Re: RC: definition of high fat diet

["Frank Mechelhoff" <fmechelh@c-s-k.de>]

> In a message dated 12/28/99 10:25:15 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> fmechelh@c-s-k.de writes:
>
> << But one last question I have for the carbo-opponents who - on the other
> side
>  - recommend only 8% fat: how in the world will you feed a high workload ;-??
>  20 pds. corn? 40 pds. hay? or would you avoid the amount of work in general?
>  that's the league where balance become important. >>
>

CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com answered:

> ..But I'd comment here that it is not unusual for my horses to consume 40
> pounds of hay in the 24 hours pre-ride and to continue to eat it at every
> opportunity during the ride.

40 pds. hay, wow! Then you must have some extraordinary easy-keeping horses. I
will be happy if Ligeira will eat the half (in her 7th competitive season). All
too often she eats quite no hay, before a ride, even I always have the finest
quality of hay whatsoever. ...Eh, she eats up everything - but afterwards.

If this is the general answer, then endurance starting-fields will become empty
soon. I once heard in Endurance you can bring in the horse you have and can
compete with -- if it's sound, fast, intelligent, loves the trail, loves his
rider, is competitive, comfortable to ride, well-mannered, noble, nice,... must
eating 40 pds. before a ride was not mentioned.

regards,
Frank M. (Germany)


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