Re: RC: Heartrates up to 220]

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

I realize that weight does matter but isn't it also great for heavy riders 
to know that if they condition and train their horse and want to do a ride 
like Tevis they have just as much a chance to complete as riders who weigh 
less?

Karen

At 06:57 PM 2/9/00 -0500, Tivers@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 2/9/00 2:22:08 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us writes:
>
><< 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 >>
>
>There are studies, and then there are studies. Too many variables at play in
>the "completing the ride" result. Weight of the horse, position at the
>finish, rate of speed during the ride, terrain, nutrition, etc. What we did
>was manipulate one variable. We took several horses that were smaller (100 to
>200 lbs) than another broup of horses, exercised them all at the same speed
>on the treadmill, then exercised them all at the same speed, under similar
>weight, on the track.
>
>ti
>
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