Re: [RC] Heart rate at CTR - Jon . Linderman
Lysane,
Understandable confusion. While CTR rules vary it sounds like your score
card is similar to what is use here in Ohio at our CTR's. You must be
below 60 in order to CONTINUE, however, points are deducted for every beat
or beasts above 40, actually 44 in our case. For example, upoin arriving
at a vet check we have 10 minutes to present for pulse. No more. On our
scale you lose 1/2 a point/2 beats above 44. At the last ride my guy was a
48 (someone mare was bumping his behind) and he lost 1 point. Same thing
at the final vet check and he lost another point. If your horse has a
pulse above 60 you can not leave the vet check until they are below 60 and
of course you lose alot of points. My first year my gelding was in the low
50's at times until he got fitter. Hope that helps.
Jon
Lysane Cree
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Hi,
I have been trying to figure something out from my score card from the 25
mile CTR I went to a couple of weeks ago. I am in Canada so maybe the rules
are not exactly the same in the U.S., but maybe you can still help me
figure this out: The criteria for heart rate was 60 and at each vet check
my horse`s heart rate dropped below 60 within the 4 minutes. But I got
points deducted just the same...something about losing points for numbers
that are above 40. So is the criteria really 60 or 40 - I am not sure I
understand the reasoning.... It was my horse`s first ride so she was all
excited about the new place, new horses, etc. so her heart rate came down
into the 50s at the vet checks. It is higher than what I have checked her
at home, but she did get pretty anxious when my friend left the pulse check
before I was done and then my friend was late in getting to the last pulse
check (so my horse was calling and calling for her buddy who she knew was
back at the trailer) and so my horse`s hea rt rate went up and then hovered
in the 50s. But regardless, I thought that if she pulsed down below 60 that
she was o.k.
Lysane
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