Re: RC: rides in the heat

["Truman Prevatt, Ph.D." <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

Yep Liberty this year was hot and I didn't hear of any real problems.
Longstreet's was hot and other than one treatment - which I think was a
bit freakish - everything went pretty well.

Sometimes people will underestimate the humidity early in the morning
when it feels cool, but the humidity is near 100%. You can be much
better off to take it slower in the early going and speed up later after
it get hotter and some of the humidity is burned off.

An yet a SE horse is going to do much better in SE conditions than a
horse brought in from a semi-arid climate.

T

tina hicks wrote:
> 
> Truman wrote:
> >I don't know of any rides that have been called off because of heat.
> >The first
> >thing one needs to do is take sponging lessons from Angie. Her rates are
> >reasonable, but she is a perfectionist who stubbornly insist hers is
> the only
> >way to sponge.  The other key is to electrolyte early and often.
> 
> You know what's interesting? The absolutely hottest rides I've been to
> have not been the ones where people get into trouble - it's the rides
> like Truman mentioned where you get a hot day before hot days are the norm.
> 
> I did the GERA classic 2 years ago with Tony in August - had a good ride
> all the way around - just cruised around slowly, Tony ate, drank, etc
> well all day.
> 
> But I kept thinking the whole day "man, it seems to be extra hot" today.
> Well....on the way home Sunday, I found out it had been close to 100 on
> ride day (with our normal steambath humidity)!  The odd thing is I don't
> remember anyone having to be treated for metabolics - you'd think they'd
> be lined up like a MASH unit in the trees but they weren't.
> 
> By the time we are into this time of the year it's hot and well all know
> it - we ride/act acoordingly. It's when it sneaks up on you that you
> tend to see more horses in distress.
> 
> Tina - give me heat over cold any day
> 
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