About six months ago I
started feeding Athlete to two of our horses, one is a picky eater and the
other is my endurance horse, Jimmy. Jimmy gets grain once a day consisting of three
cups of Athlete with lots of beet pulp and three cups of crimped oats. I also
include general vitamins, selenium and biotin supplements. He lives on plenty
of Western Washington pasture (low selenium) with access to Eastern Washington Timothy
hay. The day before and the day of an endurance ride I cut the amount of
Athlete and oats in half. This seems to help him keep weight on better and I
have not noticed any ill effects, including when we had a 100 deg endurance
ride in Bend, OR. Why do you say it is “poison” when the weather
gets hot? Is the Athlete formula the same now as it was 15 years ago? Anyone else
have a problem with Athlete?
Dean
From: Judy Houle
<judyshatir@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [RC]
L-Tryptophan
L-Tryptophan is an amino
acid, not a drug. It is found in turkey which is why everyone wants to
crash after Thanksgiving dinner. You can buy it at health food
stores. As far as Ultium goes, I have not been a big fan of Purina ever
since my horse colicked on Purina Athlete which was marketed to endurance
riders
15 years ago. It was
great as long as the weather didn't get hot, but was poison if it did. I
heard Becky Hart was offered an unlimited supply of it if she endorsed it and
she declined.
