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[RC] Pulse-Punishing - Rides 2 Far60 pulses work, and work well. 56 works as an extreme control measure under extreme circumstances. Personally I think there comes a point where you need to look at something besides pulses. I've had horses with magnificent recoveries who had problems with gut sounds. I've said it before...but I rode with a horse who tied up so bad he couldn't lift a hind leg but his pulse was 32. You can take a horse with a strong heart, train the fool out of him and he's gonna recover fast (until he gets in some other kind of trouble). He may be thinner, so he's gonna cool fast. The very people who overtrain horses are the very ones who over ride horses. I'd like to see the deaths separated up into freak accidents (like the one at Hahira), badly timed natural causes, and over riding. Of those due to over riding...how many were ridden by people who are beginners...and on the other extreme how many ridden by people who are starting to *hope* to make money selling horses. Again...to put things in perspective... I'll bet you there's been more horses die at one race track in a week than died at AERC rides in a year. Angie ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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