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RE: [RC] Feeding before a ride - chapter 1 - heidiI understand that getting up at 3 a.m. to feed some sort of mash that has a 1/2 cup of grain in it isn't going to cause metabolic catastrophes during the ride that day. But you're also not providing any clear benefit, so what's the point? I also agree with Jonni that most riders that get up at 3 are doing it to make themselves feel good about being responsible and conscientious, not because the horse really benefits from it. If the horse is left with his mash the evening before, plus an enormous amount of hay to munch on, then you've provided him with everything he physiologically needs for the next day, there's no advantage to getting up to feed him more at 3 a.m. Main reason for getting up at 3 a.m. is if I DIDN'T give him enough hay, and he's banging on the side of the trailer bitching because he wants more, and waking up everybody within earshot... But as Susan says, that's preventable by leaving him knee-deep in it the night before... (Well, REALLY, the main reason for getting up at 3 a.m. is because I'm middle-aged and have to pee--but that's another story, and I sure don't need to wake the neighbors to do it...) Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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