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I just thought I would pass this on from a newsgroup. It might be
interesting to some of the subscribers.
tivers@aol.com (Tivers) writes:
> We are training racing thoroughbreds on high speed treadmills--fast
> conveyor belts with rubber surfaces. ...
>
> The belt gradually climbs to a temperature of 100F and stops getting
> warmer at that point, but the shoes of the horse (steel, aluminum,
> titanium, and plastic shoes have been tried, as well as bare feet)
> continue to become hotter and hotter until, at 4 miles of 3:00 rate
> work, we've seen temperatures as high as 240F. this heat buildup is
> probably pathologic at 120F and up, since nails travel through the
> shoes and into the sensitive laminae of the hoof. We are getting
> numerous necroses of the feet of these horses, although a single
> episode doesn't seem to bring on much in the way of trouble. Gallop 5
> miles for a week, though, and we're down for a month with that horse.
>
> Tom Ivers
> Windy Ridge Farm
> (206) 837-3700 PM (206) 835-9344 AM 837-2102 Fax or Tivers@aol
interesting to some of the subscribers.
tivers@aol.com (Tivers) writes:
> We are training racing thoroughbreds on high speed treadmills--fast
> conveyor belts with rubber surfaces. ...
>
> The belt gradually climbs to a temperature of 100F and stops getting
> warmer at that point, but the shoes of the horse (steel, aluminum,
> titanium, and plastic shoes have been tried, as well as bare feet)
> continue to become hotter and hotter until, at 4 miles of 3:00 rate
> work, we've seen temperatures as high as 240F. this heat buildup is
> probably pathologic at 120F and up, since nails travel through the
> shoes and into the sensitive laminae of the hoof. We are getting
> numerous necroses of the feet of these horses, although a single
> episode doesn't seem to bring on much in the way of trouble. Gallop 5
> miles for a week, though, and we're down for a month with that horse.
>
> Tom Ivers
> Windy Ridge Farm
> (206) 837-3700 PM (206) 835-9344 AM 837-2102 Fax or Tivers@aol