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 April <ridecamp_mail@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There is a table in the article for the DE required at various speeds, but
for an example to test Angie's question, we'll just take the slow trot and
the fast trot.

I plugged the numbers into a spreadsheet using the KER data. The only time
the DE went down when the speed increased was going from a slow walk (2.1
mph) to a fast walk (3.4 mph). For all other increases in speed, the DE
requirement went up.

April--

This is really interesting in that it suggests there IS in fact an "optimum" speed re: the discussion about "too slow"...so following this out, does the spreadsheet suggest a curve?  That is, the same horse that does the optimum 50 would require more energy to go either much slower or much faster?  That is, either the 4:45 50 or the 11 hour fifty requires more than the optimum--whatever that point is, in terms of DE requirements?

(Too math-challenged to do the spreadsheet myself)

Mel Sherman

Wild Heart Horses

Goldendale, Washington

www.wildhearthorses.com

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