Re: RC: Efficient gaits question

[Maureen Mathisen <blueoak@snowcrest.net>]

Sorry Teddy, This horse was MOST fit.  It goes without saying that
before you can REALLY evaluate a horse at any gait(meaningfully--not
just to check conditioning progress) it should be very fit or at least
on its way to being very fit!
Maureen

Teddy Lancaster wrote:
> 
> If the horses' heartrate goes up at the canter it is because he is not conditioned
> for the canter.  He is, in other words, not really "fit" yet.
> 
> Teddy
> 
> Maureen Mathisen wrote:
> 
> > Hi Ti,
> >
> > All I know is that I think the trot is much more energy efficient,
> > especially in l00 milers.  I think in 50's or less, maybe not so
> > important. When I used a monitor, I had the opposite effect (on the
> > flat) than you had.  It always dropped at the trot, and went up at
> > gallop, but sometimes settled down after a few strides.  I think
> > basically if a horse has to cover a lot of ground for a long time, the
> > trot will normally  be the easiest on him if he is allowed to "break"
> > when he needs to. But-like I said, each horse is different and should be
> > evaluated differently.   My one mare did an excellent job at a "hand
> > gallop" and really seemed to enjoy herself more than she did when
> > trotting.
> > Maureen
> >
> > Tivers@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > In a message dated 4/2/99 12:58:52 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > > fasterhorses@gilanet.com writes:
> > >
> > > << Yeah, Maureen, it's always been my understanding about the trot,
> > >  endurance and the 2 foot on the ground thing.  But like I said, after
> > >  seeing Virl just loping away there, it seemed like my horse, who really
> > >  loved to trot and had a very fast one, like you described, was actually
> > >  working much harder than his horse.  Of course, that grey of Virl's had
> > >  real long legs, and my Froggie was just 14.3, 3/4 Arab 1/4 Welsh and
> > >  looked a lot like a cute pony (still does, at 26).
> > >   >>
> > >
> > > Interesting. We do a lot of work on the high speed treadmill and monitor
> > > heartrates all the way. One of the problems in breaking horses to the
> > > treadmill is convincing them it's safe to go ahead and switch from trot to
> > > gallop. So, generally in the breaking process they're always going faster at
> > > the trot before breaking into a lope than they would out in the field. The
> > > drop in heartrate under these circumstances, once the transition is made, is
> > > gigantic.
> > >
> > > ti
> > >
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