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Title: Panting and Interval training

I'd bet that the panting has less to do with the fartleks and more to do with the hot/humid conditions.

 

There was a note from Melissa Ribley in EN in the midst of one of the old articles that said it is now recognized that respiration is more a factor of a horse's ability to thermoregulate, rather than a measurement of its level of fatigue.

 

I'd be interested in getting more information on how elevated respiration is evaluated, but I wonder if the panting and the fartlek training have both occurred in conjunction with the advent of summer in TX?

 

Kristen

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From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger G.
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 1:43 PM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] Panting and Interval training

Does Fartlek training teach a horse to pant? At what point do AERC vets express concern about panting?

I have been conditioning my horse using Interval /fartlek training in order to improve his heart rate recovery. I did a ride this weekend (the other sport) and his heart rate recovery was GREATLY improved. The problem I had was that he pants like crazy now.  His metabolic readings were consistently zero, but every P&R we got held for respiration, even though his heart rate dropped like a rock.  The heat /humidly index was very high

I know all of the things that affect the respiration rate, weight of rider, hair, heat humidity, etc. Not looking for advice on that, just on whether fartlek training has caused other horses to pant more. He didn’t seem to pant much before I started the fartlet training.

At what point do AERC vets express concern about panting?

Regards, Roger