Re: adjusting to altitude

[Olympian06@aol.com]

Joe,

<< Those are some good suggestions.  But don't worry about the horses.
 "Sea-level" horses do just fine at 8,000 - 10,000 feet, even when
 racing hard for first place, as  the Race of Champions showed us.
 Even the one in Utah where base camp was over 11,000 feet, 1st place
 and the Top Ten had lots of "sea-level" horses.
  >>

Yes, these may have been sea-level horses but I'm sure these horses were given
time to acclimate.  You can't tell me that they pulled them out of the trailer
on the day of the race!!  I believe the question was how long should the
horses be allowed to rest before racing?

Johnna


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