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Re: [RC] 30 Min Rule - rides2far

"Maybe a compromise to your suggestion of a vet check between 30  
and 60> minutes could include a pulse recovery before 30 minutes, and a

lameness> eval between 30 and 60 to detect those horses that were
indeed  
running in> pain?"

Geez, would everybody quit trying to take my completion! :-P  (just
kidding a little but kinda serious)  I think I've got a pretty good
reputation for taking care of my horses but this *is* an athletic event.
If you feel *nothing* afterwards, you didn't get even remotely close to
your potential. When my daughter comes home from a basketball game she
talks about what hurts. Did she over do it? No, she *did something*.
That's healthy. After a ride I feel it, doesn't mean I wasn't up to the
task. Means I did what I'm capable of. I'll be fine in a little while.  I
remember coming in from a 100 and feeling fine, then I sat down for a few
minutes and almost couldn't get back up. Everything just kinda knotted
up. Didn't last long, I was fine. Just meant I'd done a hard physical
activity and it was great, to be honest, when I quit feeling like that
after a ride I'll do something to make it harder so I will feel that way!


No, I don't want horses limping around after rides, or standing like
sawhorses with their heads down. I want mine bright eyed and looking
good, but I have had my horse looking stiff 30 min. after a 100 and the
next morning he was literally trotting on the end of the lead as I tried
to walk him around camp. The sport is meant to test us. I don't think the
folks who instigated "Fit to Continue" meant for it to become, "Can't
look look like he left the barn".

Angie

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