Re: RC: working heart rate

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/9/00 9:22:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, DVeritas writes:

<< Tom,
     Which are the variables you factor to come up with a working heart 
(target) rate of 140's?
             Weight of horse?
              Age of horse?
              Weight of rider?
               or what...
     Or are those individual factors not "remarkable" in their disparate 
affect on a "well-conditioned and fit horse"?
 
 Thanks,
    Frank. >>


None of those--not that they don't matter, just have not data run on those 
factors. We can do VO2 max and we do efficiency scores--equivalent to VO2 
max, but taken at slower rates. We look for horses that tend to run with low 
revs and we really don't know what to do yet with those that run at high 
revs--I think some of those may do just fine, but don't know yet. So, the low 
rev horses, we want to move up into the 140s, sustained. That will make a 
dramatic difference in performandce--if we can do itsafely.

ti