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Re: [RC] Yucca - Kathy Mayeda

This reminds me of a conversation with an older QH owner about joint
supplements.  When I mentioned the ban on yucca for AERC rides, she
was aghast and said that she never would stop giving her horses MSM
and yucca.  I mentioned that maybe her horse isn't an endurance
candidate anyway.  The light bulb went on, and she says "yeah, I guess
you're right about that."

At that point I realized that here I am scanning all the labels for
those ingredients so I won't buy them, and then realizing that since
Beau is retired it doesn't really matter or not he gets any yucca or
MSM in him!

When we were competing regularly, it was part or my regular routine to
scan ingredients of EVERYTHING.  Not only from a banned substance
viewpoint, but from a half-baked education viewpoint of nutrition.  It
really isn't that difficult to avoid these things so I don't think
there is any reason to change the AERC rules.  KISS, people.

K.

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Kathy Copeland <ponyup1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Here is a one Barn Yard Study that has been taking place for many a year and
will continue to do so as long as there is a need.
We feed our older?arthritic horse a joint supplement that is high in yucca.
When feeding them joint supplements that are not high in yucca they appear
to be stiffer and don't move around well.? When feed the joint supplement
containing yucca they are not stiff and even lope around the pasture.? So in
our one barn yard study I see yucca having?antinflammatory properties.? So
in my opinion which I am relatively sure no one gives a crap about, yucca
should stay banned.
If we remove yucca from the banned list because one of our sponsors uses it
in their product what would that say about the AERC--yep that they can be
bought and I don't think the majority of us members want to even go there.


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