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Angie,

That is nice to know that big muscled horses that have some fat on them are 
less likely to tie up at a ride.  Do you know why?  

My little "Classified Add Special" grade mare is well muscled in her rear end 
and I've always had a heck of time getting that extra winter weight off her.  
She's an air fern and could probably survive on straw.   She looks perpetually 
pregnant and at least once a year someone asks me when her foal is due. She's 
never tied up, and I've always wondered why. Perhaps it's just the way horses 
metabolize fat.  I don't know. 

One thing I don't do with my mare is feed her grain.  She gets a little 
Strategy and perhaps some carrots around a "race" but that's about it.  Alfalfa 
makes her crazy so I avoid that too.  She's a real go getter though:  Thinks 
she ought to be up there with the front runners and once and while I'll get a 
wild hair and let her go, which I always regret. She does run out of steam if I 
let her go too fast, but can go day after day if we keep a sensible pace. 

Lynn





     

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