Re: RC: Breeds

["Truman Prevatt, Ph.D." <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

In humans the lower the resting heart rate the more efficeint the heart.
It is not accident that the best runners are the ones with the lowest
resting heart rate. At least that was the basic premise when I was
running.

I don't know how that translates to horses, but I would suspect it does.
Maybe TI can chime in here.

Truman

DVeritas@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 6/13/00 1:58:43 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> truman.prevatt@netsrq.com writes:
> 
> <<  I have
>  heard the theories that resting heart rate doesn't really matter. But it does
>  indicate the ability to maintain all body functions with fewer beats.  >>
> 
> ....while at "rest".
> 
>      Frank.
>
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