My neighbor used to race quarter horses on a regular basis and he always used alcohol to cool the horses down at the track as well as many other horse racers. It was just a matter of fact. I don't use it as I use water. Theres been many a time that perhaps I should have. Who knows? It's just a matter of perference. Ginger
> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:52:58 -0400 > From: tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [RC] rubbing alcohol > > Tx Trigger wrote: > > I have limited use with rubbing alcohol for cooling, but did find when > > it hits any scrapes, or sores they horse may have, the pulse can shoot > > up from the irritation / pain. > > Jonni > I saw the alcohol thing in EN one time - the virtues of alcohol was sung > by a rider from the normal semi-arid climates where you would not need > it. It is expensive, it will sting a horse if there are any cuts. If you > really want to cool send out a cooler full of bags of ice. Rub the ice > on the juggler on the bottom of the neck. That will cool the core temp > much faster than just about anything else. > > Truman > > -- > > “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a > monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also > into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > 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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