Re: Carbos -- a different view

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-06-25 14:02:56 EDT, you write:

<< My concern for improper use of carbos is a different one.  Running
 horses too fast before they're ready is already a significant problem
 in our sport.  A horse's cardiovascular system and muscles train
 faster than his skeletal system.   >>

All too true, Joe.  My other concern, which I've already voiced, is giving the
fatigued horse a burst of energy to go one vet check too many when he should
have quit, or getting him there too fast and causing problems when he might
have completed if he had slowed down.  As with so many other things, this
sounds like the sort of tool that should only be used by the extremely
experienced who know their horses inside and out already and will use them
responsibly.  Am already checking my stocks of IV fluids...

Heidi