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I'm curious about those temperatures. I recall a lot of discussion of 
the heat index after the Barcelona Olympics and as I remember, those 
figures should be seriously in the red zone for equine safety.  Am I 
remembering wrong? If I'm not, I'll be really interested in hearing how 
they handle the heat issue.

We are just going into summer here, which is our time to slow things 
down. Yesterday had a high of 96 F but humidity below 30%. With a nice 
breeze blowing down the valley, I took a couple of my horses out for 
some easy work.  But when it is above 96 F and above about 50% 
humidity, which we do get at times unfortunately, no one here works.

Then again, in a place where that is the norm.....  well, I'm glad I 
don't have to deal with it on a daily basis.

Maryanne
Cairo

On May 21, 2005, at 7:27 AM, Steph Teeter wrote:

>  I'll start a little late if
> possible, and just try to get him through it healthy. A challenge for 
> any
> horse here, at any speed. Forecast is 90degrees 80%humidiy for today,
> cooling to upper 70's at night.


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