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RE: [RC] [RC] Differences in horse strength-horse sweat - Jennifer Adam

My mustangs don't sweat much, either, and yet in the heat of the summer they'll be running around the pasture without a care in the world while the domestic horses are hiding in the shade!! They do sweat on their chests and flanks, but I have yet to see them really wet. Two are built a little like Arabs - narrow, deep chests, short backs, lean muscles. My mare is 15.1 hands, deep but medium width chest, not round but not thin either. She's tough as nails. I asked my vet about it once and he theorized that they may have adapted *not* to sweat too much as it would hasten water loss in a wild environment that might not always have adequate water. Maybe they've adapted to conserve water? <shrug> I'm careful to monitor her and take her temp after summer rides to make sure she doesn't over heat, but she's always been fine. (knock on wood) She does *love* a cool shower with the hose, though!!!!

Jen Adam

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From: "Smith, Dave" <dsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ed Kilpatrick" <whytrotfarms@xxxxxxxxx>, <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [RC]   Differences in horse strength
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:30:05 -0800

Thanks for the reassuring words, Cowboy.  While I really dig the way he
looks, Hermano's not built the way the books say an endurance horse
should be built, i.e.,  he's compact, muscular, rather than lean and
rangy.  So its been nagging me a bit.  I assume you suggest a full-body
clip due to warm weather sweating?  My experience, so far, is that he's
not a great sweater.  He sweats under the saddle and a bit on the chest,
but on a ride my friends' two grade  horses get really lathered up. Much
more than my two mustangs.  Which raises another question. I have a
little Polish Arab filly (a rescue from N. Calif.) that I run with the
two mustangs in the round pen.  Now she sweats.  I mean she really does
get wet.  Her winter coat, is longer than the mustangs, but I can't help
but wonder whether Arabs have more efficient sweating mechanisms, or
not.  Of course my sample of three horses (two mustangs and one Arab) is
hardly scientific.  But I did watch a Parelli clinician once work an
Arab in a round pen (basically running her in a circle) and I never saw
a horse sweat so much in my life.  Any comment?



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From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ed Kilpatrick
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 12:13 PM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] Differences in horse strength



Dave,  from your description, i would bet that your horse is well suited
for endurance. i had one like that, almost exactly like you described.
he was great!  you will probably need to do a full body clip during warm
weather though.  other than that, just get out there and ride.    cowboy
ed


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RE: [RC] Differences in horse strength, Smith, Dave