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An interesting presentation given by Joe Pagen of KER at the AERC 
convention held in Lexington showed that grain meals showed it would be 
preferable to feed grain meals at least 4 hours before the start of a 
ride. This was based on the insulin curve after feeding grain.

The same advice was given by one of our speakers at the SERA convention 
some years ago. So that's pretty much what I do - independent of 
distance. However, feeding a horse in the middle of the night can be 
done quietly. Have it already made up in a bucket and dump it in the 
feed pan.

Truman

sherman wrote:
> Feeding the morning ration at night is something I've been doing even at
> home. Since I want my horses to eat all they want, and they never eat it
> all, it works great. Then in the morning I serve a little mash with
> electrolytes and the ponies are ready to go. 
> Kathy 
>
>  
> There just isn't that big a trick to feeding a horse quietly without
> turning on stadium lights and flinging buckets about.  Or hey, even
> giving it to the horse the night before---there's nothing nutrition-wise
> that any horse needs 2-4 hours before a ride that he can't eat and
> metabolize as well, or even a lot better, the night before.
>  
> Susan Garlinghouse, DVM
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