Q: A sweating horse

depends on horses temperament individually, some sweating is a sign they are overcooked and they are wasting energy getting worked up before the race. others can sweat freely and it doesn't bother them in the slightest.

need to know the individual horse

Most don't go onto win, but some do. Didn't Don't Push it sweat before the GN?

In the stalls, I've only ever seen one play up and go onto win, but then again, I don't get to see very race.

If you were sweating badly..Would you be able to run quicker?

Some horses are free sweaters though.

maids causeway and a few of the other giant causeway's are free sweaters...never stopped them winning.

just be careful of those loons.

The horse is tense and behaving nervously. All this (and things like "won't settle") use up energy which will be needed at the end of the race.

Thank you very much, chaps!

The distance to the startcan also be a factor,some courses the runners have to go the full race distance to get to the start, Epsoms 1M2F is one example ,well, after cantering al that way on any reasnobley hot day the horse will be warm/sweating, other tracks .such as Wolverhamptons 7F start it is 80 metres from the paddock, if a horse is sweating at Wolves it more of a bad sign.

Cheers Phil

Beware of the sweatys with five legs.

normally a sign that theres a randy welshman in the area

I remember Ian Semple saying of one that it was "sweating like Jimmy**heroe" could any of the older forumites enlighten me on what he meant by that?

Wedged - ........What's the thinking behind this please?

If a horse is sweating up badly he is wasting energy which could be better employed in the race.

".......sweating like Jimmy**heroe" could any of the older forumites enlighten me on what he meant by that?

Jimmy**heroe was a very small comedian - would have been too small for a jockey -
played a young schoolboy all his life, and got away with it because of his size about 4 ft.
That woman in the Krankies who plays the schoolboy Jimmy Krankie, that must have been based on Jimmy**heroe. Don't know about the reference to sweating, maybe he did sweat up a lot on stage (?) Ended up killing himself on the day of his Mum's funeral.

A fountain of knowledge, Dell.

Tragic Dell, thank you for the reply.

bankable,brassini,burma rock,jubilee jiggings,kitewood.lord chancellor,mastercratfesmen,novellan lad,oasis night, silky way,viva ronaldo,western roots,win rob. These have all won in the last 18 months while heavily sweating,fyo.

Horses sweat because they are hot. That is their temperature rises from 101F to 103F. This can be caused by extended travel in a warm van, lack of shade, dehydration or lack of fitness. It is nothing to do with nerves nor the daftest saying of all "loss of energy". The rate of chemical production of energy during the race is adversely effected if the body temperature is either too high or too low.

cornubia seriously mate i've heard plenty of vets saying sweat is a sign of anxiety

obviously the horse is hot but on a very cold day they can sweat and this can be down to anxiety.

of course you are right that this can have a big bearing on performance but even that is very much an individual thing.

excited is a better word than nervous

cornubia, some horses sweat in the middle of winter! Sometimes it's because they are warm which is no big deal, others sweat because they are anxious, which is a big deal. Apparently sweating between their legs is a bad sign.