RE: [RC] French study on treated horses - Leonard . Liesens
Yes, it is also
strange to me the average speed of treated horse. One could suspect an error in
the calculation of the average speed
Do not forget also that the recovery time
counts in the calculation of the average speed. If you ride 18kph on the trail
and need, lets say 30min to recover in total of the 2 vetgates (because horse
is in distress), this will quite drastically reduce your average speed.
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[mailto:tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: mardi 21 octobre 2003 2:05 To: LIESENS Leonard (PRESS) Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] French study on
treated horses
The interesting thing is
the speed range. In mph that's about 7.8 to 9 mph and most were
treated at about 50 miles. Depending on the course - that's not that fast.
However, as you suggest the horses were inexperienced - which I take to mean
not much base.Truman
I promised to
look for more information on the subject. There is an interesting, nevertheless
incomplete, study made by Celine Robert DVM on the teated horse on races of
more than 120kms in France in 1998..2000, so in total 27 races.
Quick
translation, so sorry for my English... leonard, Belgium
-from 4 to 16%
of the starters(from race to race) required treatment, not necessarily IV.
-As an average,
treated horses covered 84km before being stopped
-Treated horses
ran at 13 to 15 ph with an aerage of 13.9Kph
