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Diane,
very well said, kind of like the KISS solution to life!!!!  I am sure I do not need to 
tell you all what the KISS is!!!  Thanks Diane.  Carolyn Loedeman AERC# 5555
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane Trefethen" <tref@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Alternative to Platinum Performance


> I know Barbara McCrary took grief for this several months back but I am going to repeat 
> it since she was right.
>
> If you want your horse to go 50 or 100 miles, you do NOT need any fancy shmancy 
> supplements.  You need a solid conditioning program and CALORIES.  A growing horse with 
> no access to good forage, maybe.  A horse with a low blood test, yes.  A horse whose vet 
> has said he needs extra thus and such, yes.  But if you have a mature, healthy, 
> non-deficient horse, top quality forage plus enough CALORIES to keep him in good weight 
> is all you need.  Supplements are just that - only for when your horse is deficient in 
> something.
>
> Think about it.  Where are the bags of Wonder Feed in the wild?  And while those horses, 
> who subsist on natural forage only, may be smaller due to less protein in their diet as 
> youngsters, they are TOUGH suckers! No they can't go the distance we ask of our 
> competition horses but that is because they do not have access to feed that is rich in 
> CALORIES, not because they don't get a supplemented feed.
>
> So experiment with the right amounts of oats, corn oil and if you horse tolerates it and 
> likes it, rolled corn.  There are CALORIES in them thar feeds and they are a helluva lot 
> cheaper than paying for bags where someone else has put together what (s)he thinks is 
> right for YOUR horse.
>
> Lori Bertolucci wrote:
> > ... I was wondering if anyone has an alternative suppliment to Platinum Performance?
> > I have been suspecting that it was causing brain failure :) in my gelding, and am now 
> > certain of it. He looks and performs great on it, but acts like an idiot..
> > I had to have elbow surgery last year,and can't deal with him pulling on me like he 
> > does.
> > I suppose I could go with a stronger bit, but really don't want to do that.
>
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