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[RC] Riding a wet horse - Cynthia EliasonI usually just lurk here, I am not an endurance rider but there's a lot I can learn from you! Now I have a question and it seems as if the endurance people would be the best people to ask. I'm trying to ride every day, even if it's only for half an hour or so; I'm working on my confidence after getting hurt and really need all the saddle time I can get. I don't go very far or very fast, it's only about being on the horse and getting to feel as safe there as I used to. Rain has been keeping me indoors but the horses are out grazing in the rain and they're wet. Now the rain has slowed to a light mist and I guess if I want to go and ride in the rain I won't melt... but will it hurt my horse's skin if I saddle him and ride when he's wet? I'd just go and do it if he'd been indoors and I could saddle him dry, then go out in the rain. But I've never saddled a wet horse before and am wondering if there might be a problem with that. I figured that people training for endurance probably need their training miles even in unfavorable weather and you'd be more likely to know about this than anyone else I could ask. I just looked at the forecast and it looks like we won't be drying out any time soon, I'm either going to ride a wet horse or not ride at all for the next few days. The horses have run-in sheds but there's noplace I can make them stay inside to get dry. Cindy Eliason wanting to play in the puddles in Whitefield, NH =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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