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Re: [RC] Biltmore /grass/Humidity/early season - Truman Prevatt

Where the basecamp is located is pasture for horses borded at the Biltmore stable. They move them for the ride. So it's plain old pasture grass - not anything fancy. There has been theories about the clover, the grass, the early spring, etc. However, there have been years were there were no virtually no treatments and there have been years where tons of fluids were used.

For many of the horses in the SE - this is close to the end of the winter season so it's not an early ride to them. For some of the horses in the NE it might be an early ride. I suspect the early ride tie up has as much to do with the ride starting off going up right out of the basecamp and many horses not sufficiently warmed up. There has been many studies done at the Biltmore - four I am aware of (counting this year). If there were something obvious I would expect it to have been detected by now.

It's a tough ride on a trail that is deceptively difficult. It's a trail that if you make a mistake - like not warm up your horse - you can run into problems.

Truman

Laurie Durgin wrote:
 The grass thing. The earliness of the season with the humidity and heat. I wonder if someone could analayze those 3  with past records and 'test' the grass there.
  I remember  the discussuion about the 'new lawn grasses' that have been developed. How the sugar content is so much higher and not to use them in your pasture. And think about the fertilizing schdule and amount of herbicide they must use to make it look that great.
  I know about the warnings on the  garden/pasture stuff I have used (rarely).
  Maybe the horses are 'grazing on  poision', and some have a sensitivity to it? Or somehow it knocks  their systems  out of whack.
   I ride power lines alot , and I have seen them spray them. (they skip mine thankfully). It kills everything including 8 ft. pine trees and the grass.     WoW.   Think  posion grazing.
  Maybe grazing should only be done ,if there are nice helathy weeds there.



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