country file horses swimming?

[eden]

Did anyone see it? so cold must take ages to dry water looked freezing.

[wills]

I live in that area.... Bloody baltic was not impressed at all!! Still gorse seemd happy enough

[happysnail]

It was amazing. We Scots are a tough breed, and we breed em tough I'd be in the sea this time of year though, not a fresh water loch - brrrr.

[LuckyRed]

They did seem to spend some time 'acclimatising' the mare to the water before leading her in. I guess there is also an element of what the horses are used to

[Amanda Seater]

My neighbour swims in the sea 365- in a bikini!!!ugh not for me. She takes her horse in weekly or there abouts.

[donnalex]

I saw it too
The horse was really hairy you could see the hair rippling up and down under water, yes it would take ages to dry. Didnt realise there were inhabited islands on Loch Lomond. The horses are probably already used to the cld as they weret rugged.
You would probably get more problems taking off a rug then taking the horse in?

[rj]

Bum, missed it. Just heard Matt say at the end he'd ridden horses......
From what's been said I fail to see what the concern is about horses going into cold water, but will try & see it on i-player sometime.

[sazjayp]

I didn't think the horse looked bothered at all - and maybe they've got some sort of solarium or drying system at home...we'll never know!

[eden]

Dec 12, 2011 9:25:11 GMT 1 Amanda Seater said:

My neighbour swims in the sea 365- in a bikini!!!ugh not for me. She takes her horse in weekly or there abouts.

blimmey not for me either.

It was just something I had never seen, she said some swim better than others, some of the horses bums are very low in the water, she said at first some try to climb into the boat amazing.