Re: Ivers Feeding Guide

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>>Tom wrote:
>>>>... but you also need incoming carbs at the beginning and
>throughout the
>ride. My suggestion would be 1 lb of grain for each hour out from the
>start.
>For example if the start is 9:00 AM and you feed at 7:00, then 2 lbs
>of
>grain would be a good start. At 3 hours out, 3 lbs of grain. 1 hour
>out, 1
>lb of grain. And then grain maybe every two hours during the ride.<<<
>
>Just out of curiosity....how many of you out there could get your
>horse to
>eat this much grain? Let's be honest!!

You can supplement grain with syringes of CHO(carbohydrate) powder to
get the equilivent of that
many calories from CHO. Put the CHO powder in with the electrolytes.
Works very well for me.

Kris

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