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Post by Secret Recipe on Jan 14, 2015 11:30:17 GMT -5
Personally, as long as I'm warm (and footing permits), I will ride in up to -15 and at that point, it's more than likely just a walking hack/trail ride.
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Post by czf on Jan 15, 2015 7:29:41 GMT -5
I agree. I think it gets too cold for humans before it gets too cold for horses. I do think giving the horses a longer warm up is important in frigid temps though.
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Post by jlb on Jan 15, 2015 14:16:08 GMT -5
Same here. About -15 is as cold as I can stand, and I figure I'll feel it in my lungs or muscles before he will. In really frigid temps I'll try to do a longer warm up though, or lunge lightly with a back pad or something on the beast before I ask for work. And I keep the rides fairly light.
(in the interest of full disclosure my barn is heated to just above freezing, so the attached arena (while not heated) probably doesn't get all the way down to -15)
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Post by midnightdream on Jan 24, 2015 21:42:23 GMT -5
I go with -10 ish and that's more so because I think it's too cold for myself as well. I have asthma and I find if I'm working in weather colder than that I tend to end up with an asthma attack. Otherwise I'd say -15ish would be ok.
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