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So far, most of what I've been told and read has been that you must electrolyte and you can' electrolyte enough, so basically you can't be over-doing it if you have endurance e-lytes and you make sure your horse has been/is drinking enough.

I do electrolyte but probably not as much as some. I have read that the horse will use what you give it more efficiently if it is not always bombarded with elytes on a daily basis. I do pre-load a day or two before a competition but don't give it on a daily basis (which I have heard some people do just like they would a vitamin supplement).

In fact, I have heard some people say that the goal is a dose of electrolyte per mile. Of course, they don't mean stopping every mile, but rather give several large doses at all waters stops, before and after the ride, etc. It does get hot and humid in the summer but this sounds really excessive and I find it hard to believe, although I'm a rookie and still learning. It seems near impossible to count a dose per mile, I mean that is 50 doses for a 50. Huh??? I think it might be more like a dose per hour? Anyone can clarify this?

Lysane
rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> > I was thinking of malaysia not so much idaho. The two rides I've 
> > seen > there have been both at relatively extreme conditions. The 
> > electrolyte regimes employed varied of course, but Steph, as I 
> > recall > didn't give electrolytes in either the 80km or 120km rides
> she 
> > completed there.
> > 
> > Cooling was an issue ...
>
> I'd love to know more about it. Believe me, it wouldn't break my heart if
> sombody could convince me I never had to mix electrlolytes again! Does
> anybody do any bloodwork on these horses to compare those who dose with
> those who don't, etc?
>  It's hard to just totally throw something out
> that's been drilled in your head for 20 years. I remember at the high
> point when a vet showed us that WAY more electrolytes were lost than we
> could ever replace so we COULD NOT overdose them if we tried! 
> Personally, Kaboot was probably on a pretty aggressive program with a
> dose before the ride and every hour or so, but he was running for top 10
> during that. I remember one girl who had a fast horse that just refused
> to take electrolytes and after several metabolic problems she just gave
> up on him. So, please, somebody out there, convince me...with some data
> because you sure hit us with the data convincing us TO use them!
>
> Angie
>
> Angie
>
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