RE: [Fwd: RC: Heartrates up to 220]

["C Eyler" <eyler@mindspring.com>]

> >  My gelding is trained & generally competes in the HW
> >  category.  His HR is always higher than the horses
> >  around us in the lighter divisions in the ride.  When
> >  I let a Feather Weight friend ride him, it was like he
> >  was riderless!  He was cruising along at faster speeds
> >  than with me, and the HR was 15-20 beats lower.
> >  (Makes me feel guilty!)
> >
>
> 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"?

Wasn't that analysis about the likelihood of the horse being pulled, rather
than about how well the horse/rider would finish?

Cindy