RE: Re: Tieing up

["C Eyler" <eyler@mindspring.com>]

> << Tom,
>      In your book, The Fit Racehorse, page 38, you state, "Heartrate is a
> direct measurement of the stresses placed on the cardiovascular
> system and
> CAN BE USED AS A TOOL OF MEASUREMENT TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF
> STRESS OF A
> WORKOUT, A RACE (caps mine), or a modified form of exercise...".
>      If heartrate can be used to determine stress levels, how can
> heartrate
> RECOVERY be next to useless in a vet check?
>      I'm easily confused,  go slow. (g)
>
>    Frank. >>
>
>
> Working heartrate is the very best indicator of the level of
> exercise stress.
> Recovery heartrate is another matter entirely, particularly when used to
> judge whether a horse is capable of continuing an endurance effort.
> ti

But please explain *why* heartrate recovery is not useful in judging whether
or not a horse is capable of continuing endurance effort.

Cindy