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[RC] re: do you ride in this weather? - A. Perez

Now?  Now way, but as a horse-crazed kid growing up in Maine,
I did.  I remember going out in -10 degrees.  After a couple
of hours on the trail my feet would get so numb that I'd
go straight to my knees when dismounting, it hurt so badly when
my feet hit the ground!  I also remember how slippery a nylon
snowmobile suit is on a saddle!  REALLY cold weather (teens
and lower) was actually less bothersome then warmer weather:
when it got up in the 30s, the snow balls up in the horses feet
terribly, you have to dismount and pick hooves every half hour 
or so, even if we'd packed them with petroleum jelly.  We only
rode on weekends, since there was too little daylight after 
school.  Now I am an adult and my cold tolerance is way down, 
and my horse sweats so much that cooling him out is not worth 
the bother.  But is you can handle to cold, it won't be a 
problem for your horse.  The month's "The Horse" has an article 
on the metabolism of the horse and how they keep warm.  It says 
horses handle the cold way better then the heat.

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