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Summertime Riding of the Horse
by Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Introduction
Introduction
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Heat Index
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Electrolytes
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Overheating and Exhaustion
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Proper Cooling Down
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Nutrition
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Other Summertime Suggestions
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Experience with horses suggests that they are suited for the cooler, drier times of the year at least here in the middle latitudes. Horses in the middle of a hot, humid summer day are sluggish, sweaty and, in short, miserable. Ride a horse on a very hot day and you run the risk of making him ill. The problem boils down to an inability to get rid of excess heat during hot, humid days. A horse's internal system works best at 100 degrees. It will experience complete breakdown a little above 107. In between, the horse's systems grow increasingly inefficient as his body temperature rises. This article explains how to calculate heat stress and how to best deal with it.
~Word Count: 1814 words (The average magazine page contains about 600 words);
~Last Updated: May 28, 2008;
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