If you take your horse to shows or events in a hotter, more humid climate than they've trained in, arrive five days early to acclimate horses to this new environment. It's critical that performance horses also be properly conditioned, especially in hot weather. If not adequately conditioned for performance, fatigue may occur, resulting in poor performance and injury. A horse can also have heat stress. And fat horses have more difficulty getting rid of body heat developed during performance.
Fat horses doing a set routine are more stressed than the same horses in proper body condition.
Horses with a body condition score of 5.0-5.5 perform better than horses with a higher or lower body condition scores. Stop bacteria in their tracks Over the years, you've seen media reports of food poisoning and death of small children from E. coli bacteria. Infants and children are at high risk for food poisoning because their immune systems are not well developed. So young children can't fight disease as well as adults. Some bacteria are killed by natural stomach acids.