Re: Carbs - only part of the picture

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-06-24 13:07:36 EDT, jlong@mti.net writes:

<< I responded to that portion of the thread where you were talking about
 feeding 15 - 20 pounds or more of grain per day, and asserting that
 endurance horses are underfed.  And further, implied that if only
 endurance was as "competitive" as the track we would feed your way.>>

I have no "way" of feeding endurance horses. I've suggested that carbohydrates
are the most important component of the diets of athletes, short going or long
going. And I gave examples of racehorses eating as much as 25 lbs of grain a
day as an example of how much grain a horse can consume. 
 
 >I say again:  if you're going to tell endurance folks how to feed our
 horses for competition, you need to learn more about endurance
 training and competition.>

Sorry to say I do know a little about the subject. Thanks to a few
ridecampers, I know a lot more than I did a few years ago. You need to learn
more about exercise science, if I may say so.

>  Some of the information you bring to this
 list is very good, but some of it is so far off base it could mislead
 an inexperienced endurance rider into doing things that could hurt
 their horse (like overfeeding grain).>

Your interpretations of what I've said are what's off base. 

ti
 
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 Joe Long >>