Strange sweating

[diamonddogs]

On Saturday I fetched my mare in and left her in the stable wearing her M/W turnout. I got sidetracked doing something else, and went back to give her her tea, and found her soaking wet on her neck and chest. Feeling incredibly guilty for not changing her rug sooner I whipped it off, only to find her bone dry and shiny underneath.

She was bright and cheerful, eating her hay and looking forward to her tea. She'd had a good long drink, which is only to be expected, but was perfectly normal, not panting or anything.

Is she just a weirdo, or could the rug she was wearing be great quality and wicked all the sweat off her body (it was bought second hand needing patching for £3 from an equine car boot and is unbranded)?

 

[Gloi]

Could just have leaked from the rain while she was out

 

[TGM]

Could just have leaked from the rain while she was out

That was my thought too - if it is wet and windy rain sometimes sneaks through the neck opening leaving the neck and chest area damp. Was it raining before you brought her in?

 

[Archie73]

Probably just hot from eating in a stable that was warmer then the field would be my guess....

 

[Archie73]

Sorry meant to add the sweat on horses ime starts from neck and works back when not saddled.

 

[diamonddogs]

Thanks guys

She'd been in at least a couple of hours, and it wasn't raining when she'd been fetched in.

As Archie73 says, she was probably just too warm - it was one of those days when it was quite cold outside, but if you were out of the open air it was quite close (and I was outside, hence not realising my horse was slowly coming to the boil!).

Happily, she didn't seem the slightest bit bothered, giving me a "What on earth's the problem?" look when I ran in and dragged the rug off. I left her overnight wearing her waffle cooler so she didn't get chilled and she was just fine the next day.