Re: Re: feeding before a ride

["Maryanne Stroud Gabbani" <gabbani@starnet.com.eg>]

Susan, what if you don't have any hay?  In Egypt there is none.  Horses get
green stuff, barley and pellets plus whatever else (corn, bran, rice straw,
fava beans, etc.) you may choose to feed them.  So what's a good alternative
under the circumstances?  My horses have never seen hay.

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
Cairo, Egypt
gabbani@starnet.com.eg


> First, make sure your horse has PLENTY of hay to pick at.  Tons.  Waste
it.
> You really want to make sure he has as full a load of hay as possible, to
> provide gut fill, and a reservoir of electrolytes and water that he can
draw
> on during the ride.  This stuff-em-full-of-hay should start several days
> before the ride, throughout the night and every opportunity throughout the
> day.



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