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Re: RC: Re: hot/humid weather
It was Equus.
-Abby B
Kenzie_Kelly@spc.com wrote:
>
> Forgive me if I'm late answering this and it's already been gone over,
> I'm wading through about 500 emails after a long weekend. Anyway...
>
> They did quite a few experiments on the water/humidity issue for the
> '96 Olympics to determine how best to cool the horses. What was found
> summarily was this:
>
> In high heat - low humidity, the best way to cool is to soak the horse
> with cool water and leave it on. This is because the water will
> evaporate, thereby cooling the horse further.
>
> In high heat - high humidity, the evaporative effect is lost. It is
> still best to soak the horse in cool water, only the water must be
> scraped off as quickly as possible and re-applied, only to be scraped
> off again. This is because if left on, the water quickly heats up due
> to body heat and (because it isn't evaporating) actually becomes an
> insulator trapping the heat next to the skin.
>
> They did an article about this water on/off issue not too long ago in
> one of the main books (Horse Illustrated?) for part of their "beat the
> heat" series. I could try to find the exact article if anyone's
> interested.
>
> Kenzie
>
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> Subject: RC: Re: hot/humid weather
> Author: "Dyane Smith" <sunibey@sisqtel.net>
> Date: 9/10/99 11:07 AM
>
> Diane,
> One rider indicated that he/she was told that the rain shower made the
> horse steam and caused more of a problem (sorry to the one whose name I
> forgot who posted this if I have mistated the case). Do you understand why
> that would happen? I thought getting wet would help, although I understand
> that high humidity is tough to beat in any case.
> Dyane
> N. Cal.
>
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