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>That would be interesting since resting pulses
for a lot of horses isn't below 40. As a side note while scribing for the
vet check at Liberty Run I asked alot of riders what their horses resting pulse
was. 36-52 was the range.
Actually, I've seen resting normals as low as 24 or
so. The ability to remain calm and have the pulse reflect the horse's true
resting normal is a trait that is even more important to CTR horses than to
endurance horses. Don't forget that unless horses are well-trained to stay
calm on check-in, what you see at check-in at an endurance ride may not reflect
the horse's true resting pulse. For instance, 52 is even above anything
that would be considered to be clinically normal at rest. If a horse
presented to me with a 52 pulse and was calm and quiet, I'd suspect a problem
brewing, like a mild colic or whatever. However, if the horse is antsing
around and fussing because his buddy just left, or because he's never been in a
crowd, or because he is anticipating, then he has good reason to be 52, and it
raises no alarms. You'll find that if you follow the good horses and
re-pulse them at the ends of holds, after the adrenaline has subsided, many
recover well down into the 40's, even at endurance rides.
Heidi
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