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Fwd: [RC] Smoke and once the smoke clears - Betsy Thomas



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From: Betsy Thomas <betsy@xxxxxxx>
Date: July 10, 2008 9:10:03 AM PDT
Subject: Re: [RC]   Smoke and once the smoke clears


I'm in California too, on the SF peninsula and I'm hoping to get my horse in the Fireworks ride in Santa Cruz.  Headed down to the clinic this weekend there.  The smoke here makes the sky white and the visibility hazy, but I don't feel anything in my lungs and the newspaper describes the air quality here as "moderate"

Horse has been ridden only once, lightly, this week and she was very very hyper.  Should I worry about the weekend's air?  The way she acted yesterday I'm more just worried about getting bucked off, I guess it's a great time to experience "Race Brain", remind me to keep her head up and my heels down...

Betsy






On Jul 10, 2008, at 8:21 AM, Sheila_Larsen@xxxxxxx wrote:


During the past few weeks I know riders having been going out to ride on
the days that seem fairly clear of smoke but I checked the Tevis page to
read what Dr. Fellers was saying about smoke and then went the UC Davis
link and read this:








Give your horse ample time to recover from smoke-induced airway insult. Airway
damage resulting from wildfire smoke takes 4 to 6 weeks to heal.  Therefore,
plan on giving your horse 4 to 6 weeks off from the time when the air quality
returns to normal. Attempting exercise may aggravate the condition, delay the
healing process, and compromise your horse's performance for many weeks or
months.





So keep this in mind once the smoke clears.
Thanks,
Sheila
916.414.6685

Horses lend us the wings we lack.  Author Unknown


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