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Inside Issue No 88 (May 2025)
HERE COMES THE SUN!
Goodbye Mr Winter! Hello Lady Spring. Soon you’ll be ditching your school backpack and enjoying summertime. Summer is about lazy days, swimming, flashlight tag, outdoor movies, horse camp, and I hope a lot of reading too!
In this issue we’ve got plenty of fun and interesting horse stories to read, and awesome horse photos too. Read about popular Hot-Bloodedd Horse Breeds. Want to start a Book Club this summer? We’ve got you “covered”. And a lot more !
Happy reading!
Brenda
Top stories issue 88 include
- Horses Are Sensational – Temperature Control
- Horse Breed – Hot Blooded Horses
- Feature – Book Mark It
Plus our regular departments
- Craft Stall
- Blaze Bits
- Bulletin Board
- Club Corner
- Great Reads
- Friend or Foe
- Good Eats
- and more
AND an awesome Poster!!!
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Brenda & Blaze
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Breed Profile
HOT STUFF
Five Hot Breeds
When animals are described as “hot-blooded”, “warm-blooded” or “cold-blooded”, most people think about body temperature. But not if you’re horse-crazy. These terms take on a whole new meaning if you know a lot about horses. For horse people, these words give clues to a horse’s temperament, breeding and abilities.
DID YOU KNOW?
Hot-blooded horses have a reputation. They’ve been bred for SPEED, AGILITY, and SPIRIT.
CAN YOU GUESS THE TOP HOT-BLOOD HORSE BREED?
Answer: Arabians!
To learn more about 5 Hot Breeds, read part of our breed profile from issue 88 Top Five Hot Blood Breeds
Featured Content
Horses are Sensational
Temperature Control
All living creatures need to keep a steady body temperature to stay healthy, no matter what the temperature is around them.
Although reptiles are “cold-blooded” animals, you’ll still find them sunbathing on balmy rocks to warm up or slipping under a log to cool down.
For mammals, like us and horses, it’s more complicated. We control our body temperature from the inside and outside.
The fancy word for what we do to control our body temperature is called thermoregulation.
DID YOU KNOW?
When working hard, a horse’s temperature can rise as high as 103 F (39.5 C). In the summer, most horses are happy for a cool bath or shower after a workout.
Find out 4 Ways Horses Keep Cool and 4 Ways Horses Stay Warm in issue 88 Horses are Sensational Heating and Cooling Systems
