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Re: [RC] Riding a wet horse - rides2farI've saddled a wet horse at many a vet check to go back out. Heck, they're wet with sweat pretty soon after you start this time of year anyway. Just think, your dry pad will be towel drying him for the first 20 minutes or so. :-) Besides, many a jumping horse rider I've known bragged that they only had two grooming tools: A hoofpick and a hose. Angie On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 10:05:28 -0700 "sherman" <sherman@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Long before endurance riders came along, people rode their horses wet (:>). No, it won't hurt their skin. The horse's skin & hair get very wet any time they work hard under saddle. As always, just make sure they're properly cooled before putting them away. Have fun riding in the rain! Kathy Rain has been keeping me indoors but the horses are out grazing in the rain and they're wet. Now the rain has slowed to a light mist and I guess if I want to go and ride in the rain I won't melt... but will it hurt my horse's skin if I saddle him and ride when he's wet? I'd just go and do it if he'd been indoors and I could saddle him dry, then go out in the rain. But I've never saddled a wet horse before and am wondering if there might be a problem with that. I figured that people training for endurance probably need their training miles even in unfavorable weather and you'd be more likely to know about this than anyone else I could ask. Cindy Eliason wanting to play in the puddles in Whitefield, NH Angie McGhee http://www.lightersideofendurance.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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