Hi to all at
ride camp.
My name is Greg and I live in Tasmania(Island State of
Australia) I have
been Endurance Riding for about 12 years now and am
preparing me Pure Arab
Stallion for the 2002 Tom Quilty (Similar to your
Tevis
Cup)."Matey"(Bellawongarah Ibn Riaal) is a seasoned horse and has over
3000
successful Kilometres including one Tom Quilty completion in
1999.
I have been reading with interest the posts on Vet cards and how
much
training.
Could someone enlighten me on the vetting procedure
that is used in the
States.
In Australia each horse has a Log Book.
There are two stages. A blue book is
for a novice horse and the yellow book
is for horses that have satisfied the
criteria for an endurance horse. These
books are waterproof paper and can't
be tampered with.Vetting parameters are
very strict.
A normal vetting flows something like this. Horse arrives
back at base has
1/2 hour to recover below 55bpm(after first leg subsequent
legs 60bpm)
Report to TPR steward Temperature Pulse and Respiration taken .if
above
above parameters horse is vetted out. If Ok then on to the vet who does
a
thorough check of pulse gut sounds, cap refill,skin recoil, mucus
membranes,
alertness, feet & legs back, muscle tone anal tone and then
the trot out.
This procedure is used for 80Km rides For 160Km rides the
CRI method is
usually used.
Anyone who is interested in our rule book
check out www.aera.asn.au
the
website of Australia's governing endurance body.
On training an
old endurance rider told me it takes an hour a day for a
thousand days to
have an endurance horse that will run at the front of the
field. I have found
this not to be too wrong. Now that Matey is well
conditioned we usually train
three or four times a week alternating between
9 Km and 20Km tracks. I am
very lucky as I ride out my gate virtually into
Forestry land where I can
ride for hours. Once per month I try to do my
training on the beach. This is
about an hour from home. My usual training
pace is about 9-10Km per
hour.
Cheers
Greg
TEERA#70084
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