ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] Worms and Hard workouts

Re: [endurance] Worms and Hard workouts

C.M.Newell (reshan@ultranet.com)
Mon, 30 Oct 1995 20:22:24 -0500 (EST)

I heard this from
>a woman at our barn.... she said that
>if you ride your horse hard enough that
>it's in really good shape... and even
>looking a bit thin, that the horse's
>body "eats" or digests any parasites.
>
>Basically she's saying the horse does
>not need to be wormed...
>(Actually, I thought it'd be good for
>a laugh... :) )

It would be good for a laugh, if it weren't so scary. And it is
nonsense.
--CMNewell, DVM
"The expression in a horse's eye is like a blessing on a good man's house."
--Sayied iben-el Rabil, quoting the Prophet