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[RC] Low pulses and "other" breeds - Celeste Murray-----Original Message----- From: Celeste Murray [mailto:celestem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 8:58 AM To: Truman Prevatt Subject: RE: [RC] Low pulses and "other" breeds Hi Truman Yip she takes more dedicated conditioning, even now. But she does just as well as the arabs, sometimes better especially in our thick sandy courses, she seems to be able to slog through without much strain where the arabs pulse in high, not sure why you would think a lighter horse would find it easier. Her one drawback, but could be the size and not the breeding, is that she doesn't handle the heat well, I carry water on the saddle and water her down between water points (our rules say water every 5km on a route) and I get off at every water point and cool her down to, so our times are good considering the time spend cooling down. regards Celeste -----Original Message----- From: Truman Prevatt [mailto:tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 6:32 PM To: Celeste Murray Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] Low pulses and "other" breeds You hat it right on the head, the initial conditioning takes longer but you can get there with the right horse. My TWH mare has a resting pulse rate of 26 to 28. Her son has a resting rate of the same as does her daughter. After I spent plenty of time developing a base and finding the secret for conditioning her for recoveries she was recovering within a minute or two at the checks. I once ran a 3:40 50 on her, was second and won BC! At that ride she was recovering as fast as the Arab we were riding with - basically as soon has the tack was stripped she was down. So it can be done. It just takes the right horse and a little longer up front. Truman Celeste Murray wrote: I would just like to comment on this thread, I ride a 16.1hh appaloosa mare build like a tank must weigh around 600kg's. We have been doing endurance for 4 years now. First 2 years we only did 60km rides, pre-vetted in around 52/54, if we got 50/52 at the vet checks I was happy she had a high resting pulse, second year it came down, third year lower. Last year we did our national championships, 3 days 80km, 80km, 52km. 290 entries we finished 52nd, 1st appaloosa in, she never went over 42 at any check starting pulse 38/40 each day all three vet checks each day 40/42, including the first day which we did in 3hrs 05min!!. Took us longer to reach those low pulses through conditioning her system and although she didn't run as low as some of the arabs at 32/34 pre-vet pulse she was never more than 2 beats higher throughout the ride when some of the arabs pre-vetted at 36 and pulsed in at 42/44 at the checks. Celeste and Snowy (South Africa) PS. We have to qualify for the nationals by completing 3 80km rides during the previous 12 months, we did 4 80km rides as well as 2 60km rides and she top tenned at all of them and at two of them we rode at "state" qualifying times - to qualify to ride for one of our 9 "states" (provinces) at the nationals you have to do three rides at an average speed of 18km/hr. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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