When I first asked this question about whether paste electrolytes
were acceptable at competitions, I think I had said that "I had read
it somewhere." Well, this week I was looking through a magazine and
found where I had seen this, it was in the October 1997 issue of
Practical Horseman. The article was called "Is He Thirsty?" and was
written by Nancy Elliot, DVM (just in case anyone is interested).
The actual comment that ctr
competitions didn't allow the paste electrolytes was in a side bar
within the article, called "Electrolytes." Since the general ridecamp
experience/consensus seems to confirm that paste electrolytes are in
fact acceptable in North American organizations (now including
natrc), I guess it reinforces the point that you can't believe everything you
read 100% of the time.