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It's that time of summer when colic can hit tired, dehydrated horses and sand often builds in horses pastured in sandy paddocks.  Two of our favorite products recommended by our veterinarians are BlueLite electrolite pellets and Sand Clear Crumbles. Equine BlueLite Pellets are so tasty, you don't even have to top dress them on feed.  Just pour a scoop in each horses bucket for them to receive added nutrients and electrolytes.  Our horses go straight to drinking a lot of water after eating the pellets, which is a reassuring process after a hard day of polo. In addition to having a balanced salt block available near the horses' water, BlueLite pellets provides instant results when your horse needs it most to restores the essential nutrients lost during heavy workout and improves recovery time.  While other remedies such as Morton Lite Salt also provides electrolites, we think the BlueLite pellets are worth the extra money for their ease of use.  The pellets provide salt and potassium chloride blended with iodide and a free-flowing agent.   BlueLite is a balanced electrolyte formula which is easily digestible, non-abrasive, and contains essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals. Top dress Equine BlueLite Powder on the grain ration according to the degree of dehydration based on the following pony/horse weight: 300-600 lbs - Routine or Mild Activity (1-2 oz daily), Extensive Activity (2-3 oz daily) 600-900 lbs - Routine or Mild Activity (3-4 oz daily), Extensive Activity (4-6 oz daily) 900-1200 lbs - Routine or Mild Activity (5-6 oz daily), Extensive Activity (6-10 oz daily) 1200 + lbs - Routine or Mild Activity (7-8 oz daily), Extensive Activity (8-10 oz daily) Bluelite can be ordered online from many sources: http://www.techmixglobal.com/equine-bluelite Sand Clear pellets contain psyllium

According to the American Cancer Society, more than 76,000 people are expected to be diagnosed with melanoma this year. Recognizing a need for melanoma research and localized funding in Denver, Dr. Tyler Vukmer founded the Colorado Melanoma Foundation. The group's inaugural fund-raiser features a polo tournament, live music, and snacks. Fri 2:30-9 p.m.   DATE: Aug 10, 2013 2:30 pm - Aug 10, 2013 9:00 pm COST: $20. VENUE: Denver Polo Club

Check out all the great photos from Peter Feinzip from the 2013 Charity Polo Match at Sopris Mountain Ranch on his website at: http://pfeinzigphotography.com/polo To read the article in Horse Connection magazine click below 2013 Mount Sopris Article Horse Connection

“Angling teaches a man patience and self control; (fox) hunting improves not only good horsemanship, but pluck and observation; whilst shooting inculcates quickness of hand and eye coupled with endurance and the power of bearing fatigue; football, cricket, rowing, rackets, tennis all bring to the front and encourage qualities that are essentially manly; and perhaps no sport tends to combine all these lessons so much as polo, none makes a man more a man than this entrancing game, none fits him more for the sterner joys of war or enables him better to bear his part in the battle of life.”    - J. Moray Brown, Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, 1891 And, while you are at it, check out the new United States Polo Association website. And take back your power. Every time I hear this BS about us (those who struggle with addiction [and you could add those with other issues as well]) being powerless, it makes me angry. Because it isn't true. And saying it over and over just makes it harder to really find freedom forever. But... in AA it's the first step - Admit that you're powerless over alcohol/weed/cocaine/whatever. EVEN though you are literally exerting your power by going to the meeting... or talking to a sponsor... or checking into rehab. You are LITERALLY showing you have power and choice and at the EXACT same time are being forced to claim powerlessness. It drives me crazy. EVERYTHING about the change I've seen in thousands of people has told me that people have SO much power but have actually give up too much of it. Instead of beating them down more and telling them they are worse we need to