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Kathy,

In the early days (and that was the early to mid 90's for me) - we 
didn't feed beet pulp and we did just find. Some even supplemented with 
"shudder" cracked corn when we needed more calories. If your horse is 
holding weight, healthy and happy going down the trail just enjoy yourself.

There are a ton of great feeds out there, I like Farr XTN myself for a 
hard working horse but there are others. Find one that works and go ride.

Truman

Kathy Ramspott wrote:
> When you all were doing LSD conditioning during first or second season 
> did you change your horses diet much?  Once we hit rides over 5 miles 
> I started feeding more grain, (omolene 100 with a little strategy)  is 
> this bad?  They are both in good shape not too thin or fat, arabian 
> mare (9yo) and arabian gelding (5yo).  During this 90+ degree season 
> in the SE should I be feeding beet pulp instead of grain?  I'm only 
> riding every other day. They are pastured 24x7 and have grass/weedy 
> pastures with hay in the run in manger at all times.
>
> All this talk about beet pulp and feed has me wondering if I'm doing 
> whats best for my 'kids'
>
> Thanks,
> Kathy R - SE


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of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."    Niels Bohr 
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