Re: RC: Re: Tieing up/Cardiac Recovery

[DVeritas@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/19/00 8:58:10 PM Mountain Standard Time, Tivers@aol.com 
writes:

> Working heartrate is the very best indicator of the level of exercise 
stress. 
> 
>  Recovery heartrate is another matter entirely, particularly when used to 
>  judge whether a horse is capable of continuing an endurance effort.

So, Tom, by extension, is it your opinion that the Cardiac Recovery Index, as 
Kerry Ridgeway presents it, is invalid as a means to determine whether a 
horse is "fit to continue?"
    (I've had my doubts in its validity due to the psychological makeup of 
some horses and the resultant physiologic responses when a competitive equine 
athlete is faced with certain VC stimuli.)  And before anyone ballyhoos that 
point, I can't count the times I've heard, "Oh please, don't walk away from 
Stewball, his pulse will just shoot up if you take away his trail mate...."  
:^)

 Frank.