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I think Angie is right on. There isn't any quantitative data that I know 
of to justify a 60 pulse over a 64 pulse. There is also not data to 
justify making the finish time 30 minutes at the end instead of an hour. 
While these might make people feel good and some think "they might help" 
I don't see much of an issue with the current rules.

If someone would tell me the rides with 60 pulse and those with 64 I 
would be happy to look to see if there is any correlation with pull 
rates later in the ride. I doubt if there are but you never know till 
you look.

Truman

rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> 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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