Found it, Geoff:
Science Daily Horses and Sweets
study<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080815170625.htm>
or if that link doesn't work, paste it in:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080815170625.htm
Or go to Science Daily website, and under 'Plants and Animals' it's listed
as a recent story.
best,
Ro
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Geoffrey Purcell
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> I'd love to know where you found that study re horses and oats-
> etc./consu=
> mption. Thanks
> Geoff> Date: Wed=2C 20 Aug 2008 11:11:12 -0400> From: [log in to unmask]
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> OM> Subject: Re: news items> To: [log in to unmask]> > Happy
> Birt=
> hday=2C Ro! I love reading your posts=2C you're the one who helped me> the
> =
> most when I first started out on Paleo. So have a good one!!!!> > > >
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> =3D=3D=3D> > Also=2C a story appeared yesterday in my news browsing by one
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> of the science> journals (I'll have to go look it up if anyone wants the
> na=
> me) but it> basically said they've found that the old practice of hyping
> up=
> young horses> on oats=2C barley=2C molasses=2C and other grains is
> counter=
> productive. They> used to think it gave the horses extra energy for the
> tra=
> ining=2C and it gave> them that glossy coat and bright eyes that people
> lik=
> ed to see. But a> careful study recently revealed that hmmmm....it seemed
> t=
> hat the horses who> had all the grains/sugar were anxious and restive=2C
> we=
> re more unstable> mounts=2C and were less responsive to the critical first
> =
> stages of training> than the more 'placid' horses who only had grass and
> ha=
> y. The latter> responded better to training and made calmer mounts.> > Go
> f=
> igure.
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