I have a question about my horses resting heartbeat. I have
a TWH with a resting rate of 44. He is heavily muscled, and needs to lose 150
lbs – an extremely easy keeper. I trail ride him a lot around
home. I didn’t plan on using him as my endurance horse. A
year ago I got a 5 year old mustang. She was probably the perfect weight
when I got her. She was green and I really enjoyed my TWH so her training
was a hit and miss thing. I started letting them have 24/7 pasture access
this summer and she picked up a little weight. I started riding her lately
and love her gaits – so comfy! I have been having a hard time
hearing her heartbeat with the stethoscope so I wasn’t sure what her
resting heartbeat was. I just used a monitor on her and found that her
resting heartbeat was 49-50. I haven’t had the weather to get
her out and see what it is when she is working, but will be going out today to
see how she does. Should I just forget about using her for endurance? Do
you thing it might go down as she gets conditioned and loses weight? I
was just planning on having a good time – not racing.
