Page 14 - August 2005 The Game

14 The Game, August 2005 Your Thoroughbred Racing Community Newspaper
Don’t Tango with Proper Nutrition
A++Werk Nick Rating for SelectYearling
Rio Tango was feeling pretty proud of himself. All summer Rio and the other colts had romped and raced around the Cicotti’s rolling fields along side their mothers. Rio liked to play the kick, twist and fart game and arch his neck and strut around like he had seen his daddy do one day in a paddock
near the barn. Rio was hanging out with the other colts these days since his mother told him it was time to move out. Rio felt quite grown up and knew that Mrs.Cicotti quite admired him.
Rio’s mother was an aristocratically bred Thoroughbred who fuelled by lavish amounts of green grass had supplied the growing youngster lots of nutritious milk that summer. As a result Rio had grown quite big and strong for his tender age of 7 months. In fact he was the biggest of his friends thus his rather inflated view of himself.
Mr. Cicotti however had a little different view of the cocky track star to be.
“Rio, he said, you’re growing too fast for my liking. I’m going to put you on a diet. A handful of grain is all you’re going to get. The vet says to slow down your growth or we’ll have some problems.
Weeks went by and Rio wasn’t racing around the field any more. Nor was he playing any games. His buddies tried to get him to play the rear and kick game but Rio just walked away. His legs were too sore and he was starting to develop a clubfoot. Mrs. Cicotti was so upset she asked a nutritionist to come and offer some advice.
The scenario above is fictional, the word in fact might be allegorical. The reality is of course quite real. I have encountered many situations where well meaning owners have literally starved their growing horse into problems.
My experience is that a very minimal amount of grain fed to a growing horse is disastrous unless a suitable vitamin mineral supplement is fed to support growth. Research has pointed to an excess of energy, particularly carbohydrate energy, without adequate mineral, vitamin fortification as the usual cause of problems such as physitis, and OCD (osteochondrosis).
Take a look at this graph showing the requirements of key minerals (KER figures) vs. what hay and a minimal amount (2 pounds) of even a good growing
ration supply.
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As you can see this ration is drastically lacking in key trace minerals and phosphorus. Without adequate supplies of these important nutrients bone cannot form properly.
Now let’s look at what happens when we use a properly fortified supplement to supply those essential minerals without excess energy.
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All of the key nutrients necessary for proper miner- alization of bone are now supplied in adequate amounts. With a few months of a therapeutic ration like this along with moderate exercise and Rio will be back to his struttin self.
Rules for growing horses:
1/Make sure minerals and protein are supplied in adequate amounts, even on a calorie-reduced ration.
2/Avoid excess energy, particularly carbohydrate energy.
3/ Feed a low glycemic (low starch) growing ration
4/Allow for moderate exercise but don’t put unnec- essary strain on young legs.
5/ Monitor growth monthly
6/ Avoid increasing the amount of grain too rapidly
Do you know why the horse still hasn’t jumped over the moon. It still can’t figure out how to say moooooooon.
- Dan Irwin of Brooks Feeds
Hip No. 175, dark bay or brown colt named Cat’s Got Style, by Cat’s At Home out of the mare Reputed Style, by Silver Deputy. This handsome colt has received an A++ Werk Nick Rating at (+1317%) based on his Storm Cat - Silver Deputy Cross. He is being consigned by Hill ‘N’ Dale Sales Agency, Agent for
Wallace Thoroughbreds.
Did You Know...
That 2004 Sovereign Award winning Broodmare, Annasan, was sold by Les Pereira’s Beclawat Stable at the Keeneland November Sale for $400,000 to Mr. S. Di Iorio.
At the time Annasan was the dam of four colts, 3 of which are racing age and include steady campaigner Adjalah; Coronation Futurity Stakes winner, the late Arco’s Gold; and 2004 3-year-old male Champion A Bit O Gold. Both Arco’s Gold and A Bit O’Gold were graduates from Hill ‘N’ Dale Farms’ Toronto Select Yearling Sales consignment.
Hill ‘N’ Dale will sell an Ontario-bred Snow Ridge-Annasan yearling colt at the Fasig-Tipton July Sale for Beclawat Stable. Annasan foaled a bay filly by Sky Mesa in February 2005 and is currently pregnant to the stallion Vindication.
Did You Know.....
That Hill ‘N’ Dale Farm in Kentucky has purchased a majority interest in the multiple G1 winner Lady Tak from owners Bill and Caorinne Heiligbrodt. An amount was not disclosed for the 5-year-old Mutakddim mare who will continue racing until the end of the year before retiring to the breeding shed at Hill ‘N’ Dale. Lady Tak was a $7,500 Keeneland September yearling purchase who has since won 10 of her 19 starts and has earnings of more than $1.1 million.
WALLACE THOROUGHBREDS
Offers the following 2005 Yearlings
Outstanding Select & Preferred Colts by First Crop Sire - Cat’s At Home
Hip 175 Cat’s At Home - Reputed Style by Silver Deputy
This is her forth foal, dam of 2 foals to race, all winners including - Reputed Deeds, 3 wins in 3 starts at age 4, 2005
Northern Whiskey - MSW winner in his first start at age 3, 2005
WERK NICK RATING A++ (+1317%)
(based on the STORM CAT - SILVER DEPUTY cross)
5-Generation Inbreeding: Barbizon - 5f x 4f
Northern Dancer - 5m x 5m
Hip 435 Cat’s At Home - Stradocaster Colt
Dam of 5 foals to race, 4 winners including Wolverine, 3 wins, age 2 to 5, $180,660, Third Blazing Sevens Stake.
Carrickfergus Boy, winner at age 3, $52,606.
Visit the google web page of Wallace Thoroughbreds @ http://wallacestables.tripod.com/ for pictures of these sale colts and more
A breeder providing quality individuals for the Canadian Yearling Sales 905-723-5179
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