Ridecamp: Re: [RC] riding in the rain

Well, they don't stop endurance rides for the rain :) so riding in the 
rain won't hurt you or your horse. Depending on the temp you may have 
trouble at a check keeping the horse from tightening up but for training 
rides you shouldn't have any troubles.

I have a Gore-Tex raincoat but it has a hood - big mistake. Since I wear 
a helmet what happnens is the rain runs down the back of the coat. 
Other than that :p it keeps me fairly dry. Of course my legs get soaked 
<shrug> if it's raining enough you'll just be wet - not much you can do 
about that.

I'm not so sure that the cheap-o ponchos don't do just as good a job as 
the more expensive options :)

Tina


On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 SunsetOvrC@xxxxxxx 
wrote:

> Is it going to hurt my horse to ride in the rain if I have a rump rug on her? 
>  It won't stop raining here and I am tired of waiting.  I'm also wondering, 
> is it going to hurt me?  Because it seems like even when I have a raincoat on 
> I still get pretty soaked.  I have heard that it is just an old wive's tale 
> that weather can make you sick; but then why do all the colds happen when the 
> weather changes?  And what about working muscles getting wet?
> 


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