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Angie Fura
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Sep 8, 2010 12:46 pm
Hi - I need some quick advice please. I'm planning to take my new horse to do his first ride at Big South Fork this weekend. I rode him Sunday and he got ...
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SAG
agsaddles
Sep 8, 2010 12:48 pm
A narrow girth and bickmores gall salve. Any feed store should have it. Annie G....
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Char Jewell
ban_zus
Sep 8, 2010 1:13 pm
I took a horse to the Western Maine 50 with a big bite mark on his girth area. It was about 1/2 healed, but still a little oozy. Figured I'd get as far as...
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jonni_in_tx
Sep 8, 2010 2:12 pm
... I've been keeping the area clean and ... I'd never put ichthammol on a girth gall myself. One thing that is a no fail is Triple antibiotic ointment if...
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Dessia Miller
amberleaeque...
Sep 8, 2010 2:49 pm
A really good zinc compound with like 24% worked for us this weekend, my horse developed an elbow gall from a girth he had done the Vermont 100 in with no...
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Keith W. Kibler
ridesblues
Sep 8, 2010 5:52 pm
1. cowboy string girth, preferably mohair 2. Desitin. 3. Vasoline over the Desitin. 4. Use a breast collar or you will be spinning the saddle, especially with...
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k_m_sherman
Sep 8, 2010 5:53 pm
At home I like straight zinc oxide for wounds, but on rides I keep a tube of Desitin (or generic with same % of ingredients) on me for galls, scratches, and...
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rides2far@...
angiec_mcghee
Sep 8, 2010 6:00 pm
Sounds like a good time to try the Silipos sleeve. Angie McGhee ____________________________________________________________ Mortgage Rates Hit 3.25% If you...
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rides2far@...
angiec_mcghee
Sep 8, 2010 6:08 pm
... When my girls were babies my mama insisted I use Saratoga ointment rather than Desitin. It was a lot more expensive so I tried Desitin and there was a huge...
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Char Jewell
ban_zus
Sep 8, 2010 6:35 pm
Ooohhh... YES! Started usig Silipos on my knees this year & can't BELIEVE the difference!  Thanks, Char Jewell Every endurance rider knows more about...
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Angie Fura
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Sep 8, 2010 6:38 pm
I remember reading about them somewhere, maybe Endurance News? I don't I could get one in time for this weekend.  BTW - does anyone know if there will be...
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Char Jewell
ban_zus
Sep 8, 2010 7:35 pm
Angie - if you call Slypner right now Jane or Mary can get it to you before you leave for the ride. 800-759-7637. Last order I placed with them I ended up...
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Keith W. Kibler
ridesblues
Sep 8, 2010 10:12 pm
I had a vet at a ride last year tell me that almost all anti gaul salves other than desitin and vasoline would violate the anti drug rules. She was sure of...
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SAG
agsaddles
Sep 8, 2010 11:05 pm
Wow thats a heads up. Bickmore? Annie G....
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Lucy Chaplin Trumbull
terraview2
Sep 8, 2010 11:16 pm
... Doesn't Bickmore's have sulphur in it? And isn't that a banned substance? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Lucy Chaplin...
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Angie Fura
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Sep 8, 2010 11:23 pm
This must be the same vet that took me that regular Absorbine liniment was banned. Its not. I verified it with Connie Caudill. Only the gel form, which...
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Crysta Turnage
ctsinatra
Sep 8, 2010 11:28 pm
According to the ingredients list here: http://www.americanlivestock.com/pm-15936-15272-gall-salve.aspx Bickmore's contains INGREDIENTS: A blend of Alum,...
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SAG
agsaddles
Sep 8, 2010 11:41 pm
So we can use the old runny absorbine on a ride? Annie G....
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SAG
agsaddles
Sep 8, 2010 11:42 pm
Hummm, Ive never known Bickmores to be used on scratches if thats what it is getting at??? Now I know that some of the scratches stuff has all kinds of banned...
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Laurie
laurie_a_und...
Sep 8, 2010 11:57 pm
A saddle with center fire rigging might work - I saw a horse at GERA which was girthy after 40 miles able to complete when the rider changed saddles and put...
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SAG
agsaddles
Sep 9, 2010 1:23 am
Exactly! unfortunately allot of saddles are rigged to far forward. Add to that a girth that is to wide for the horses girth area and you have a problem. The...
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Angie Fura
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Sep 9, 2010 1:50 am
I'm an Excel junkie so I formatted the loop data into a spreadsheet.   Angie Fura I'm an Excel junkie so I formatted the loop data into a spreadsheet. ...
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Keith W. Kibler
ridesblues
Sep 9, 2010 2:05 am
Nope, Lincoln Trails in Illinois. First for me and for the horse. She has done 4 3os, and 4 50s. We have 700 miles of training since January. We have...
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Marirose Six
marirosesix
Sep 9, 2010 3:22 am
Good luck Keith! ... -- Marirose...
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Keith W. Kibler
ridesblues
Sep 9, 2010 4:11 am
Thank you Marirose Keith...
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sarahmcintosh100@...
saffire_100
Sep 9, 2010 4:33 am
Keith: Best of luck on your first 100! Looking forward to hearing about your experience. For me, it was the toughest thing I have ever done...what a great...
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k_m_sherman
Sep 9, 2010 6:31 am
Good luck, Keith! Be sure to let us know how much fun you had (:>) By the way, here is another excerpt from the rules regarding ALLOWED substances... 4....
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Debbie Parsons
ka3tdd
Sep 9, 2010 11:53 am
Great! One less thing to do!! Debbie...
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Jody Rogers-Buttram
dragnin100
Sep 9, 2010 1:26 pm
Gee Angie, you are SO much nicer than I am.  I usually keep all my ride research a big fat secret. :)))  See, I do this type of thing for all my 100's. ...
