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HI! I am hoping someone can give me
some insight for my predicament, my mare a 12 yr old Morgan who has been
slowly brought along in long distance for 5 years and has been working
since last November to get to the OD this June    and I did a
25 mile CTR  last Sat  we ,won :-) ;-) our division, her HR at
the end of 25 miles at the 4 minute pulse in was 38 Yahooo! :-)
The next day we did a 50, my plan was
to do a pretty sedate 50 let everyone leave and trotted along under control
for the first 2 loops her HR's were in the 40's within 3 minutes at all
the vet checks, anyway the last two loops I let her "go" she
felt awesome she ended up doing her fastest 50 ever ( 5 hrs 15min) I had
tears in my eyes cantering at mile 49 as my horse felt soooooo good and
energetic and happy at the end of a 75 mile wknd. We finish the ride go
walk in 1/2 a mile from the finish line spend 5 minutes soaking her down
and go see the vet for to pulse in and cri, the vet takes her pulse and
looks at me and says'" you are NOT going to believe this , her HR
is 40!!!!!""( I was so excited,:-)) we trotted out ,the cri was
10/11 and A's on everything EXCEPT when she circled at  trot to the
left she was a little off, straight  and right were fine so I take
her back to my trailer and start to massage her ( I am an Equine Massage
Therapist) as I do she pees and it is dark,dark  brown agh!! I was
so shocked that if my friend had not seen it I think I would have doubted
myself, she peed again within the hour and it was still brown.
I was in shock as my horse was full
of energy and totally fine!!!  I brought her home she trotted and
played with her buddy in the field , she had blood drawn 48 hrs post ride,
I just talked to the vet everything came back "unremarkable"
actually the levels were good , I had thought that due to the 75 miles
some stuff might not look good but it was all good. 
I am a pretty neurotic worrier about
my horse and just haven't been able to worry about her over this as she
looks and feels great, she has been galloping and playing in the field
like her normal fool self all week ( she likes to race my other horses
"cause she can beat them:-))
Any ideas?? My vet and I are sure she
didn't tie up but are at a loss as to what it could be, oh one other thing,
my horse did not pee all day ( pretty normal) until the end when I saw
the brown so we are wondering maybe food dye from Trimax and /or dandelions
and super concentrated urine??????

Anyway looking for any and all advice,
thanks in advance. At this point the OD 100 is a go for us, ( I am sooo
excited.:-))
Chrystal