Stupid Question!...Warmbloods - are they really??!!

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I've had my new "warmblood" since April and dont know if this is just coincidence or fact but she's always in her hot blood so to speak!

Are Warmbloods hot blooded and dont really feel the cold?
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Not 100% sure what your question is but 'warmblood' or indeed 'hotblood' has nothing at all to do with the temperature of the horse's blood.

Hotblooded is just a tem used to describe an agile, highly strung, spirited horse, usually built for speed
Coldblooded refers to the draught horses, heavier, more 'sensible' strong types.

A warmblood is simply a cross between these two types.
Bred for speed and agility but with some 'coldblood' in for sense and more bone. (in theory).
 
I think Disco means do warmbloods tend to be a warm temperature, rather than literally 'hot blooded.' Just like how some people are always cold and others always hot, or with a tendancy to be so. I can't say my warmblood tends to be hot, he has a fair;y average temperature. I tend to find the heavier breeds, especially several thick-set Irish cobs I know tend to be hot a lot of the time, whereas the lighter built, less heavily muscled, thinner coated horses tend to feel the cold a bit more.
 
My warmblood is very fit but everyone always thinks she's not as she sweats up very easily etc, also everyone is on second clip at ours and mine doesn't even need clipping yet and no rugs on
 
Yes BUT All horses should have the same temperature (give or take a degree).
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I am probably being a bit thick so is the question 'do warmbloods feel the cold' ? In which case, Painted Lucky has it right, they are less likely to be cold than a TB but more likely to be cold than a draught horse or a cob.

this is a general rule but TBH I think it is down to each individual horse. I know some cobs that have to be rugged in September whereas my WBs had barely grown any coats then..
 
Looks like in general it was a stupid qustion then!

Your right PaintedLucky & Magic104 - that's exactly what I meant!
Samp - Yes that's the same as mine re being fit & sweating up!

Thanks to all that replied x
 
I think it really depends on the horse. My horse doesnt really get hot. She doesnt really sweat up when being ridden or if she is over rugged. She doesnt do sweating
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Another horse on the yard does feel the cold, he never gets a thick coat and sweats up very easily. Rugging him is so difficult.
The TBx CB on the yard gets hot very easily and sweats, he doesnt really feel the cold.
 
I know what you mean. There is a warmblood at work that is a very 'hot' horse, and is always one rug down to everyone else. So, when theyre in a mediumweight, he's in a lightweight.
 
My friends warmbloods dont get winter coats, they arent rugged until it gets really cold as one of them destroys his rugs if hes too hot. They do sweat a lot though but I think a lot of thats down to the fact they put so much effort into there work as they are so big moving.
My boy is starting to resemble a teddy, is sweating up but I am trying to hold out until the weather changes as he would be too hot rugged even when clipped at the moment and the weathers changing so much I wouldnt feel fair not rugging him, then it chucking it down all day. Hes a ID x TB x Shire.
 
Don't you find that you have horses who seem to feel the cold and like to be rugged up warmly pretty early, and horses who seem to be 'hotter' in that they don't get cold, and overheat in the same rug... I have three - a pure TB who likes to be hot, enjoys sunbathing in the heat waves, a Shire x TB who overheats very easily, and a Bavarian x TB who is somewhere in between...
I end up with different rug weights on them...but that doesn't matter to me.
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QR This post has really made me laugh - just the other day, at the dinner table, I was explaining to one of my children the difference between Hot Blooded and Cold Blooded animals. At the time it suddenly occured to me that I had no idea why these horses are called Warmbloods but daren't metion it for fear of confusing the issue - now you have solved my little puzzle - Thankyou.
 
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