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One of the best horses I ever had the pleasure of knowing was Carlos 
Crespo's horse Cody. Cody had a great record - carrying a HW to the OD 
Trophy one year. I can tell you from riding many a mile with Carlos and 
Cody and later Carlos' son Daniel and Cody that Cody was not slug and 
loved to run.

Cody's resting heart rate was 22. Many of people thought there was 
something wrong with their stethoscopes when they took his pulse. His 
recoveries were as soon as he stopped he was down.

Cody died in a lightning strike a few years ago.

Truman

Laney Humphrey wrote:
> Me too, Angie: my slowest horse had a resting heart rate of 28. If you 
> could get him motivated, he could finish without looking like he'd 
> done more than walk from the trailer. But motivating him exhausted me! 
> He's now a beloved family/lesson horse.
> laney
>
> rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > The resting heart rate is closely
> > > associated with "stroke volume" the higher the stroke volume the lower
> > > the resting rate. It seems the stroke volume is genetically programmed
> > > and fixed in horses.
> >
> > The slowest horse I competed had the lowest Resting Heart Rate. He 
> > would vet in at 28. Kaboot was good for me, not the *best* at 
> > recoveries but pretty respectable. He vetted in at 44. Merlyn & Ben 
> > were the best at recoveries. Their RHR was 32 to 36.
> >
> > Angie


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“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a 
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also 
into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil


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