06/08/2026
🧊🧊🐎HOW TO COOL HOT HORSES IN PICTURES 🐎🧊🧊
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🫁MONITOR BREATHING - Your horse’s respiratory rate and depth are the best indicators of how hot they are both at rest AND after exercise. But they are slightly different. A hot horse at rest with have an INCREASED RESPIRATORY RATE - PANTING!
🫁A horse that is very hot after exercise will be BLOWING (DEEP BREATHS, FLARED NOSTRILS). This is often mistaken for trying to get more oxygen in, but it’s actually driven by body temperature.
🫁As you cool a horse its breathing will recover. At rest = slowing of respiratory rate. After exercise blowing reduces BUT may turn to panting before respiratory rate decreases.
🔥For very hot horses in hot weather you may need to cool them aggressively/continuously for 15-20 minutes!
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