Re: RC: heart rate - fit to continue criteria

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/21/99 10:28:25 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
steph@endurance.net writes:

<< But, what about the horses that recover normally, have
 reasonable CRI's and then crash, or hit the wall? There 
 are lots of  these cases out there. And I've seen horses 
 that met the recovery criteria just fine, but were *tired* - 
 dull eyes, lack of impulsion, etc.  >>

I'm not too sure I'd say "lots" of them, but there are some.  That's why we 
don't JUST have a P/R stop, but have a full vet check, and shouldn't let the 
horse continue that fails enough other parameters to indicate trouble even if 
the HR recovers well and the CRI passes.  No ONE criterion is infallible--if 
there were, it would be the only thing we'd look at.

Heidi


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