I have a gelded welsh cob that is 2.5 and I have a play time with the horses.. I go out in the middle of the field and yell play time..I have a riding crop with a plastic bag tide to it and I shake that a bit and they start running around the borders of the pin.. they go around 3 times heading to the right then I turn them around and do it again to the left.. once they get going they are great and I dont have to use the crop any more and I can put it down. I then use the long whip that I have to tell them where to go.. I dont let them run the whole time.. but Magic does seem to lather up fast.. the others dont even seem to brake a sweat.. the other afternoon he was really lathered and I took him outside the field and walked him to the house and I went in and got a towel and started wiping him down, this was the first time that he had gotten this bad. I covered him with a sheet and walked him around the yard. I ended up walking him a an hour before he started to dry good.. every few minutes I would rub the towel under the sheet to try to help dry him off.. now he wasn't breathing hard but the sweat just poured off him..
should I just sheet him and turn him out to cool off on his own .
or not sheet him... it was a little cool that day.. that is why I sheeted him when he was so wet...
should I just sheet him and turn him out to cool off on his own .
or not sheet him... it was a little cool that day.. that is why I sheeted him when he was so wet...