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Re: [RC] Clipping - rides2far@xxxxxxxxOn Jan 3, 2008, at 5:05 AM, Jay Randle wrote: Hi Leonard I thought the exact same thing when I saw the photos! I don't know about the ride you all are discussing, but as long as Jay mentions the clipping thing...I was amazed at all the horses that seemed to live in blankets in Australia. One of the websites I viewed just showed pasture situations, humans were lightly dressed, all horses heavily blanketed. An endurance friend of mine moved to Australia and commented on the fact that it seemed every horse in Australia lived in a blanket first thing. Where did that trend come from? I would think that a horse that is body clipped year around, even though blanketed has a cold belly & flanks...the very area where the most cooling occurs. Would they not migrate those capillaries that are for cooling inward? I thought horses developed a better cooling network of capillaries in the heat...does that not reverse when you expose the body to cold continually? Angie & 7...who has a winter blanket on over a winter coat today because it's COLD and he was shivering in his full winter fur. :-) _____________________________________________________________ Learn to trade with confidence! Online Stock Trading. Click Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3mKCaTmb9jj9hlCpBE570Y8az3aWFnosQ1hh5X3aeMCX2pXD/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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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