Pre and post race??? How do you prepare your horses???

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Sunshine1 Reg. Dec 2004	Posted 2014-05-19 2:35 PM Subject: Pre and post race??? How do you prepare your horses???
Elite Veteran Posts: 632 Location: CO	What is everyone's pre and post routine??? Just curious.... What do you think works and don't work??? ice linimwnt stretch extra supplementing excerises what you tried
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Lovin Life Reg. Apr 2004	Posted 2014-05-19 2:48 PM Subject: RE: Pre and post race??? How do you prepare your horses???
Vodka for Lunch Location: Lala Land	Pre- BOT quickwraps & blanket, stretches Post- Cold Hose, Ice, sweat legs, BOT blanket My vet recommended icing/sweating legs after every run due to some scar tissue on suspensories. Edited by Lovin Life 2014-05-19 2:50 PM
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sassy&tessa Reg. Jul 2008	Posted 2014-05-19 3:52 PM Subject: RE: Pre and post race??? How do you prepare your horses???
Dr. Ruth Posts: 9891 Location: Blissfully happy Giants fan!!!	Depends on the horse. We put some on preovicoxx 5 days out from a race. Walk a lot and just get them loosened up. Post race we walk until they are breathing good again. Then we give them as much water as they want. Now that it is warmer we hose down real good as fast as we can. Then sore no more poultice on all legs, hocks, and stifles. Sore no more gel on their necks and backs. My one mare had surgery on her left front leg. She gets a PHT blanket on and a boot on that leg before and after we run. And after I wash them down and the leg is dried somewhat, she gets ice packs on that leg and her PHT blanket goes back on it. Once the ice has melted, the PHT boot goes back on. That has really helped her scar tissue.
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kwanatha Reg. Dec 2003	Posted 2014-05-19 7:49 PM Subject: RE: Pre and post race??? How do you prepare your horses???
Meanest Teacher!!! Posts: 8555 Location: sunny california	prerace I put the saddle on post race I take the saddle off
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Three 4 Luck Reg. Sep 2003	Posted 2014-05-19 9:14 PM Subject: RE: Pre and post race??? How do you prepare your horses???
Accident Prone Posts: 22277 Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR	Sweat the night before, poultice the night after. My horse has thinned cartilage in his front fetlocks that needs extra care. I also rub him daily with a mix that is 1/3 Bigeloil, 1/3 DMSO, and 1/3 glycerin.
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BarrelRacing4Christ Reg. Sep 2010	Posted 2014-05-19 10:35 PM Subject: RE: Pre and post race??? How do you prepare your horses???
Ms. Marine Posts: 4641 Location: Texas	Pre - ride around a little, warm up, stretch horse and myself. Post - cold hose horses legs, walk horse around for a little while, give horse a peppermint... or two.
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kle12 Reg. May 2005	Posted 2014-05-27 9:30 PM Subject: RE: Pre and post race??? How do you prepare your horses???
Extreme Veteran Posts: 375 Location: San Antonio, TX	Three 4 Luck--How do you use your mix.... Do you use on muscles or lower legs?
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