Trail Riding Safety

["Carolyn Burgess" <carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com>]

<<Someone I was talking to yesterday was telling me that she
 >and her riding buddies used to allow their horses, at the
 >end of a ride, 8 gulps of water every fifteen minutes until
 >they didn't want any anymore. I suppose that's better than
 >nothing.
 >
 >But for some reason, one of her riding buddies also decided
 >to withhold water altogether (I wasn't clear why? - this was
 >after riding at Point Reyes, which has vertical hills, right
 >Karen?). Funnily enough, the horse colicked and they had to
 >get the vet out.>>

I, like Linda (maybe this is one of those strange New England things Linda), 
was taught to "never water a hot horse".  I was told as a kid, and still 
know lots of people who do this.

Carolyn Burgess

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