Horses drinking cold water/colic....

["McClain" <ranka@cns-nw.com>]

I purchased a very nice Qh/BS paint mare recently, and in trying to get some background on her Sire and Dam , I contacted the owner of Jester`s Best [ sire ]

she said the outstanding Paint stud died of colic a while back, impaction caused from his refusal to drink very cold water, she was out of town at the time, and the care giver found the horse close to death.I was horrified at the thought of how painful a death that had to be.Has anyone ever heard of this water refusal problem

in horses before, I grew up on a small ranch and had many horses who would break the ice for themselves to drink.   Sherrie McClain