Re: RC: RE: eating at stops

[Teresa Van Hove <tvanhove@uswest.net>]

Marlene,

FYI, I've never heard of any CTR group counting points off for
a pulse of 40, in fact I think 44 is fine for all groups
though I dont know.  NATRC used to use 48 in the olden days when
I dabbled with them. For LD or endurance the lowest pulse criteria
I've ever heard (for starting the holds, not after a 5-10 minute rest)
is 56.  60 is fairly standard for LD's, and 50's can range from 56 to
68, though 64 is probably used 90% of the time.  Many horses have
a resting pulse no lower than 40, and no horses get bonus points if
they do have an extra low resting pulse rate.   

Teresa 

Marlene Moss wrote:
> 
> With all this discussion of HR and eating at P&R stops, I finally got around
> to using the Heart rate monitor that I'd bought a couple months ago.
> I wasn't doing much of a ride last night because I'm doing my first LD
> tomorrow.  Anyhow, we trotted to the top of a hill and heart rate got up to
> 125 or so.  Stopped and stood in the shade - I didn't dismount, so not
> totally imitating a P&R stop.  Heart rate dropped to 48 in a minute and down
> to 40 after another minute or so.  Then it just seemed to hang at 40 for a
> few minutes.  So I let my mare eat.  Heart rate went up to 42-43 for half a
> minute and then dropped to 36.  So I pulled her away from the grass and made
> her stand in the shade again.  Heart rate back to 45 because she wanted to
> eat and kept tossing her head.  Only went back down to 38 after that.
> I'll have to keep experimenting with her to see if it makes more sense to
> not let her eat at all, or eat some to maximize recovery and then try to get
> her over her desire to be eating.
> Guess I should have starting playing around with this thing earlier!
> 
> Marlene
> 
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