Re: Carbs - only part of the picture

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-06-24 17:38:09 EDT, Tivers writes:

<< A 900 lb horse, then, should be consuming 2.7 lbs of TDN per hour. If that
was strictly hay, then in 6 hours the horse should consume 36 lbs of hay.  >>

In other words, the 40# of quality hay that my horse consumed in the several
hours preceding the ride should pretty well hold him through a 50-miler, and
the grain he ate was gravy, as is everything he scarfs down at vet checks and
along the trail.  Geez, no wonder he stays fat!

Heidi