At the last two endurance rides I have been at it has been very hot
or humid. Both vets talked about the importance of giving the
horses plenty of electrolytes/bran mash, wet hay, etc.
At the last ride, I brought almost a 5 gal bucket of bran, and
between arriving Friday and leaving Sunday, I almost went through
the whole thing. My mare loves bran mashes and will eat very soupu
bran more than she will drink plain water. SInce I wanted her
really hydrated before the ride, I gave her several mashes the
Friday before and a small one the morning of the ride.
-Is this too much bran?
At home I do not bran on a regular basis, only after hard rides to
add electrolytes.
My mare did not seem to have any adverse reaction to this much bran,
if anythng her poops were still a little hard.
Karen
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