Carbo Charge and Tying Up

[DabneyEsq@cs.com]

Just to add a layperson's fuel to the fire here:
 I gave my experienced endurance horse (who I would not say has "tying up 
syndrome," but will tie up if you give him lots of grain while he's not being 
ridden for a week) a does of Carbo charge one evening, and the next morning.  
Later that day I rode him.  I'm not sure if he tied up, but something very 
strange happened.  After about an hour and a half of a fast training ride, he 
wanted to stop, and his muscles were quivering all over.  
  Also, my husband and I both had metabolic problems in races when we fed it 
before the race, and we observed another rider's horse have the same 
reaction.  I asked on ride camp, and the consensus seemed to be for endurance 
horses at least it was better to feed it after exercise had begun--now why 
would that be?
Dabney


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