08/27/2024
August is closing out with a brutal reminder that we are still in summer. Central Ohio is under a heat advisory today and likely will see the warning again throughout the week. Please use caution when riding or exercising your horse. Check out our tips and tricks to weather this heat wave! Stay cool, stay safe!
1. Offer plenty of fresh water for all of your horses. Consider refreshing buckets more frequently, especially troughs in direct sunlight.
2. Make sure horses have access to shade.
3. Fans can be a great way to improve ventilation and cooling during high heat and humidity.
4. Consider adding electrolytes into grain to encourage drinking or offering water buckets with electrolytes mixed in. Always make sure to offer a plain water source as some horses will outright refuse flavored or electrolyte water.
5. Avoid riding and turn out during the day when temperatures are rising and at their hottest.
6. Hosing horses with cool or lukewarm water and repeatedly sweat-scraping for 5 minutes can help sweaty or hot horses cool off.
