RE: Variable response to supplementing with carbo's

["C Eyler" <eyler@mindspring.com>]

> << There's a featherweight racer in the NE region (can't remember
> her name --
>  she's from Maryland) who has said that when she tried using
> something like
>  Carbo Charge in a race it caused her horse's pulse to hang.
> Never had the
>  problem before or since.  (Read this in an article by Bobbie Lieberman.)
>
>  Comments?
>
>  Cindy Eyler >>
>
>
> Out of about 50 who have tried it, we've had a couple like that.
> The solution
> has been to skip the last dose before the vet check.
>
> ti

Tom,

What does skipping the last dose before the vet check accomplish, other than
perhaps hiding from the vets?  What's happening with the horse in this
situation that causes the pulse to hang?

Cindy


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