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Re: [RC] Weight - Lynn KinskyBut, Heidi, the heart rate/pulse recovery thing happens on all my horses when either of my kids or my wife rides them, versus that which happens when I'm on them. You're saying that my kids and my wife must have better equitation/riding skill than I do under all circumstances on all horses? It's likely not just pure equitation. When my step daughter and I were both competing and riding together (largely in NATRC where recovery is taken as a scoring element and at that time they recorded in-coming pulse as well as out-going), she had the lighter bodied horse and was a featherweight, whereas I had a barrel shaped, very muscular horse and was double *her* weight. But whatever horse I was on, even if I rode her horse that ride, tended to have the lower in-coming pulse and recovery pulse. She had good equitation and was light on the reins, but the fellow we trained with teased that she had an "electric butt" that kept the horse charged up (she was an aggressive rider). Made her a good rider in the show ring, where you want the horse "hot" and animated -- but it worked against her (and the horse) in a distance competition. -- Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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