Yep - in France you and the horse (not necessarily together) need to do one
20 or 30 km ride at a set speed of between 10-12 kmh ( sorry to tired to
translate into miles) with a max HR of 60 after 30 minutes, than a 40 km at
between 12-15 kmh with same HR, than a 60 km ride at between 12-15 kmh, same
heart rate again.
Than two 90 km rides with minimum speed of 12 kmh and no max ( this is
where racing starts) with max heart rate of 56 after 30 mins before you can do a
120 km and than 160 km.
Quite a good system - on set speed rides the horse closed to the max speed
with the lowest HR wins.
Once you're racing - several metabolic eliminations with a given horse
means you have to start again at the 90 km level
for all rides vet checks every 20 - 30 km with ridgway tests for every last
vetgate for 90 km rides and up.
there are age limits as well - mini 4 years old for 20-30 kms and mini 5
yrs old for 60-90 km rides, 6 yrs for 90+ km.
From: Maryanne Gabbani To: Trakehners2000@xxxxxxx
Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, February 08,
2006 1:47 PM Subject: Re: [RC] Endurance & Dressage-
This is very similar to some of the European systems where riders and
= horses work their way up through levels in the theory that they learn to
= care for themselves as they undertake progressively more difficult
= rides. I believe that I've seen this in the British clubs. Pauline, do
= they have this in France? I think there may be something similar in
= Australia as well. It involves having a record book for each horse and
= seeing the progress as the rides are taken.
