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Itchy Boobs
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| Okay we all have em! Our special superstar athletes, what are your daily routines? From when you wake up morning feeding how much feed what feed and supplements? Turn out leave up? How many days do you ride? And evening feeding? And even pre run supplements let's hear it !? | |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | These posts are fun lol. I'm proud of my system. My horses are kept in runs 24/7 which is not ideal but I board so it is what it is. They get 1lb alf/tim pellets in the morning and again around 5pm. I usually get to the barn around 6-6:30. I give them .5-1lb Renew Gold (depending on the horse), a few handfuls of soaked beet pulp, pumpkin seeds, and their supplements (currently deciding on which brand to go w/). That's also when I clean their pens, refill their giant hay nets, etc. Then groom, ride, lunge, or hand walk. One of mine is on pen rest for 6 months so he can't do anything and the other was recently diagnosed w/ kissing spine so I'm working out the balance between lunging w/ a pessoa and riding. I'm also getting a Theraplate in the barn this week so he'll be going on that 2x a day for 20 mins. | |
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  A Lady with Fight
Posts: 2701
Location: NC | I have three. My main running gelding. My 4 year old. And my new guy who is a special case. They're all turned out 24/7 on pretty much dry lots. Free choice coastal rounds.
AM feeding:
New guy: 4lbs Super Senior, THE Muscle Mass Special Formula, Forco, 1/2 cup flax, dash of Aloe Vera Juice to make it all stick
Colt: 3lbs super senior 1/2 cup flax
Main man: 3lbs 12/12 feed, 707 Daily Essentials, Forco, THE MM, 1/2 cup flax, splash of Aloe Vera
PM feeding:
Everyone just gets another 3 or 4lbs of feed and another 1/2 cup flax
My main man gets his magnetic sheet and Soft Rides when we go to shows. Everyone always has a hay bag in front of them. I will add alfalfa in with the coastal to keep bellies happy. New guy gets OxyGen Jailbreak before he's loaded up so its in his belly before we even unload. My main guy gets the OxyBoost paste before we run if I remember to give it. I poultice after runs in the warmer months. I use no bows overnight when stalled along with magnets.
They get massages regularly and adjusted at least twice a year. Spoiled rotten things they are. | |
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
Location: PNW | I only have one at the moment, so I get to be super picky and obsessive.
He is out on BEEEEEEEEAUTIFUL pasture 24/7. In the evenings, he is brought in for his dinner: 1.5 lbs of Renew Gold, 6oz Formula 1 Noni, Silver Lining herbs NoLasix and Keep Cool, and a mineral supplement. He then gets turned back out onto pasture, and I toss out a few flakes of straight alfalfa for him. He is a nervous, hard keeping, ulcer-prone guy and this routine keeps him HAPPY, healthy, shiny, and sane.
For races:
Before: He hauls to races in his back on track blanket, wraps, and soft-rides. We live in a colder climate, and generally have 2+ hours to drive to races.
After: His legs get poulticed/standing wrapped with SNM mud, and he wears his PHT and softrides home.
My husband just read this over my shoulder as I typed it, let out several swear words, sighed, and walked away.lol | |
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Posts: 1482
Location: on my horse | Now that the semester is over...
Get up feed 2 flakes of alfalfa for breakfast, kick them out to pasture in the afternoon for a few hours as a snack and to get out of their dry lots (very large individual pens fyi) go ride, arena 4 days a week trail 1 day a week ideally, generally trails don't happen but every other week. Depending on the horse, my mom and I's good barrel horse doesn't ever see a pattern anymore except for once or twice before the first race of the season, he is mostly just legging up. I'm still trying to get with my mare on the pattern so we practice the actual pattern about once a week maybe twice and then I do different drills with barrels to help me and her get together and work on the little holes in her pattern.
Lately I've been trying to mix it up and incorporate patterns, pole and caveletti work lope overs, dressage type things and work on my arena's trail course to keep them mentally fresh. After ride care is dependent on how hard we've worked, light day is a good brushing and a long walk to cool out, hard day is hosed and/or iced down legs.
Dinner is 2 more flakes of alfalfa 1 lb of nutrena empower boost (from ionophore free facility), 2-4 oz of healthy coat depending (my mare is currently on 4)
Race day care is similar to a hard day of work, if my horse slipped on the pattern they get a full massage (if not they get worked over like every 2 weeks as I have time to do it), depending on ground I poultice after icing legs. If their chow schedule gets messed up I try to take feed with me because I like them to be picking at feed most of the day or minimum have 3 feedings to keep them from having ulcer issues etc.
During school I kick my critter out in a gigantic patchily grassy pen first thing in the morning with her breakfast and pull her in around lunch/ride time. everything else is the same
ETA: Pens get cleaned daily, mare gets fresh water every other day because she's picky as hell if it's too warm for her liking, when I am stalling with a run during school pens get cleaned 2x a day.
Edited by redmansmyman11 2015-05-04 10:48 PM
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Location: Somewhere over the rainbow | 24/7 turn out with free choice grass and/or hay depending on season. I only stall if someone is needing stall rest. I feed Nutrena Empower Balance daily. Lots of fresh and clean water, obsessed with their water intake. Salt and mineral block. I have had horses for four years now. no illness, no colic. Not that they don't do other stupid stuff like put their feet through fences, hence the need for stall rest...otherwise healthy. Exercise is the other ingredient. Horses need exercise to keep things moving. 3-6 miles every other day. | |
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