Question about "second sweat" from Barb Peck

[CatThom2@aol.com]

Susan wrote   
<You might suggest really slowing down the speed of the ride the last few
miles, walking or even hand walking in, then cooling out as usual if she
can't spend any more time hand walking back at the barn.>

It's funny this comes up now.  Friday evening, here in sunny Florida, the 
woman I train with and I ended up galloping back to our trailers 
approximately 2 miles with lightning striking all around us.  We set a new 
world's record untacking and then committed the ultimate "no-no" by loading 
hot horses on trailers and getting the "hell out of Dodge".   Neither one of 
us has ever had to do this before and we really weren't sure about possible 
repercussions.  The air temperature was about 80 degrees so I left vents open 
enough to allow air circulation while keeping rain (and hail) to a minimum.   
 Having lost one horse to a lightning strike, hanging around to try to cool 
my horse didn't seem the best option.  Her heart rate was 78 when I loaded 
her and she seemed perfectly fine when I checked her an hour later at home 
(not stalled).  I would appreciate any advice on how to handle this situation 
in the future.  Thanks.

Cathy & Jazz (I thought Independence Day was next month mom!)


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