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Re: [RC] Heart rate at CTR - Jon . Linderman
There is a saying: "You can build an endurance horse, but a CTR horse is
born"
I like that saying & the fact that you pointed out that you can change the
RHR w/interval training
I know my guy is still not as low in his RHR as I'd like but can usualy get
him to 45/46 w/in 10 minutes to lose a 1/2 or 1/4 point. Like many pople I
have made obeservations about things that help w/getting the low HR in the
vet check. Obviously it is critical that people waiting for pulses respect
your horse'es space and not run around like idiots or walk right next to a
horse when the monitor is on the horse. Other things that help the higher
strung horses are to have their buddy w/them in line. This can be the
difference of up to 12 beats for me. I can usually count on 1 to 2 beats
lower when the pulse is taken by a female than a male also. My theory
there is that horses often assocaite strange males (redundant term?)
w/farriers and vets and while they may not go totally hyper I have found
1-2 beats lower when I ask for a female pulse taker. Rubbing ears, gums,
lower ing the head, stroking, talking, cooing, whatever shaves those
fractions off.
Lysane, I am sure you are walking into the vet checks as well to make sure
your horse is as rested as possible? I will allow my guy some wet mushy bp
mash and take every moment I can to cool him w/water on his neck, inside of
his lower legs. I also unsaddle, but you'll get different opinions on that
& I have no where near the expereince of others in this regard. I do it
because it seems to help and w/my orthoflex saddle and booties his saddle
is off with just 2 buckles........poof! And resaddling is darn quick too.
You'll leanr the minutia to help your horse w/that pulse thing but also pay
attention to the rest of the score card. If they judge on "impulsion" in
the trot out make sure you are good at getting the most out of your horse's
trot. A good friend's little tubbo arab drops like a rock to 39 at CTR's
but during the trot out he learned to do the least he could and she'd get
dinged everytime. Last ride she had him moving much better at the trot out
after practicing over the past coupe months & she did real well on the trot
& w/his naturally great recovery they got 2nd place. So much to keep track
of in CTR! Good luck & congrats on your completion.
Jon K. Linderman, Ph.D., FACSM
Assistant Professor of Health and Sport Science
University of Dayton
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-1210
Voice:(937) 229-4207
FAX: (937) 229-4244
jonlinderman@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.udayton.edu/~linderma
"Ed and Wendy Hauser"
<sisufarm@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Laurie Durgin" <ladurgin@xxxxxxx>, "Lysane Cree" <lysanec@xxxxxxxx>,
Sent by: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxx cc:
durance.net Subject: Re: [RC] Heart rate at CTR
10/23/2002 09:48 AM
There is a saying: "You can build an endurance horse, but a CTR horse is
born" The scoring methods do favor horses with natural low heart rates.
Interval training can help a lot. I dropped 8 BPM on the resting heart
rate of my first CTR horse in 6 months of interval training.
Differences between checks during the ride, and the pre-ride pulse can't be
used either. The competitors would just make sure that their horses were
all excited at the pre ride vet in.
Ed.
Ed and Wendy Hauser
1140 37th Street
Hudson, WI 54016
715.386.0465
sisufarm@xxxxxxxxxx
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