>>> I've heard it's cooler. That's also why people put white sheets on black horses in turnout, you know it reflects the sun and keeps them cooler. It did seem somewhat true at least when I had the SE horse who wore a full coverage sheet, her skin was way cooler than the naked horses when they came in at night. Just a one rat study in one summer...
If the reflectiveness of a white sheet is a factor (and I've never used one, so I won't comment), then we should REALLY think about the opposite: the poor DARK colored Icelandic horse who not only is wearing a natural-fur-coat by early September, but a dark coat at that! I clip my almost-white palomino, Sina, because I can't see that light colored fur is any advantage, but on the other hand, my darker horses may indeed suffer even more...I'm only talking about possible "degrees of bad" though! Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.32/1131 - Release Date: 11/14/2007 4:54 PM
