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Re: [RC] Spike in Heart Rate - Chris Paus

I'm sure there's a gazillion reasons why this could
happen and I used to be in the camp of "ignore it,
it's just electrical," until one time...

I was on a CTR with a new horse. I didn't know him
well, so I really watched that monitor. The second
loop of two loops, his HR started spiking way up and
then coming back down to normal. I decided to call it
a day and turned him around to head back to camp.

An experienced rider came by and asked why I was
quitting. I told her. She said my horse looked great
and I should disconnect the monitor and keep going.
That there was probably something wrong with the
monitor.

So I did that. We finished 3rd HW that day. He vetted
in very sound and great metabolics, so I figured I'd
start checking leads and things on the monitor when I
got home.

The next day, the horse was 3-legged lame in the rear!
He had pulled a muscle in his hindquarters when we got
bogged down in some really deep mud. Even though he
vetted through fine, internally his body was saying
that something is wrong.

He healed up fine and has been a great horse and is
just getting started on his distance career. But I pay
a lot more attention to those little warnign spikes
now!

OTOH, check your leads, your batteries, etc.

chris
--- Kathy Ramspott <kramspott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've searched the archives and haven't found
anything that addresses this
but if there is just let me know.  What is the most
common cause for a spike
in the heart rate?  During a conditioning ride all
is normal then a spike of
over 200 then it comes down to 70s and will do this
a few times during the
ride.  At the end of the ride the recovery is under
60 within 5 minutes.
Fatigue? Lameness?  Electrical interference?

 

 

Thanks for any info, it concerns me that it could
have been pain even though
the rate came back down.

 

Kathy R - SE




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