Well Moonfire survived his first 104\u00b0 day\u2014and the poor guy still has his wintercoat on!Even while temps of 118 are not weird in our neck of the woods in the summer, triple digit temps this early are an all time record and it felt insane! \u2600\ufe0f Getting “used to it” is really a thing, both for the horses and for us!<\/p>\n
But Moonfire is built for it; many centuries of survival of the fittest have made Salt River wild horses some of the toughest in the world. If a Salt River horse couldn\u2019t handle the heat, it simply didn\u2019t survive to pass on its genes\u2014and that resilience and heat adaptation runs through this herd today.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless we\u2019re keeping a close eye on our only surviving 2025 foal, and he handled it like a champ! Stay safe out there, everyone\u2014humans are not made for 104\u00b0 heat !<\/p>\n
SRWHMG.<\/p>\n
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