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Originally Posted by freddymo
NOT THRIVE cHUCK LIVE AND BE FAIRLY HEALTHY.. Plus they dont have to eat a bale plus a day
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My lazy riding horse eats a bale a day and his on the thin side. Horses are grazers and would eat almost constantly if they could. Watch them in a pasture, almost always nibbling. Ever see them when they stick their faces in a big tub of grain? That's alot of expensive food going down that pipe. Mares that are expected to be healthy enough to conceive and carry and deliver a healthy foal should be on a pretty good diet. Sure, backyard breeders all over the world get foals out of mangy mares but no one is expecting those foals to to 1:10 flat for 6f at Belmont in a couple of years. If you are trying to raise successful race horses you have to start with healthy mares. Healthy mares come from good feeding and veterinary care.
Edit to add: The original story stinks from the moment EP says he was sending the mare to a FLA breeder who was going to breed them his stallions. His stallions are in NY. There is no FLA breeder. It was a ruse to cover the fact that he made a deal with a known shady shipper to get the mares off his property. I hope that Ms. Scheidy at AC4H is not holding her breath waiting for money from EP to pay for the care of those horses.