Honey08
Waffled a lot!
, traddie-boy has sweet itch so has to wear his rug, he's very hot and sweating up underneath it but there's nothing I can do, if I took it off he'd rub himself raw in half a day, so he must wear it. I've texted a friend to get him clipped, poor lad.
Ours wear sweet itch hoodies, they only go out after 6/7pm, but if its still hot I hose them down with their hoodies on, they seem to love it.
I wouldn't ride in the heat of the day, its not nice for me or the horse! I ride later on, my sharer is coming about 7pm tonight and we are riding. My mare gets really hot and bothered from flies, so I wash her off before we go as well as when we get back.
For what its worth, I worked with horses in Italy many moons ago, and we didn't ride in the heat there either. We either rode before 9am or after 7pm, and we had lovely long siestas for horses and workers in the afternoons!