Re: RC: Re: hot/humid weather

[Dave & Abby Bloxsom <cyclone@snet.net>]

It was Equus.
-Abby B

Kenzie_Kelly@spc.com wrote:
> 
>      Forgive me if I'm late answering this and it's already been gone over,
>      I'm wading through about 500 emails after a long weekend.  Anyway...
> 
>      They did quite a few experiments on the water/humidity issue for the
>      '96 Olympics to determine how best to cool the horses.  What was found
>      summarily was this:
> 
>      In high heat - low humidity, the best way to cool is to soak the horse
>      with cool water and leave it on.  This is because the water will
>      evaporate, thereby cooling the horse further.
> 
>      In high heat - high humidity, the evaporative effect is lost.  It is
>      still best to soak the horse in cool water, only the water must be
>      scraped off as quickly as possible and re-applied, only to be scraped
>      off again.  This is because if left on, the water quickly heats up due
>      to body heat and (because it isn't evaporating) actually becomes an
>      insulator trapping the heat next to the skin.
> 
>      They did an article about this water on/off issue not too long ago in
>      one of the main books (Horse Illustrated?) for part of their "beat the
>      heat" series.  I could try to find the exact article if anyone's
>      interested.
> 
>      Kenzie
> 
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> Subject: RC: Re: hot/humid weather
> Author:  "Dyane Smith" <sunibey@sisqtel.net>
> Date:    9/10/99 11:07 AM
> 
> Diane,
> One rider indicated that he/she was told that the rain shower made the
> horse steam and caused more of a problem (sorry to the one whose name I
> forgot who posted this if I have mistated the case).  Do you understand why
> that would happen?  I thought getting wet would help, although I understand
> that high humidity is tough to beat in any case.
> Dyane
> N. Cal.
> 
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