I was prepared to say that "stuff" (trying to avoid the word "drug") like Rescue Remedy, was innocuous. But thought I ought to test it out for myself. And on myself, not being one to use the horses as lab-rats too often.
So: Whole Foods Market in sells the Bach remedies (and other riding essentials like emer'gen-c!). And I picked up a bottle while shopping Tuesday night, $10 for a 10ml bottle. I took a dose per the package instructions, 4 drops in a small glass of water. After a bit it felt like I had consumed 2-3 glasses of wine. Coordination (and for me, depth perception) didn't suffer as it would have with wine, but mood was the same. And general feeling of extreme good-will was the same. With the effect I received from Rescue Remedy, this is a drug-in-effect. Might be great to help de-stress a horse in an uncomfortable situation, and I might use it for such, but looking at the spirit of the rules for endurance riding, I would consider this a drug, a mood-altering substance, and not "legal". Now, I am guilty of, many, many years ago, feeding a show heifer very large measure of Jim Bean to make her tipsy enough to be handle-able in the show ring. This was drugging the poor cow. No if's, and's, or but's about it. And giving this Rescue Remedy stuff to a horse would be drugging the horse. On the plus sign, I slept really good that night! -Tamara _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
