Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Hello from Australia

HOW EXCITING!!To hear from a Tassie or Tazzie(??)
endurance rider!! Are there many endurance races in
Tasmania ? I spent 3 months in Austrailia last winter
. I loved every minute of it !! I met Stephannie
Dickie and got to observe a race in Hay NSW. It was
interesting the difference in rules. Mainly the "Gate
Into Hold " ie F.E.I.. Our hold time does not start
til we meet criteria, you have 30 min. to meet
criteria. Your criteria is lower ie 54,60 bpm compared
to ours 60-68 bpm.We do not have blue/yellow books
therefore we lack the ability to follow/monitor horses
careers as closely as you.Books do pose a large
problem for point to point rides and vet checks away
from basecamp. You have more rides that are loops thru
basecamp???Also, some of our rides are really remote
and there are long distances between checks.Riders are
expected to take responsibilty for their horse and
have stops as needed. Books would be difficult to
co-ordinate.
  Please give me your feedback on these differences.I
met so many people that raved about Tasmania.How
diverse and beautiful it is! I plan on visiting there
next time.I want to do the Cradle Mtn walk and some
sea kayaking. It would be really cool to correspond
with a Tasmanian endurance rider!!!Jocelyn




Gregory N Henry <gnhenry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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