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Re: [RC] Cold and blanketing horses - Flora HillmanI figured I might raise some eyebrows on Ridecamp with my blanket regime ... but ... I come from many decades in dressage and eventing and foxhunting, and old habits die hard! Yes, I was talking about 35 degrees F; however, because I use my ponies all winter long for riding or driving -- two for foxhunting (and soon a third), and my pair for driving -- their emerging winter coats are clipped early in the fall, then 1 or 2 or 3 more times as winter moves in. I like my ponies to retain a summer-short coat all winter long, no matter how cold it gets. I actually have 6 blankets per pony, including full body fly sheets for the summer. Par for the course in my neighborhood -- nobody lives roughed out! They are all rugged up to their eyeballs, even in 50 degree F. weather. If your horses were mine -- we'd all be wintering in Florida!!! Frankly, the closest I'd ever want to be to your brand of Canadian cold is ....watching it on the Nature Channel. :-) *********** Read the post from Flora Hillman - Sorry, but I just had to laugh! We live in central Canada where the winter temps this year have been worse than normal. If our temps were anywhere near 35 degrees right now, (and I am assuming you mean +35 degrees F?, we'd practically be out riding in shorts and t-shirts! :) I was laughing thinking that if your horses are double and triple blanketed, what would you do with our horses at -47 c (that was with windchill factored in, but nonetheless, it was the real-feel temperature on too many occasions this winter)? -- Evelyn Allen =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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