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On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 16:27:29 GMT, rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> > So, how do you folks in the Carolinas, GA, TX, and other hot and humid 
> > states condition during the summer?
> Slowly, morning & evening (I know the humidity is up in the morning but
> there ought to be a "direct sunlight
> index". Sponge, give electrolytes or let them eat some. Avoid letting 
> the core heat build up.
Well, I guess I'm the "oddball" in this too.  When I lived in the SE I
always did some of my conditioning in the afternoons in the hottest
part of the day.  My reason being, I never want to ask my horse to do
anything in competition that he hasn't done in training -- if he's
going to compete in the heat of the day, he needs conditioning in the
heat of the day, to build up the ability to handle it.



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