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6 Cool-Down Strategies continued
Cool Your Hot Horse
Here are six ways you cool your horse as
the temperature rises.
1 Create a
breeze. Slow
walking creates a
bit of a breeze over
your horse’s body
surface to enhance
convective cooling.
A fan works even
better!
2 Find cooler
air. Shade provides
cooler air temperatures,
which
also enhances convective
cooling.
Above: Slow
walking creates
a cool breeze.
Right: Ride in
the shade to enhanceconvective
cooling.
HEIDI NYLAND PHOTOS
Eleanor M. Kellon, VMD, currently works as a writer, teacher, and internal medicine/nutrition
consultant. Prior to this, Dr. Kellon has had more than 10 years in private practice.
She also has extensive experience with performance horses. She’s based in Pennsylvania,
where she and her husband raise, train, and race Standardbreds. Her most recent book is
Horse Journal Guide to Equine Supplements and Nutraceuticals (Globe Pequot Press).
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3 Hose him down.
As you hose off
your horse, heat is lost
due to evaporative
cooling. Heat is also
lost by conduction,
as long as the water
temperature is cooler
than his body surface.
Myth alert! Note that
hosing your hot horse
down with
cold water
doesn’t
cause any ill
effects. The
colder the
water, the
more conduction
heat
loss occurs.
4 Use misting
fans. Using misting
fans is the most
efficient method of
all methods. In fact,
Olympic horses are kept cool with this
method. The mist causes cooling by conduction
and evaporation, while the fans’
breeze improves both
evaporation and
convection.
July 2010
Hosing your hot
horse with cold
water doesn’t cause
any ill effects –
that’s a myth.
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