Hot Weather and racehorses

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Hot Weather and racehorses

11 years 10 months ago
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Do they use fans to keep the horses cool on hot days in South Africa?noticed the fans spraying cold water on the horses in the saddling enclosures on a couple of tracks lately...


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Re: Re: Hot Weather and racehorses

11 years 10 months ago
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most fans watch on Tellytrack....don't go on course....:P

I very much doubt it Bob....but I don't know. But then again, I think we are more geared up for hot days...so stables will be well ventilated and shaded etc...

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Re: Re: Hot Weather and racehorses

11 years 10 months ago
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They do in Mauritius

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Re: Re: Hot Weather and racehorses

11 years 10 months ago
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25 degrees in SA is different to Scotland Bob

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Re: Re: Hot Weather and racehorses

11 years 10 months ago
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We have mist sprayers in all the holding and saddling boxes at Scottsville which is where it gets the hottest. Was 52 degrees on one day early this year . Luckily we were not racing that day.

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Re: Re: Hot Weather and racehorses

11 years 10 months ago
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?......pampered ponies.....was a time when horses were simply hosed down after a race or after morning work......that is where the saying......home and hosed.....actually came from......now days they get blanketed to absorb the post race sweat instead of a good old roll in a sandpit......:S

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Re: Re: Hot Weather and racehorses

11 years 10 months ago
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Craig Eudey Wrote:
> We have mist sprayers in all the holding and
> saddling boxes at Scottsville which is where it
> gets the hottest. Was 52 degrees on one day early
> this year . Luckily we were not racing that day.


thanks Craig...otherwise we would still be speculating....(tu)

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Re: Re: Hot Weather and racehorses

11 years 10 months ago
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Pirhobeta Wrote:
> Craig Eudey Wrote:
>
>
> > We have mist sprayers in all the holding and
> > saddling boxes at Scottsville which is where it
> > gets the hottest. Was 52 degrees on one day
> early
> > this year . Luckily we were not racing that
> day.
>
>
> thanks Craig...otherwise we would still be
> speculating....(tu)


They have a hose in PE and nothing in JHB

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