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rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> >     - Does it make sense to increase beet pulp ration slightly in 
> > the days preceding the race to improve hydration?
> >     
>
> I wouldn't. Would you want to be water logged starting a marathon? Beet
> pulp makes my horse gassy. That can't feel great. :-P There may be
> reasons Garlinghouse would say to but I've read in a runner's magazine
> that there's an "Optimal running hydration" kind of thing that's a little
> below norm. 
>
>   
One thing I noticed when we first got the scales and were "babysitting" 
helping people use them was some horses really lost a lot of weight - 
like 10 pounds more than the average (which was about 30 to 35 pounds). 
Most all of those that lost the larger amount of weight finished within 
the average. After talking about this it seems that some horses started 
out "waterlogged" and it didn't help them because they lost the extra 
water rapidly. I would not give any "extra" anything before the ride. As 
Angie says beet pulp can a horse gassy and probably dose anything 
positive. The way you get good hydration is to make sure he has 
sufficient opportunity to drink.

> >     - Can Biltmore be done without pads or pour-in pads?
> >     
>
> I've done it *many* times (4 100's, lots more 50's) I think I"ve had pads
> once with a flat footed horse. No big deal. The roots'll get ya before
> the rocks will.
>
>   
> >     - What can I do to help my horse during the holds? 
> >     
>
>   
It depends on where you are coming from. If it is the Florida or SC sand 
dune - you might want to pad. Otherwise just watch where you are going.

What I've always found about the Biltmore to be the biggest challenge 
was not the rocks but the slick NC red clay mud after the afternoon 
thunderstorm that always seems to fall. You will sure need your traction 
in that.

--

“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how 
smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” Richard 
Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics


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