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Re: [RC] [RC] Resting Heart Rates - Kristene Smuts

Must tell you a very amusing story.  I have a stallion whose resting rate is 
32, never more than 36 at a pre-ride vetting.  We do our first ride, an LD, and 
he pulses in as normal.  I take him to the vet, me proudly presenting my very 
calm and low-pulse-rate stallion at his VERY FIRST RIDE.  Vet tells me it's 96! 
My heart attacks me on the spot, but fortunately the vet is an old hand at 
this and makes us trot out again and immediately takes his pulse again - 38!!

Turns out that the vetting with another stallion 2 lanes further on was a tad 
too much for his composure ;-))

Cheers
Kristene
South Africa


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