Re: Heat and humidity

[truman.prevatt@netsrq.com (Truman Prevatt)]

>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

Ramey,

These were eventing horses which tend to have much larger muscle mass than
endurance horses and the results of the study was there didn't seem to be a
problem with ice water over these muscles.

Now would I do it to my horse at an endurance ride?  Only if it were an
emergency situtation and the core temp needed to be quickly lowered.  In
which case I would not be going on.

Truman



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