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Re: [RC] [RC] how to subscribe to Tome Ivers list? - heidi

I just joined due to this discussion here (I was curious) and
because I thought his bowed tendon book was good.  Just in
looking at the last few days' posts on his list, I can see the
attitude people are mentioning.

I thought his tendon stuff was pretty good as well, as was was his concept
of having race horses actually be FIT before they were asked to be fast. 
Too bad the BS gets in the way.

He's also pretty rabid about feeding fats.  Kinda sounds like
it's the #1 sin in his mind.  Oh, well, sure isn't going to
stop me from feeding fats -- I like the results I can see in
my horses too much.  And I trust Susan G's advice, since she's
a nutritionist AND an endurance rider & vet.  I see the
point of avoiding fats right before race day (especially if
planning to actually *race*), but that's what Susan G recommends
last time I looked.  Ivers seems to be saying that feeding fats
to any athletic horse is absolutely horrid.

That's been one of his real hot buttons.  Susan G was among those who
patiently kept up the good fight over here on RC on that topic--along with
Sarah Ralston DVM and several other very knowledgeable folks.  But every
time they could prove their cases with research references, he just
replied by slinging invective.  Like you, I kind of like to have a clue
from whence an opinion comes--does somebody actually have the experience
and expertise to back it up, or are they just plucking it out of thin air?

Heidi



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