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If you ride her carefully, she'll do just fine!  Heavier bodied horses 
have more trouble cooling than lighter horses since they have more mass 
relative to skin area.  Arabians also benefit from an incredible network 
of surface capillaries and veins that help them cool.  My somewhat heavy 
bodied Spanish Mustang does just fine on 50s, especially in the cooler, 
drier west, but when the weather is hot & humid, I have to be more 
careful since he doesn't have the efficient cooling capacity of his arab 
buddies.
Have fun and good luck!
Laney

martina keil wrote:
> This thread is very interesting to me as I am conditioning my mustange 
> mare to do a 25 mile Ride and Tie in April. My question is concerning 
> the overall body types of the mustangs you have competed on or seen 
> during rides. Little Horse has some failry large bone structure (she is 
> out of the Green River area of Wyoming-Percheron influences) and would 
> be considered a thick bodied horse compared to an Arabain. No question 
> she is tough. I would hope to do at least some 30 mile endurance rides 
> on her eventually, I am not looking to be highly competetive, just enjoy 
> the ride and have her remain sound and out of trouble. So...what do you 
> think? Martina
>
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