Today was one of the hottest & muggiest we've experienced! Temperature 90 degrees & humidity at 72% gave us a heat index of 107! I only remember one time in WA that the index went close to 100. We were at an endurance ride & if it had gone over 100, the ride would have been cancelled.
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| Farah grazing~ |
A horses ability to cool, becomes difficult even when standing around, let alone when they're trotting down the trail for fifty-miles. Farah, always a
Prima-Dona - is
not happy! The bugs alone are trying to drive her nuts. We've used almost a gallon of
Pyranha Spray - once in the morning & once in the evening & still they're on her when we arrive. I'm told it's the spray that works best here, if anyone has any other suggestions, let me know!
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| At the edge of the shade~ |
I put her at the edge of the soy beans, in a little shade, but the creek is near, so the bugs were worse. Her tail is getting a workout & I'm sure she misses the six inches that she lost last year stepping on it when she had to exit her stall. It's gaining length again - but I know it will be at least another year before I'm trimming it off the ground.
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| Dinner~ |
After throwing a fit over her rear
Shootfly Leggings, she's finally gotten used to them again. How she manages to beat the rear ones up so badly - I don't know. Soon we'll be buying another set. I sure wish I'd thought of them! We don't have power at the barn - so no fan. Butch is thinking solar, but I'm wondering if in the long run we'd be better off just running the power...
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| Hot~ |
Every day, I wish for another cool day, to ride... I'd love to go to either Waubonsie or Pierce Creek - but I'm far from sure about the responsibility of pulling the trailer with only one working eye... One of these weekends I'll have Butch go along on a trial run. I won't feel as worried if he's with me to take over if need be.
It looks like I'm staring down my nose at more tests over the next two-weeks or so. More Fun... Not!
Oh boy, I would melt at those temps. No doubt Farrah would not appreciate a fly sheet in that heat either, though I'm sure she would like to be in her stall with a fan turned on her.
ReplyDeleteWe get pretty hot temps here too and the humidity - I say thank goodness for air conditioning. My horses stand outside the barn with puppy eyes on hot days after their morning graze, then I let them inside where it's cool until late evening. I have been riding about 8pm when the worst of the heat is over; I don't get home til 10:30 or so, but it's still light out these days.
Stay cool & take care.
It's "warm" that's for sure! Just too hot for the fly sheet... She stays in the barn during the worst of the heat & there's usually a nice breeze going through. Glad you're working rides into your day! You too!
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