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[RC] Blanketing...was New to sport too - Diane - Maggie MieskeI do not blanket unless a horse gets wet and is shivering. I recently had an interesting conversation with a fellow rider (Carol and I can't pull the last name out of the foggy memory banks...Steiner, I think it is)....What are we constantly conditioning our horses to do? Run fast, recover AND COOL DOWN quickly. I HAVE noticed that the first horses to get chilled are the two we compete on...quite an interesting point Carol has! What does everyone else think of that theory? We don't usually blanket but when it's damp, I will go ahead and blanket Malik nowadays so he doesn't get chilled to the point of shivering...I used to think what a wussy. But now I think Carol is right and perhaps we have conditioned their bodies to cool down so much and not retain heat that blanketing may be inevitable at some point...I am interested to see what others have to say... Miles of smiles, Maggie http://arabianquest.com/samaha_arabians.htm "So many of our dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable." Christopher Reeve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sisu West Ranch" <ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <walkergirl@xxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] New to sport too - Diane We lived in WI with our horses for 30 years. We never blanketed our pastured horses even at -30 F. Under pasture conditions blanketing of healthy horses is not required. They do need to be able to get shelter from the wind etc. And a roof during freezine rain is very nice also. Now horses at rides with limited ability to move etc. are a different story. We watch weather and blanket frequently. Ed Ed and Wendy Hauser Sisu West 2994 Mittower Road Victor, MT 59875 (406) 642-9640 ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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