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Kristen A Fisher wrote:
> I have to say I much prefer have a pulse box. It gives you more 
> flexibility to stop your clock, then pull tack, feed/water, whatever.
> Kristen in TX
The pulse box solves a lot of problems. One big one is if more people 
enter than pulse takers, the timer stops your time when you enter. If 
you are down - you get that time. This can be a big deal if people are 
racing.

There are normally a lot more people that can record a pulse than there 
are vets at a ride - that keeps the lines down and it also allows you to 
give the same times to all that enter the box since normally it's only a 
few seconds till a pulse taker can get to your horse.

It also gives people a little more options if they want to get pulsed in 
- then drop their saddle before going to the vet or to come back to the 
vet later.

Today with the use of hand helds most people can serve as pulse takers. 
If you have one or two people with stethoscopes for the difficult horses 
you are good to go.

FEI rides might have a sufficient number of vets for the vet to take the 
initial pulse without impact, however, I expect those rides that do are 
an exception to the rule.


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“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how 
smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” Richard 
Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics


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