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Re: [RC] Spike in Heart Rate - Chris PausI'm sure there's a gazillion reasons why this could happen and I used to be in the camp of "ignore it, it's just electrical," until one time... I was on a CTR with a new horse. I didn't know him well, so I really watched that monitor. The second loop of two loops, his HR started spiking way up and then coming back down to normal. I decided to call it a day and turned him around to head back to camp. An experienced rider came by and asked why I was quitting. I told her. She said my horse looked great and I should disconnect the monitor and keep going. That there was probably something wrong with the monitor. So I did that. We finished 3rd HW that day. He vetted in very sound and great metabolics, so I figured I'd start checking leads and things on the monitor when I got home. The next day, the horse was 3-legged lame in the rear! He had pulled a muscle in his hindquarters when we got bogged down in some really deep mud. Even though he vetted through fine, internally his body was saying that something is wrong. He healed up fine and has been a great horse and is just getting started on his distance career. But I pay a lot more attention to those little warnign spikes now! OTOH, check your leads, your batteries, etc. chris --- Kathy Ramspott <kramspott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I've searched the archives and haven't found anything that addresses this but if there is just let me know. What is the most common cause for a spike in the heart rate? During a conditioning ride all is normal then a spike of over 200 then it comes down to 70s and will do this a few times during the ride. At the end of the ride the recovery is under 60 within 5 minutes. Fatigue? Lameness? Electrical interference? Thanks for any info, it concerns me that it could have been pain even though the rate came back down. Kathy R - SE ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus ============================================================ At the end of the day maybe the definition of endurance isn't the length of the ride but rather the spirit in which it is ridden. ~ Maryanne Stroud Gabani ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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