Re: [RC] French study on treated horses - Truman Prevatt
I'm just comparing the times to the times we see a lot of rides in the
SE and 7 to 9 mph ride speed (including recovery times) is not burning
the trail. And normally horses riding at that speed have little problem
recovering. An 8 mph (7.5 minute miles) ride would put you doing a 50
in 6:15, many rides down here that's mid to back of the pack. I would
expect if anything that stands out it is the lack
of experience on the horse. They were not ready for that distance at
that speed. They needed to either run some more faster shorter rides or
longer slower rides to get
ready.
Yes,
it is also
strange to me the average speed of treated horse. One could suspect an
error in
the calculation of the average speed
Do
not forget also that the recovery time
counts in the calculation of the average speed. If you ride 18kph on
the trail
and need, lets say 30min to recover in total of the 2 vetgates (because
horse
is in distress), this will quite drastically reduce your average speed.
-----Original
Message----- From: Truman Prevatt
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Sent: mardi 21 octobre
2003 2:05 To: LIESENS Leonard
(PRESS) Cc:ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC]
French study on
treated horses
The
interesting thing is
the speed range. In mph that's about 7.8 to 9 mph and
most were
treated at about 50 miles. Depending on the course - that's not that
fast.
However, as you suggest the horses were inexperienced - which I take to
mean
not much base.Truman
