ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: skinny horses

Re: skinny horses

Becky Huffman (hhcc1@htcomp.net)
Fri, 25 Jul 1997 11:28:56 -0500

He started getting too thin during his first year of endurance and I almost
completely stopped riding him until I could get the weight back on. He was
not too thin eating 14+ lbs daily of O.200+supplements. He was lean and
muscled, but not thin. He is and always has been a well mannered
gentleman, but his first love is a hard gallop on a cool morning.

Becky
and My Shadow
hhcc1@htcomp.net

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> From: Lauren Horn <fourhorn@mail.fia.net>
> To: Becky Huffman <hhcc1@htcomp.net>
> Cc: ride camp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Subject: Re: skinny horses
> Date: Thursday, July 24, 1997 1:18 AM
>
> I too have seen skinny horses at rides, but I later noticed that many of
> the horses, especially the ones that are being competed a lot do not
> have any "bloom". Besides being on the thin side, their coat lacks
> luster and depth, they seem tired and worn. Yes they are racing sound
> and winning but I feel that it is only a matter of time before something
> gives and their endurance days are over.
>
> I compare my horse who's coat shines, has ample girth and is just
> glowing with health to some of these tired looking endurance horses and
> just can't help feeling sorry for them. I have a non-endurance friend
> who rides the geebee's out of his young QH mare and who is also very
> lean, musclular but thin, and I keep telling him he needs to feed her
> more, to which he says he does. She always looks worn and tired with no
> shine or bloom to her coat. I saw the kind of hay this horse eats and
> you might as well feed her cardboard, it looked so bad, old and lots of
> yellow, lacking any nutrients. I just know that if this mare were on a
> good well balanced, nutrient rich diet she would look and act so much
> better.
>
> Lauren

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