I used to have a half Arab who's CRI's would always
be 4 to 8 beats per minute higher at the second pulse. In those days it
was called the Ridgeway Trot. Because it was a new *tool* I had quite a
few vets want to pull me for this even though the horse was straight A's and the
CRI was 40/44 or 40/48. I finally got to ride under Kerry and he assured
me the CRI was to be used as a tool *only* and that though most horses did
recover in the 60 seconds, not all did. The intention was that the CRI was
to be used with other observations to establish the condition of the
horse. I almost had to have a permission slip from him for a few years
until the vets became more educated on the topic. In fact as the years and
miles added up on this horse I found the only time he did have a *normal* CRI
was when he was tired. Go figure. This horse got his share of Top
10's and Grand Champions in CTR and accumulated 4,500 miles of
competition.
Mollie
Krumlaw-Smith ^..^~~~~
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