freckles22uk
Well-Known Member
OK, so I know you have not had the best weather in the UK, but here this week (Spain) its been reaching 40'c/ 104'f in the shade and 49'c /120'f in the sun, flipping hot! (its cooled down today to a more respectable 30'c)
Now the horse all live out at home, a 22 year old welsh sec A, 2 appaloosa mares aged 14 and 12, all 3 from the UK, and the stallion and 2 year old colt, both born here.. theres plenty of shade fro the trees, yet the colt (dark bay) and the pony (chestnut) will often quite happily stand in the sun all day! with not a drop of sweat on them...
Now when I lived in the UK they would be stabled in the daytime in the summer, to 'get them out of the heat' yet would be stood sweating in stuffy boxes... (I was on livery then)
so what do you do, do you get them out the sun or leave them out?
Ps... its not always hot, winters are freezing, with snow! brrrrr
Now the horse all live out at home, a 22 year old welsh sec A, 2 appaloosa mares aged 14 and 12, all 3 from the UK, and the stallion and 2 year old colt, both born here.. theres plenty of shade fro the trees, yet the colt (dark bay) and the pony (chestnut) will often quite happily stand in the sun all day! with not a drop of sweat on them...
Now when I lived in the UK they would be stabled in the daytime in the summer, to 'get them out of the heat' yet would be stood sweating in stuffy boxes... (I was on livery then)
so what do you do, do you get them out the sun or leave them out?
Ps... its not always hot, winters are freezing, with snow! brrrrr