Here is the way it was explained to me:

The first 2-5 days your horse still has the highly oxygenated RBC's from the lower elevation necessary to do the work. After that, they need to "lay low" for 10-14 more days before their body acclimates and the RBC's once again have enough oxygen to complete the Kreb's Cycle without coming up short and causing a dumping of lactic acid. The condition this can cause is what we call "tieing up"..or azytoria.





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CC: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: lynne@xxxxxxxxxx
To: kstandefer@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] Riding at elevation
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 20:05:08 -0800

Vets have weighed in on this before here, saying 3 weeks for horse spleens to acclimate.

 

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On Jan 29, 2009, at 9:47 AM, Karen Standefer wrote:

How do you know that it took your horses that long to acclimate?  Horses have HUGE spleens which allow them to adapt very quickly to additional elevation.  People are not the same.  I live at 1600' and ride my horses up to 8000' maybe a couple times a summer and they never have any issues.  Matter of fact, both of mine are more energetic in the high mountain trails.

 

 

 

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Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:33 AM
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Mike,

 

I moved from the Bay Area to Placerville at the 2800' level.  It took me at least six months to acclimitize.  The horses took equally as long.  However, just know the fun you will have riding in much lower levels!  :)  You will be able to ride for DAYS!

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