Re: RC: Heartrates up to 220]

[DreamWeaver <karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us>]

I believe the study that was done at Tevis concluded that the weight of the 
rider had nothing to do with whether or not the horse completed the ride.

k

At 03:54 PM 2/9/00 -0600, tina hicks wrote:
>I thought it was more the size of the horse that didn't matter rather
>than the weight - tho size and weight are usually somewhat related I
>realize :)
>
>Tina
>
>Tivers@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 2/9/00 12:34:51 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > truman.prevatt@netsrq.com writes:
> >
> > << But Linda don't you remember all the so called analysis presented on RC
> >  from which one could only conclude that "weight doesn't matter"?
> >
> >  Truman >>
> >
><snip>  That is, the smaller horses might just do better on the treadmill,
> > but when taken out and put under a rider, they did less well (in heartrate
> > response to exercise) than the larger horses that they had outperformed on
> > the treadmill. Big swing in comparative capabilities.
> >
> > ti
> >
> >
>
>
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