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Old 07-27-2010, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Scav View Post
While we are talking about shoes, I was talking with Julio Felix the other day and he was telling me that horses have started dancing more on the polytrack up here because it has been so hot, and their shoes have absorbed the heat and it stings the living hell out of them.

When it was 95 degrees here, he said it felt like 115-120 out there, said it is absolutely noticable when you walk out of the paddock and take a step on the track, like walking into a sauna

well,, i never thought of that, but it makes perfect sense. has to be like walking on hot sand...another issue not taken into consideration i guess.
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