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    Dr David Marlin’s fast guide to help you beat the heat!

    1. Competition in the middle of the day is only safe if you have been working with your horse to acclimatise to the heat over several weeks! If you haven’t then don’t do it.
    2. Travel – do it very early to avoid the worse of the heat and any traffic hold-ups. Take LOTS of water for horses to drink and to put on them to cool them down
    3. Watch out for hard ground
    4. Your horse may be more comfortable outside in the shade as air movements make it cooler.

    Reduce the risk and be prepared!

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    Dr David Marlin is a physiologist and biochemist who has worked in academia, research and professional sport. He has worked in the equestrian and veterinary world and in human sport, healthcare, medicine and exercise science. In 1989 David obtained his PhD from the UK’s leading sports university, Loughborough University following a four-year study on the responses of Thoroughbred racehorses to exercise and training, undertaken at the renowned Animal Health Trust in Newmarket. You can read David's full biography in the Our Website section.

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