Re: Heat and humidity

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

"On to Atlanta" was a book published by the University of Guelph in Canada.
Their studuies led to the "misting" of horse with ice water in tents.  There
was no "pouring" of ice water on hot muscles.

Teddy


Ramey Peticolas-Stroud wrote:

> Truman Prevatt wrote:
>
> > This was studied by a Univ of GA team prior to the 96 games in Atlanta.
> > The conclusions is that there are no ill effects of dumping large amounts
> > of ice water on a hot horse and this is exactly what they did in Atlanta.
>
> Truman, was there any concern regarding the use of ICE water on hot
> muscles?  Out here it's sort of taboo, especially on the broad muscle of
> the hindquarters.
>
> Ramey