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[RC] RHR in youngsters - k s swigartEd said: I wouldn't particularly worry about the heart rate of a youngster. ... The criteria of 60 bpm is well above a true resting pulse for all horses. Since I have a horse whose resting HR is 52 bpm (measured while she was sleeping), I would change his statement about "all horses" to be "most horses." However, I would agree that I wouldn't particularly worry about the heart rate of a youngster as an endurance prospect, since even my horse with a RHR of 52 does just fine in endurance. It took me a while with respect to conditioning to get her to the point where she "recovers to 60" quickly, and I did this by conditioning her to the point where her recovery heart rate is less than her resting heart rate (the lowest I have seen it when doing a CRI is 44, but it rebounds back up to her more normal resting rate of 52 after she has had a chance to rest). I would never try to take her to a CTR though, since they seem to have some absurd requirements with respect to HR. kat Jurassic Park =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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