[RC] overconditioned horse - Susan E. Garlinghouse, D.V.M.
You might add a small amount
of corn, oats, barley, rather than straight corn. If you're going to feed a
straight grain, then whole oats is easier on the glucose curve and digestive
tract in general than either corn or barley. Start out with maybe a pound
twice a day. However, if grain gave him runny poop before, why wouldn't grain
give him runny poop again now?
JMO, but I agree your horse
is overconditioned and unless things turn around in a hurry, I'd advise staying
home and saving your entry fee. It doesn't sound to me like you have a horse
with 100 miles in his gas tank if he can't manage 20 miles with any enthusiasm
now.
You might be interested in
the study done at Tevis a few years back correlating condition score
('ribbiness') to completion rates. It's here:
