Re: Whether to ride in warm weather?

) Please respond to fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com cc: Subject: Re: Whether to ride in warm weather? Security Level:? Internal This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anke that is very sad

Re: Whether to ride in warm weather?

This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anke that is very sad. but perhaps it is a saddle problem. I use a heavy, thick western pad for my english saddle and it then fits all of my horses. Also perhaps a back problem? Such a worry as I am still struggling with the founder of my huge

Re: Whether to ride in warm weather?

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was out yesterday for a short trail. My gelding A'simi seemed to has a lot of power. He always wanted to galopp, was bucking, when I was trying to stop him and suddenly he laid down. He sweat hardly and I walked home with him slowly. Today the Vet will

Re: Whether to ride in warm weather?

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for your input, Steve. Subtracting the wind speed makes sense. We had some T-storms pass through last night so our temp. is down in the 70s-8os, but the humidity is way up to 80-90%-can't win! I haven't ridden my gelding, Jock, for over a

Re: Whether to ride in warm weather?

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 7/30/01 11:13:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My Fjord enjoy standing in the sun. He do not walk into the shadow. Why? Hi Anke- I imagine God blessed the horse (and the Fjord doubly so : ) with many

Re: Whether to ride in warm weather?

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We had 370 C = 98,40 F here at the weekend - much to warm for riding I thought ... and so we brought our straw inside while the horses had to relax. On monday I knew that's also to warm for working a lot. My Fjord enjoy standing in the sun. He do not walk

Re: Whether to ride in warm weather?

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The formula that I've heard of is temp + humidity - wind speed. If the total is less than 150 then it is OK to work the horse. Some people use 130 as the cut off. I've been using this formula most of the summer and it seems reasonable. Steve in

Re: Whether to ride in warm weather?

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Has anyone out there heard of a rule stating you don't work a horse when the temp. and humidity added together equal 140? Joni in Wis. where we had a short break from heat and humidity, but it's already back on the rise :-(