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[RC] beet pulp/ultium, etc - Alice Yovich

I know that we've had this discussion before briefly, but I am curious if others have had this experience. Beet pulp and b/c it contains beet pulp, Ultium, are popular feeds for endurance horses. Has anyone else found their horse to be hyper or overly energetic on these items? I had held off feeding Ultium for a long time b/c I was concerned it would make my mare silly. I fed beet pulp to her about 2 years ago, on several different occasions for a couple weeks each time and she was off the wall goofy each time I did it. Someone suggested that she just felt really good on it. I think she acted more like an addicted person looking for her fix every time I went to feed it. So, no beet pulp, ever...

Enter this summer and Ultium. I have already discovered that Deli doesn't do well on textured feeds. She loses weight, or at least won't gain weight on them (yes, I've had her teeth checked) So, I had her on strategy and for ease put her on the pony's senior and top dressed with oil. They both bloomed. I was given 3 free bags of Ultium, so I mixed it with the senior and they continued to bloom. the pony got a little feisty on me at the end of the summer and was bucking every time my daughter rode him...put him back on senior, no more bucking. Now my mare is acting all full of herself again. I'm worried that it's the Ultium (or the new saddle, or the old bit--take your pick)

anyway, just curious who else might have had hyper horse on beet pulp problems?


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