. Beet pulp? ===========================================================Far back, far back in our dark soul the horse prances... The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action... ~ DH Lawrence ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ===========================================================
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