Re: Question about "second sweat" from Barb Peck

["Susan Evans Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

My advice would be, when in the midst of lightening storms....get the hell
out of Dodge. :-)

Susan G
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From: CatThom2@aol.com <CatThom2@aol.com>
To: suendavid@worldnet.att.net <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>;
ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 8:40 PM
Subject: Question about "second sweat" from Barb Peck


>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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