Is it me.. turning horse out wet.

[tallyho!]

You're meant to drink hot drinks in warm/hot temps to raise your inner temperature, rather than drinking cold ones.

I'm another not to turn out dripping/soaking wet - have always scraped off, left to dry for a bit and brushed before turning out.

Glad you told me this, boiling here this eve - retreated to the lounge.

I've just popped some soup on so I can go back outside and catch the last of rays on my roasting garden.

 

[Ladyinred]

Jeez .....

If I've exercised my horses in hot weather their core temp is raised, after hosing the water scraped from them is noticibly much, much warmer than when applied. If left on the horse in hot sun it might actually increase their core temp - not the effect I'm after. So I would rather not turn them out soaking wet ... if it's ok with you?

Yes, I read something to this effect last year so now we scrape off all we can and only wash the really sweaty areas.

 

[Tyssandi]

Today after I'd ridden my horse was v sweaty so I hosed her off and then I turned her out and decided to take the dogs for a wander round the field... our fields run next to a lane and there was two people discussing my horses and I was listening to their conversation which basically was along the lines of how stupid I was for turning the horse out sopping wet... so can anyone think of a reason not to turn out a wet horse on a gloriously sunny afternoon and why it would be preferable for her to stand in a stuffy stable, just because she'd been hosed off?

Maybe because if you do the horse will roll and dry off

 

[tallyho!]

Maybe because if you do the horse will roll and dry off

Yes and that should totally never ever happen to a horse.

 

[thegreenergrass]

The horses love it?????? Don't know what the people's point was lol. A horse rolling in the dirt when it's wet is like when we have just washed our hair and towel dry it. I bet they get the same feeling, it feels sooooooo gooooooooood!

 

[eventer28]

Assuming scraped off, have no issues turning mine out still damp. Wouldn't turn out in hot sun soaking wet though as sun just heats water on coat and they will overheat

Hahahah - so funny! So do wet clothes on the line heat up faster than dry ones?

 

[little_critter]

You're meant to drink hot drinks in warm/hot temps to raise your inner temperature, rather than drinking cold ones.

I'm another not to turn out dripping/soaking wet - have always scraped off, left to dry for a bit and brushed before turning out.

Why do you want to raise your inner temperature when you are already feeling hot??

 

[teapot]

Why do you want to raise your inner temperature when you are already feeling hot??

Because you sweat more which in turn cools you down. Google it, lots of stuff about it.

 

[little_critter]

Because you sweat more which in turn cools you down. Google it, lots of stuff about it.

You sweat more because you've just made yourself hotter by drinking a hot drink!
Surely you would come to the same outcome by not drinking the hot drink and sweating a bit less.

 

[Gypley]

I also wont turn out dripping wet in scorching heat. My horse ends up far too hot. I feel its much better after a sweaty ride on a hot day to hose him off, scrape him and let him stand in the shade until he's more or less dry before turning out.
I don't worry when its cooler, but we've had some scorchers in the south east recently and I wont turn out wet.

 

[ycbm]

You sweat more because you've just made yourself hotter by drinking a hot drink!
Surely you would come to the same outcome by not drinking the hot drink and sweating a bit less.

Why don't you look it up before refuting it?

Receptors for human sweating are in the stomach area. Heat them up and you sweat more. Drink a cold drink and you sweat less. That's the basics.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...drinks-really-cool-summer-experts-reveal.html