Fascinating Facts

["BE" <betndez@budget.net>]

Even tho the warm part of our riding season is finished, at least for most of us, the following fact is fascinating and sobering to us who regularly ride many miles at a 10 mph pace.  I think it's important for us to think about this even during the cold winter months.  No wonder our poor horses get so sweaty in their winter coats!

 

"In one hour, a horse traveling 10 miles per hour generates enough heat to boil 25 gallons of water."

 

And another tidbit:  "Horses do not yawn from fatigue, as people do, but to stretch their jaws and tongues"  Probably a lot of us knew that one.

 

Betty

So. Oregon