And PF will keep the outside water out to keep us and our horses dry. Well,
at least some of it will. For skiing they make different waits and warmths.
There is a company out of Oregon that carries all different types. The
comp. is called the RainShed. I've ordered from them several times. They
have good merchandise.
alice
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Alice and Steinke
Is it really gotta be winter now? We're cold!!
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Endurance Friends - I too have been reading the posts on this subject with
great interest. I think Stacy Berger made a very good point - what works
for one might be a disaster for another.
Just to add a little more: I bought a horse in July that had done 2
slow 50s 3 years ago when he was 5 (I don't know where these were). He had
been the back-up horse for the woman I bought him from and had been walked a
lot in the Sierra foothills with a little trotting (someone else was riding
him for her). I am now riding him in the coastal mountains of central CA.
He is very unbalanced, doesn't know how to get his rear under him and thinks
going faster is the solution to everything ("of course, he's an Arab" all my
barn friends say!) When we started light conditioning rides in September he
could really not walk down a moderately steep hill at all because he was so
unbalanced, he had to jog. Now he can walk and sometimes now manages a
lovely, balanced, full stride for, maybe, 10 steps before old habits and
lack of muscles take over but each week I see progress. I am also doing a
lot of work in the ring on the lunge line which is where I think the real
learning occurs which gets reinforced and practiced out on the trail. I
can't say yet what I think his final best gait down, or up hill will be
because he is still such an unformed lump of wet clay! I can also add that
a mare I had could go down moderately steep hills at a ripping trot all day
long. She was perfectly balanced and surefooted but her trot was so rough I
would be exhausted just trying to stay with her!
Happy trails, Laney
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At 04:09 PM 10/31/96 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello all, I have another question for you...
>
>I won't clip Mystery during the winter as he lives outside. I intend
>to ride him all winter...it never gets too cold here in Northern
>California, but I do expect he will sweat and I will need to cool him
>down without him getting a chill. I know long hair will take time to
>dry. Realistically, I foresee the end of the day, the sun going down,
>temperatures dropping, trailering him back to the ranch and having to
>get his coat dry and him warm by the time I turn him loose or put him
>in that trailer to take him home.
>
>Would some type of light blanket be in order for this cooling process?
>I understand a thick insulated blanket will keep the moisture in and
>not allow it to escape. I also "heard" some blankets may actually
>flatten the coat and not allow pockets of warm air to accumulate.
>
>So on a sweaty wet horse where the temp is dropping and I want to get
>him dry and warm but am outside....what should I do?
>
>Thank you all!
>Kimberly (&Mystery...."if I didn't have to work, I wouldn't get
>sweaty!")
Kimberly - I too live in NoCal. I don't clip. As they days get shorter I
start riding earlier in the morning on the weekends so I can finish while
there is still some warm sun. We walk the horses at the end of the ride to
start the cooling/drying process. After we have unsaddled we let the horses
roll if there is an appropriate place and then they rest, munch, drink by
the trailers while we eat lunch for 1/2 hour or so. By that time they are
cool/dry enough to trailer home the usual 1/2 hr. ride. If we have gone to
a park further away, I would probably put a light blanket on for the ride
home (my trailer is very open, which I like).
Happy trails, Laney