>> 80's/early 90's.. but this was also the reason he
>> foundered and had to be put down.
 
> Darn, I can't remember his name either -- there was an artcle in
> EQUUS about it (last year I believe)
 
I believe it was Secratariate... my vet at the time was down there when it 
happened (late 70's/early 80's). He came back totally depressed about it. He 
was a TB lover.  
 
 
>  ..there was another article about a
> horse who had foundered because he ate too many little green apples from
> a tree in the pasture.
 
 
Nope.. the horse(s) were collicing, not foundering. ;)
 
 
> After I wrote that note I remembered about Meg telling us that Fiddle
> had broken down the fence and had gotten into the pasture that she had
> fertilized etc and her hubby had to replace the fence posts (something he
> had planned on doing slowly during the summer but had to do all at once)
> ..... I then wondered if that's what had caused the founder ...
 
The grass yes.. especially spring growth.. I don't think the fertilizer 
played a factor. If memory serves.. it's the spring and fall growth that can 
be so dangerous becuase of the changes in the content of the grass as a feed.
 
                              BK
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