Ed, in UMECRA one loses points even if the pulse is
40. If it is 36 and the respiration is 8 for a minute, then no points are
lost. Thus pacing as well as teaching the horse to relax at the hold is
the name of the game. Mine relaxes with me, heaven forbid, crooning to
her. There are other tricks too. Some of those relaxing tricks I
also use when riding endurance. It works, my horse drops in 2 minutes or
less at a gate into a hold. Jeanie
