Re: Steam rising from hot horses/Hot/humid weather.

["Maryanne Stroud Gabbani" <gabbani@starnet.com.eg>]

Not having access to water to cool my mare when we ride in the desert
(unless from a water bottle that I always carry), watching her drying time
is my way of checking if she's ok as well.  I've had problems of tying up
before and the feed here is low in selenium....she gets a supplement...so
excess wetness is always a hint of trouble. She should dry quickly at a trot
(like within 5 minutes) or we have a difficulty. We have extreme heat,
though not usually humidity.  Our humid days have nothing on the SE.

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
Cairo, Egypt
gabbani@starnet.com.eg


> If I ride on a humid day for 3 hrs...and  go 15 miles..
> I'll want to see him able to cool himself and start to dry
> his coat about every hr.  (This works for this horse, and
> my intent is not to say it'a needed for every other horse)



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