Why is there any discussion of this at
all? I looked up the data for the 2005 Arabian Nights Ride. Of
all of the riders at all of the vet checks there was only one Recovery Time over
15 minutes. That was at 16 minutes and that horse had a faster recovery at
the next Check.
Several of the rides in the West Region that I rode
in the past several years provided recovery data. For Example on both the
2003 Swanton Pacific Hundred and the 2006 Square Nail 50 , NONE of the finishing
horses had recoveries over 15 minutes.
In fact most of the Top Ten Horses had pulse
recoveries
between 1 and 5 minutes. WHY should we
waste the ride managers time with more rules. Any horse that takes
20
minutes to recover is not going to catch one that
recovers
in 1 or 2 minutes.
Pulse criteria at Swanton and Square Nail Was 60
into a gate at all checks.
Do you know what your own horses recovery times
are?
It would be interesting to share some of this
information.
