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Re: [RC] Non Arab Pulse downs - Sky RanchOne of the best P&R's I ever saw on a horse at a competitive trail ride was a Quarter Horse mare. It was her first ctr, and the rider's first ctr. The mare was in shape, though - she was a working cowhorse, used to loping around and working cattle all day - in other words, she was really fit. I saw her canter up a steep hill to a P&R, and she pulsed in at 32, after 10 minutes, with respiration of 8 - she beat my Arabian (who was 36 and 9), and we had walked up that hill. As several previous non-Arab owners have said, it doesn't necessarily take an Arabian to have a good pulse-down -- it just takes a fit horse, and a horse fit for endurance. BTW, this was a heavyweight rider with a heavy western saddle, too, on that QH mare. Carla Richardson Colorado =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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