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O>        9)  There has been a steady decrease in pulse criteria, now 
> most 
> commonly 60 or even 56.
I have only seen it dropped to 60 maybe once?? Never 56. I was thinking
I'd read that getting any lower didn't really help. To me time taken to
hit that lower criteria before I can vet through is just less time that I
get to let him eat since eating raises pulse. I really would not be in
favor of dropping it below 64 for most cases or giving the vets the
*option* of calling for lower if they had extenuating circumstances.  

On the switching from 1 hr. to 30 min. at the finish...I dunno. Do we
have a problem with horses getting in trouble that take between 30 and 60
if raced? I've certainly never run that hard but I'd like to see good
reasons to tighten up the requirements other than "It'll feel like we're
trying harder".

Angie

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