Carbs only ration

[Kelli Hjelmeland <kelli@mb.sympatico.ca>]

<<<<<
Keep in mind, readers, that even grain has SOME roughage in it, and the 
horse will produce a certain amount of VFA's from that.  So even on a
grain 
diet, Tom is not going to achieve his ideal of an "all carb" diet.  As
to the 
wisdom of feeding an aerobic athlete nothing but grain--I'll leave those
of 
you with any experience with horses to decide how long you would keep
him 
alive in competition. 
 
 Heidi >>

Well, you have the experience--give us a clue. One week? One month? One 
year? 24 hours? Or is the answer that you don't have the foggiest idea?

ti >>>>>>

Had to laugh about this. Also have to agree with Heidi. If I fed my
gelding nothing but carbs and tried to do an endurance race on him . . .
well, let's just say that if he didn't kill me first, he'd be dead by
the end of the day because he would behave so badly that I'd just have
to kill him! (OK folks, I'm REALLY just joking here - love my boy.)

Anyway - please keep at it you two - I hate reading those dry pages of
"nutrition for endurance", but I'm learning tons of stuff with a grin on
my face here!

Kelli


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