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    [RC] Cold Weather Riding and Cooling - Tamara Taylor


    I thought this may be of interest to the RC members in cold climates. It is 
    from "Conditioning Sport Horses" by Hilary M. Clayton, DVM (Sport Horse 
    Publications, 1991). Just goes to show that riding in cold weather isn't a 
    hazardous as some people may think...
    
    "Competitions are seldom held under extremely cold conditions, but horses may 
    continue to be exercised when weather is cold. Compared with horses exercising 
    at normal temperatures, horses undergoing strenuous exercise at -25 C (-13 F) 
    have no significant changes in heart rate, lactate production, blood gas 
    tensions, gait, or lung tissue morphology. The only difference is a reduction 
    in the respiratory rate at all stages of exercise and recovery, due to the 
    effect of cold temperatures in facilitating heat dissipation."
    
    The book makes it sound like exercising at warmer temperatures is riskier due 
    to the possibility of overheating the horse.
    
    Tamara
    
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