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What am I missing?  Who said their horse isn't sweating, and/or that they're not
keeping him clean(?) and cooling him down with water?
-Sharon L.


Quoting Steven Proe <trails_first@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi Folks;
> When there is high humidity, it is much harder to cool the critter and you
> out
> (down).
>
> It is imperative that at every opportunity that you keep at the least the
> major heat producing areas of the critter clean of any sweat, dirt ect..
>
> For those of you that continue to say that their horse doesn't sweat you are
> on the wrong Forum.
>
> The cleaner the horse the better they can cool themselves, and if you take
> every opportunity to clean and or cool/wash away of the above including dust
> (DUST? in endurance) the better you both shall be.
>
> We we see if all of these past practices still work as i will be crewing on
> Tevis this year.
>
> hth
> Steven
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